News

Rossi Breaks Leg

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Valentino Rossi has broken his right tibia in a huge highside crash in morning practice at Mugello.

Triumph Tops UK Sales

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Triumph sold more big motorcycles in the UK in April than any other brand, including Honda.

BMW Brake Recall

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Recall Hysteria Inflates BMW Brake Issue

Hodgson Bows Out

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Former World Superbike and British Superbike champion Neil Hodgson is retiring from motorcycle racing.

Ferrari Still Chasing Rossi!

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Ferrari still wants Valentino Rossi! Ferrari boss Luca Montezemolo is pushing for his team to be able to enter three cars next season to accommodate Rossi.

BSB British Super Balloon!

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Oxford residents were left gasping in amazement last Friday as a monster balloon in the shape of a British Superbike race machine complete with rider drifted across the city.

Harley Buyout

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Harley-Davidson shares have risen to their highest level since the start of the recession on the back of strengthening domestic sales, improved first quarter results expectations and most intriguingly, rumours of a leveraged buyout (LBO, a buyout using the company’s own assets as security for the loan).

Kymco Insurance Deal Extended

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Kymco has extended its one price, any postcode subsidised insurance scheme to the end of April.

Celebrity News

* The hottest, latest biking celeb news stories, with the celebs taken out!




Bridgestone Survey

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Only a fifth of bike riders want to see tougher penalties for drivers who cause death by careless driving.

Brand New Nortons Found!

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Eleven brand new Norton Commando 850s have been unearthed in Belgium, still in their crates!

Motorcycle Test Fiasco

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The Transport Select Committee has confirmed what the bike world has been tearing its hair out about for years, that the new bike test regime is a fiasco.

World's Oldest Bike For Sale

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The world’s oldest motorcycle is to go on sale later this month.

Flame Throwing Scooter Man Arrested

A man has been arrested for a firearms offence after fitting a flamethrower to the rear of his scooter.

KTM Freeride news

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KTM will be the first major manufacturer to offer an electric motorcycle when its Freeride goes on sale towards the end of 2011.

Yamaha FZ8 / FAZER8 news

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Yamaha has finally released full details of the new Fazer8 and its unfaired sibling, the FZ8.

BMW Imposes Software Rev Ceiling on S1000RR

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BMW has added a software patch to all new S1000RR models limiting the revs to 9,000rpm for the first 600 miles (1,000km).

Yamaha Super Ténéré News!

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Yamaha has revealed full details of its new Super Ténéré 1200, and the bike is pitched directly at BMW’s GS.

Multistrada Stretches Servicing

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Ducati has extended the major service intervals on the new Multistrada to 15,000 miles (24,000km).

Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight

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Harley-Davidson has unveiled its latest take on the Sportster, the Forty-Eight.

New MotoGP Rules

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The Grand Prix Commission has announced initial details of the new MotoGP formula planned for 2012.

Suzuki GSX-R750 special edition

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Suzuki GB has produced a limited edition GSX-R750 featuring a paint scheme inspired by the 1996 SRAD version.

Triumph Thruxton SE

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Triumph has unveiled a special edition of the Sixties-style Thruxton café racer, called the Thruxton SE.

2010 Ducati

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We knew the Multistrada was coming but still Ducati managed to blow us away with the specification of the new Multistrada MTS1200.

2010 Kawasakis

* Kawasaki announces its new 2010 models.


2010 Moto Morini Granpasso 1200

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Reports that Italian company Moto Morini has gone bust are inaccurate, and in fact the factory near Bologna has revealed a package of updates to the Granpasso 1200 for 2010 designed to increase its off-road capabilities.