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Rookie racing blog 1: riding my Honda ‘Pig’ with EMRA in the Bridgestone 500s
It was around 6pm on Sunday 23 September when I decided that 2019 would be the year to enter my first ever full racing season on a 15-year-old Honda CB500. I won’t be alone. I shared an awning that day with Gary Hartshorne, a great friend who had convinced me to not only buy a…
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Kawasaki Japan restarting production of Z1 parts
KHI has dusted off the plans for the original 1972 superbike, and is making new cylinder heads OKAY, THIS is a bit of a niche one – and is probably one for our sister title Classic Motorcycle Mechanic – but it did tickle us. Over in Japan, Kawasaki has announced it’s going to start producing…
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Zero unveils latest electric bike
Them ‘leccy bikes are getting better it seems… WE WON’T lie (not today anyway). We know you all hate electric bikes out there in internet shouty-opinion land. And you’re right in many ways. They’re a very long way from being able to replace our favourite nutter sports, hyper-naked and big bhp machinery. But, a little…
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Ride with Rossi at Dainese track school in Misano
But it’ll cost you… Who the hell wouldn’t want to do a bit of a track school with genuine MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi? We can’t think of anyone. And if you don’t, then get off this website – you’re barred. So it’s a bit of an amazing story this. Dainese is running a series of…
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See Steve McQueen’s Great Escape stunt Trumpet
Actual bike used in WW2 escape flick on show at special RAF Benevolent fund film night NORMALLY, WE’D not be too bothered about seeing a mad old Triumph from the 1950s. But we’ll make an exception here. The RAF Benevolent Fund is holding a special event, in Hammersmith, on March 24th, to mark the 75th…
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MadMAx aims for 200mph – on ice
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 of times over the years,…
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KAWASAKI ANNOUNCE DEALER OPEN EVENTS
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 to want to keep the…
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Kent firm showing special 160bhp Speed Triple specials at London bike show
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 the UK with top notch…
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MARCH 2019 ISSUE, OUT NOW!
Fed up of the cold and can’t wait for the summer? Well, get warmed up with the new issue of Fast Bikes, packed with all kinds of two-wheeled goodness: • Size Matters – We give Kawasaki’s new ZX-6R its hardest test yet, with an epic road trip and track test against one of the best…
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Supercar club giving away MV Agustas
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. You can pick from the…
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FANCY A FOGGY PETRONAS FP1?
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 spec sheet that would make…
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DUCATI UK GIVING V4 OWNERS FREE BIKETRAC TRACKER…
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 get a 15 per cent…
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2019 YAMAHA R3 Teaser REVIEW!
When Yamaha told us that their new Supersport 300 contender is both R1 and M1 derived, we couldn’t resist the urge to give it a good ol’ spanking… There’s no replacement for displacement right? Nah, Wrong. If you measure a bike on fun alone, the sub-500cc category can offer some of the biggest and best…
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the craziest bike we’ve ever seen
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 design we’ve seen in a…
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YAMAHA RELEASE CERTINA LIMITED EDITION WATCH
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 celebrate the partnership. The watch…
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