It is 25 years since the Ducati 916 arrived on the global stage, changing the superbike world forever and immediately becoming a modern motorcycle icon.
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Ducati’s Panigale V4 R is OFFICIALLY eligible for the Endurance World Championship. Will we see a factory team at the Suzuka 8 Hours?
The Endurance World Championship has changed its regulations, making Ducati’s Panigale V4 R eligible to race for the 2019-2020 season. And rumours are swirling that
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TT 2019: Here’s the schedule for today PLUS the Superbike Race start list
So here we go then, this is a provisional schedule for today – we’ve put the start list for the Superbike Race below: 09:15 Mountain
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TT 2019: ON SALE NOW! Island Racer – the ultimate 148 page guide to this year’s Isle of Man TT with a FREE DVD of Joey Dunlop worth £16.99!
Island Racer 2019 is the ultimate guide to this year’s Isle of Man TT races – and it’s on sale now so if you want
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BSB: Brookes claims victory at Oulton Park
Josh Brookes has become the third different rider to claim a victory in the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike Championship – after taking the win at
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VIDEO: SuperBikers 1982. Road racing, flat tracking and motocross in ONE RACE.
We’ve just been watching this brilliant piece of archive TV from 80s America; the 1982 SuperBikers Race. A made-for-TV special event thought up by the
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Aprilia’s RS660 road scalpel IS CONFIRMED for 2020. Get saving yer pennies!
How about this for some good news? The chaps over at Moto-Station in France (and seen on Asphalt & Rubber in the USA) have reported
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Yamaha YZF-R1M for LESS THAN £40. But you’ve got to build it yourself.
Tamiya is producing a Yamaha YZF-R1M that you can get your hands on for under £40. But try not to get too excited, it’s a 1/12 scale
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REVEALED (AGAIN): Here’s the FULL, latest drawings of Honda’s V4 Superbike. More detail about the seat ‘wing’ and the bike’s so-called ‘straightening plate’ design.
Here’s the FULL patents that show the upcoming Honda V4. Yeah, side on drawings of the COMPLETE bike. For real. From Honda’s design department. Right
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GORGEOUS! Now you can MAKE your own mini-BMW 310SS Superbike from bolt-on kit parts!
Fancy building your own mini-BMW superbike? You can, thanks to an Indian firm making the TVS Apache and a Japanese firm dealing with the bolt-on
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Oh MAAAN! Foggy Petronas FP1 superbikes going up for sale!
OK, so we’re excited by this because we can remember when the race versions of the Petronas superbikes made it into WSB. We can also
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Walt Siegl’s BESPOKE Ducati SUPERBIKES. And YOU can own one.
Over the last few years, Walt Siegl has made a name for himself creating an eclectic mix of stylish, sophisticated and well kitted out motorcycles
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Lewis Hamilton CRASHES Yamaha YZF-R1 at Jerez. Don’t worry though. He’s fine.
Reigning-Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton took part in a World Superbike test at Jerez this weekend with Alex Lowes and Michael Van der Mark. During
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SAVE SOME CASH: Bennetts announces EARLY-BIRD California Superbike School DISCOUNT. Book your place for 2019.
Bennetts has once again teamed up with the California Superbike School for 2019 – and to celebrate, it’s announced an early bird offer exclusively for
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YOU can OWN a KTM RC16 MotoGP race bike.
Just in time for Christmas, KTM has announced it’s offering punters a chance to get their hands on one of two Red Bull KTM Factory
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Fenati’s not the first. Or the last. Dangerous MotoGP moves through history.
Romano Fenati isn’t the first rider to lose his cool while racing. That’s no excuse – but throughout the history of MotoGP, some of the
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Marc Marquez-inspired Honda Grom RR. Build your own with TYGA.
A Blackpool-based Honda dealer is offering its customers the chance to customise a Honda MSX 125. And to show just what’s possible, it’s created a
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VIDEO: Wanna HEAR the 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R on a dyno with an Akrapovic fitted? Listen to this. You’ll love it
It’s a promotional video from the exhaust maker. It’s a bit slow to get going (although beautifully shot) but the pay-off of the stunningly beautiful
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It’s BACK! The Italjet Dragster is BACK! Oh, happy day! Get one, get one, get one.
IT’S back! The hottest, coolest ever modern scooter is back! Italjet has brought back the only scooter to ever (really) appeal to big bike riders
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Video: Listen to the 2019 Ducati V4 R going round Mugello
Look, it’s a promotional video so it’s more than a touch waffley-nonsense but what you do get to hear and see are a pair
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EICMA 2018: KYMCO introduces NEW SuperNEX ELECTRIC supersport motorcycle.
Taiwanese brand KYMCO is probably best known for its small and mid-capacity scooters, so the big reveal of its new electric SuperNEX at EICMA came as
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VIDEO: EICMA 2018 – WALKAROUND of the NEW Ducati Panigale V4R.
Our Mikko’s out in Milan at EICMA 2018, and he’s just fired over this quick walkaround of one of the most gorgeous bikes of the
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EICMA 2018: Here’s the official stats and more pics of the 2019 S1000RR. Power up to 207hp, weight down to 197kg.
Seven months of spy shots and – what has been – one of the most rubbishly closely-guarded secrets in the motorcycle world came to an
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MV Agusta looks to the future. Receives 50 MILLION EURO cash injection. Confirms Timur Sardarov as NEW CEO.
MV Agusta has just recieved a capital injection of around 40 million Euros and announced the appointment of new CEO Timur Sardarov – as it
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EICMA 2018: Ducati’s Panigale V4R breaks cover in Milan. 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Wow.
Well, this might just about be the most nuts motorcycle at the EICMA show this year. Ducati has just shown it’s V4R Panigale as part
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BMW says there are SIX new bikes coming at EICMA next week!
The German factory has just announced that it’s turning out more new motorcycles at EICMA, Italy next week than was previously thought. Here’s what the
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VIDEO: Jonathan REA rides the NEW Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
Following its big reveal a couple of weeks ago, Kawasaki has just released a short video showing its all-new Ninja ZX-6R for 2019 being put
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VIDEO: Marc Márquez rides the HAKONE TURNPIKE in Japan.
Marc Márquez has been out to Japan for MotoGP – and ahead of the weekend’s racing, he took the chance to blast up the Hakone
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MotoGP: Marc Marquez tops FP4 despite crash, Cal Crutchlow P2
Championship leader set the pace ahead of fellow HRC rider but suffered a late fall at Turn 9 Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) topped the
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MotoGP: Freddie Spencer appointed Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel
American Champion and MotoGP Legend set to take on a new role for 2019 MotoGP Legend Freddie Spencer will be taking on a new role
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MotoGP: Out of the shadows: Dovizioso fastest on Friday
Italian topped the dry FP1 session to take opening day honours in Japan as Pedrosa goes quickest in mixed FP2 Thanks to his FP1 time,
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MotoGP: Dovizioso heads Crutchlow and Zarco in FP1
Italian kicks off his weekend in fine form to lead the way by just over a tenth, Marquez fourth fastest Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) was
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Jonathan Rea: “I could do better than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP”
Four-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has claimed that he could “do better” than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP. Rea is surely flying high after clinching
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WSB: Two-time World Champion Max Biaggi. “There seems to be no way out for the WSB”
Max Biaggi has taken to social media, expressing his opinion about the decline of the World Superbike Championship. Italy’s first Superbike World Champion has a
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VIDEO: KTM 1290 Super Duke GT at the TT. WITH Michael Rutter.
KTM has taken the chance to put its new 1290 Super Duke GT through its paces, ahead of its official release. Handing a set of
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WSB: Rea extends his WINNING streak. Takes the DOUBLE in Argentina.
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) claimed his fifth consecutive double of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at the Circuito San Juan Villicum
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BSB: CHAMPION Haslam WINS Race Two at Brands Hatch.
After winning the Championship yesterday, Leon Haslam held off Tommy Bridewell and Jason O’Halloran this afternoon at Brands Hatch to take the win, after an incredible race-long fight
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BSB: Leon Haslam takes Championship WIN.
Leon Haslam has celebrated his first Bennetts British Superbike Championship title victory, crossing the line at Brands Hatch in sixth place. Glenn Irwin won the
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VIDEO: Bolt on WINGS for your bike. They’re here. Use GP tech on the ROAD for £120.
Puig has just unveiled a range of aftermarket winglets for superbikes – meaning you can kit your own bike out with the latest MotoGP technology.
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MotoGP: Marquez and Rins progress to Q2
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) safely secured his place in Q2 at the PTT Thailand Grand Prix after setting a 1:30.031 to go 0.890 quicker
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BSB: Dutch drama: Haslam’s double delight as Dixon out of Assen race two.
The rollercoaster in the fight for the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship title race continued at Assen as Leon Haslam doubled up on victories but
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WSB: No easing off for the champion: Rea makes it a double in France.
Eighth consecutive win for the KRT rider who matches best WorldSBK winning streak since 2006 The champion is not taking an early vacation just yet:
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BSB: Haslam claims race one victory at Assen after dogfight with Dixon
Leon Haslam and Jake Dixon locked horns in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race at Assen as the leading title contenders fought to the
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BSB: Dixon smashes Assen records to claim pole from Mackenzie by 0.004s!
Jake Dixon claimed pole position by just 0.004s in an intense battle for the top spot in Datatag Qualifying for the Bennetts British Superbike Championship
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BSB: Haslam ups the ante to lead after opening day at Assen
Leon Haslam upped the pace in the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice session to fire the JG Speedfit Kawasaki to the top of
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PATENT confirms NEW Yamaha YZF-R3 for 2019. STYLING inspired by the R6.
Yamaha has just registered designs for an updated YZF-R3, revealing a new look inspired by its R6 Supersport machine. Earlier this year we brought you
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ROADS: John McGuinness teams up with PBM Ducati for Macau.
John McGuinness is finally ready to return to the top level of road racing in Macau, after missing this year’s Isle of Man TT due
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VIDEO: Rossi’s GP RACE BIKES through the ages. 1996 to 2018.
Valentino Rossi is racing royalty. The much-loved Italian has been competing at the highest level of motorcycle racing for over 22 years – and he’s
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VIDEO: On-board with Joey Dunlop at the 1996 Isle of Man TT
BBC Northern Ireland has just shared this brilliant bit of footage, showing road racing legend Joey Dunlop lapping the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
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