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Crazy land speed racer Zef Eisenberg off to Sweden to attempt new record on supercharged Hayabusa EVER DONE a proper double-ton? I don’t mean on the speedo – a genuine, GPS or timing-lights deal. You need at least 200bhp to really guarantee it – and I’ve done it a couple
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On the hunt for a new Kwak, or just fancy being in with a chance of winning some snazzy prizes and having a sneaky cuppa? Well, you’ll want to head down to your local Kawasaki dealership for this then… If you’re a fan of the green corner, then you’re going
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Associated British Motorcycles launching Gemini ‘Naked’ and ‘Indianapolis’ customs, built by Tony Scott at T3 Racing OFF TO the London bike show this weekend? Why not, eh? And here’s an extra reason to pop up to the Excel Centre in Docklands – a pair of new super-naked specials, built in
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Spend £26k to join Auto-Vivendi Lambo/Ferrari/Rolls/Aston Martin hire club, get free £16k Brutale, Dragster, Turismo Veloce MONEY GOES to money, as the old saying runs. So it is here, with London-based supercar club Auto-Vivendi, which is giving away a free MV Agusta with every full club membership sold this February.
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Yep, remember those? Well one is going up for its first ever public auction… If Carlsberg did rare superbikes, then they wouldn’t come much rarer than this. And yeah, the whole racing part didn’t go exactly to plan with not one single win, but they still had a pretty sexual
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Bologna helping fight bike theft with free security trackers and insurance discounts FAIR PLAY to Ducati UK. The firm’s helping take on the bike thieves, by giving a free BikeTrac tracker, with a year’s subscription, to every customer who buys a Panigale V4, V4S or V4 Corse. Owners will also
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Upside-down two-litre triple, made from scratch by touched Italian engineer… ALBERT EINSTEIN’S definition of insanity was ‘doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting a different result’. So by that standard, what you’re seeing here is very much not insane. It’s nothing less than the wildest motorbike engine
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Got yourself a nice Yamaha but don’t have the right watch to go with it? Well, read this way… Since the beginning of last year, the Swiss watch brand Certina have been tightly knitted to the Wilvo Yamaha MXGP squad, and they’ve just released a limited run of watches to
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Production of electric model coming soon says Claudio Domenicali speaking at electric bike competition LOATHE IT or hate it, electric bikes are on the way. And while we’ve not got much in the way of mainstream ‘leccy models at the moment – unlike the car world – they’re definitely coming.
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We’ve been working tirelessly this month ploughing the new ZX-6R through a 500-mile test on road, track and even against a big ol’ thou. Here’s a little teaser of what we’ve got lined up for you next month… Just when you thought that the Supersport sector was falling by the
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Indoor motocross race series supported by WSB champ and ex-dirtbike ace WHAT WAS the best school trip you went on in primary school? Science museum? Day at the seaside? Visit to Alton Towers? Well, we reckon 200 kids in Belfast topped the lot this week, with a visit to the
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Kawasaki set to expand Z900RS range with new/old GPZ900R according to Young Machine magazine in Japan To our chums at Young Machine magazine again, and their New Year roundup of plausible new bike rumours. Last week we saw a new 2020 Hayabusa – this time it’s Kawasaki’s turn, with a
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Wild 1.1 litre superbike will set you back more than £21k. Tuono 1100 with Ohlins EC semi-active suspension is £17k The good guys at Aprilia UK have been hard at it with the abacuses and the VisiCalc spreadsheet and come up with a price list for its sweet-looking 2019 range.
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New Suzuki Hayabusa for 2020 according to Japanese bike mag Young Machine (almost definitely)… We love the guys at Young Machine magazine in Japan – and they’re regularly on the ball when it comes to new bikes coming out of the big four firms over there. So it’s always worth
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…at a mad hipster custom show in Japan! Slept off the Xmas dinner yet? We’ve just about cleared the decks (although there’s a box of min Waitrose mince pies still unopened in the cupboard ffs), and getting set for 2019. One thing we missed just before Festivus, though, was this
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