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  • MotoGP: Lorenzo confirms the wild card ride at Catalunya, as expected

    MotoGP: Lorenzo confirms the wild card ride at Catalunya, as expected

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    So who said that this was going to happen and that Jorge was itching to get back to a MotoGP race then? Oh yeah… that’s right. And it’s happened. Speaking on his social media channel, the former World Champ clearly can’t resist any more and after a couple of very positive, and quick, tests on…

  • MotoGP: Yamaha’s holeshot device caught on camera

    MotoGP: Yamaha’s holeshot device caught on camera

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    During the recent Sepang tests (which were dominated by the news that Marc Marques could MISS the first two rounds of the year) it emerged that Yamaha will have a new holeshot device available for its riders this year. Yamaha’s been dragging its heels on this tech in comparison to others on the grid, Ducati…

  • MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo is out at the Sepang test today

    MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo is out at the Sepang test today

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    It’s Tuesday so that means it’s the third and final day of the MotoGP pre-test test session at Sepang, and it’s the first day back on a works Yamaha for five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Out of retirement to take up the official role of development rider, Lorenzo will spearhead the rapid development of the…

  • CONFIRMED: Jorge Lorenzo is BACK at Yamaha MotoGP! He’s on the test team.

    CONFIRMED: Jorge Lorenzo is BACK at Yamaha MotoGP! He’s on the test team.

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    Ok, so this isn’t unexpected – there’s been rumours of this happening for a while now – but there is ONE line in this news from Yamaha that will raise more than a few wishful eyebrows. And that’s THIS line: So far, no wild card rides are planned for Lorenzo in 2020, but Yamaha is…

  • MotoGP: Valentino Rossi and Yamaha agree to take time to decide future plans

    MotoGP: Valentino Rossi and Yamaha agree to take time to decide future plans

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    A decision on whether the Italian will remain an active rider in the MotoGP World Championship in 2021 will be taken mid-2020 as the nine-time World Champion contests his 15th year of competition in a global series. Following yesterday’s bombshell news that Yamaha had, effectively, retired Rossi from the factory Yamaha number one squad in…

  • VIDEO: Valentino Rossi rides La Panoramica on a CUSTOM Yamaha XJR1300.

    VIDEO: Valentino Rossi rides La Panoramica on a CUSTOM Yamaha XJR1300.

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    It’s not very often we get to see Valentino Rossi out on the open road – but the Doctor released a short film of him riding his custom Yamaha XJR1300 on La Panoramica late last year and we thought you should see it. Speaking about the stretch of Tarmac near his hometown of Tavulia, Rossi…

  • Want to see Yamaha’s plans for a carbon-fibre road bike that BRUISES when damaged and emits LIGHT from a wound to the frame?

    Want to see Yamaha’s plans for a carbon-fibre road bike that BRUISES when damaged and emits LIGHT from a wound to the frame?

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    Here’s a design patent from Yamaha that’s going to blow a few minds – a carbon-fibre framed motorcycle that BRUISES when the frame is damaged, even if the bike falls over at a standstill. It might sound like a thought-pattern straight from the latest sci-fi blockbuster movie, but the truth of the matter is that…

  • Got a Yamaha R3? Fancy turning it into THIS?

    Got a Yamaha R3? Fancy turning it into THIS?

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    Check out this new fairing kit for the brilliant roadbike that turns the popular small Yam into something that looks like Kenny Robert’s legendary YZR500 GP machine. The Rocket kit is being sold by Californian company GG Retrofitz and costs $1,198 for the Race (track) version and $998 for the Street (road) set-up. Fitting the…

  • MotoGP: Lorenzo to RETURN to the paddock for 2020?

    MotoGP: Lorenzo to RETURN to the paddock for 2020?

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    Following Jorge Lorenzo’s retirement at the end of the 2019 MotoGP season, there’s been a lot of speculation about what the three-time World Champion will be doing next year. And it looks like he’ll be back in the paddock for 2020. During an interview on Austrian TV, Lorenzo said that he expects to be back…

  • Full Metal Jacket. CUSTOM Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles.

    Full Metal Jacket. CUSTOM Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles.

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    Wow. Have you seen this one-off custom Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles in Poland? Unveiled at a custom bike show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany – the bike was created in collaboration with Yamaha Poland. But it’s Game Over Cycles who’ve been hard at work to create this metallic monster. Stripping off pretty much all…

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