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Quick Product Focus – Airoh GP500

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Alan Dowds

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5th October 2017

The £359.99 Airoh GP500 represents yet another step up in quality by the Italian firm, who have protected many famous racing heads over the years, and continue to do so to this day! This particular item is Airoh’s dedicated racing lid, a top-spec’ number about half the price of other manufacturer’s racing offerings. Its shell…
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Triumph Opens New Visitor ‘Experience’!

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Alan Dowds

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5th October 2017

Triumph have expanded hugely on their ‘experience’ when it comes to visiting the factory, by opening a dedicated, and rather flash, new visitor-centre! You’ve been able to do factory tours for years, but this is the icing on the cake by creating such a Triumph’centric, erm, centre where one can see a lot of their…
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Motorcycle Live Tickets – On Sale Now!

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Alan Dowds

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3rd October 2017

Motorcycle Live tickets are on sale now and if you book in advance, you’ll not only shave pounds off the entry fee, you’ll also be in with the chance of winning some mega prizes in the show’s Golden Ticket promotion. Why wait?! For more info and ticket bookings, head right HERE FB
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Haslam & Mossey Re-Sign With Kawasaki In BSB!

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Alan Dowds

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3rd October 2017

With Leon Haslam in pole-position to take his first ever BSB title at the final Brands Hatch round, it seemed like a good time for he and team-mate Luke Mossey to sign on the dotted line to race once again for JG Speedfit Kawasaki in the best national Superbike series anywhere, for 2018… “I’m over…
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Road To Race – Out Now!

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Alan Dowds

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2nd October 2017

In our latest issue (332, Oct ’17) we get to ride Michael Laverty’s BSB Yamaha R1, and put it up against a road going Yamaha R1M to see what the differences are! Lucky lads Al and Bruce rocked up to Cadwell Park for the gig, and not only had the time of their lives, but…
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Suzuki Launches 3% HP Scheme For Small Bikes!

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Alan Dowds

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2nd October 2017

Joining a raft of new deals by various manufacturers, Suzuki has revealed their latest stab, concentrating on smaller capacity machines and making it easier to buy them. The new ‘hire purchase’ finance deal covers the fresh GSX-R125 and GSX-S125, with slightly different terms. The baby Gixer needs a deposit of £1,000 (with no final balloon…
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WSB 2017 – Rea Makes It Three!

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Alan Dowds

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2nd October 2017

Kawasaki’s Jonny Rea became the first man to ever win a hat-trick of WSB titles on Saturday at Magny Cours – and then everything went wrong! Aside from the tyre blow-out at Donington, Rea has had another of those years where nothing really goes amiss, the bike works near bang on every race, which allied…
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New – MV Agusta F4 LH44!

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Alan Dowds

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28th September 2017

You may remember we mentioned Italian manufacturer MV Agusta and F1 champ’ Lewis Hamilton were getting together again to create some ‘special’ bikes? Well, here’s the first – the F4 LH44… Based on the epic and already rather special F4 RC (everything is already top-notch, essentially), the LH44 version comes with a box of dedicated…
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WSB 2017 – Magny Cours In Numbers

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Alan Dowds

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26th September 2017

With Magny Cours approaching fast, and Jonny Rea likely being the first man to win a triplicate of titles on the bounce (short of anything untoward happening) at the iconic French circuit, here’s some cool stats straight from the WSB press office! 89 – 89 French riders have entered at least one WorldSBK race weekend.…
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Quick Product Focus – Furygan Hurricane Jacket

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Alan Dowds

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25th September 2017

Furygan make some great stuff, and up their game year after year, just like with this smart Hurricane jacket you’ll see right here. How do we know? Well we’ve used one for quite a while, and it’s ace! To BUY NOW head right here Furygan Hurricane The £179.99 Hurricane jacket is available with four different…
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Alex Lowes Exclusive – Out Now!

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Alan Dowds

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25th September 2017

Indeedy do, in the current issue of the mag’ (332, Oct ’17), we’ve sat down with WSB and Yamaha’s Alex Lowes to chat about all things WSB, Yamaha, Suzuka and more! One half of the famous Lowes racing twins has just re-signed with Yamaha to race in WSB in 2018 (while the other heads back…
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Ducati Supersport Now £99 Per Month!

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Alan Dowds

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21st September 2017

For the Autumn season (Autumn already, how depressing is that?!), Ducati have refreshed their TriOptions finance choices, meaning you can now buy a Supersport for the sum of £99 per month! It does seem as though this new offer extends only to the ‘stock’ Supersport (check Ducati’s website for more info), but, if you remember…
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October 2017 – Issue 332

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Carl Stevens

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20th September 2017

Road to race Just how different is Michael Laverty’s McAms Yamaha R1 from the stock R1M? We find out! Suzuki GSX-R125 and GSX-S-125 Sukuki shows its strength in the lower capacity scene with two new learner legals. Blast from the past The world’s best history lesson on a 1987 GSX-R750 endurance racer. Mellow Yellow Ducati…
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Quick Product Focus – Sidi Mag 1 Boots

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Alan Dowds

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19th September 2017

A quick focus on Sidi’s superb Mag 1 boot, new for this year. Sidi’s been around a long time and know their boot onions inside out, and they always look damn cool, too… The ace looking MAG 1 boot is called as such, we reckon, due to the Tecno-3 magnetic closure mechanism it uses for,…
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WSB 2017 – Portimao – Kel Edge Gallery

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Alan Dowds

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18th September 2017

Find for your pleasure right here, a selection of images from WSB’s recent round at Portimao, by the man that is Kel! FB
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