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Fabrizio draws first blood in France
2, Oct 2009Michel Fabrizio takes provisional pole position at Magny-Cours, ahead of Jonathan Rea and title rivals Noriyuki Haga and Ben Spies.
Aprilia has revealed a new, cheaper version of the stunning RSV4 superbike. The RSV4-R keeps the 180bhp V4 motor and high tech fly-by-wire systems of the RSV4 Factory, but has lower specification suspension and a £3550 lower price. Read the…
Major Moto Guzzi Ride Out Through Europe To EICMA
25, Sep 2009From Bikes in the Fast Lane – Moto Guzzi have organized a major motorcycle ride-out in Europe. Starting from 6 different locations in Europe, the 6 motorcycle caravans arrive at the same time in Milan, Italy to visit the EICMA motorcycle exhibition. The package includes everything, hotels, ferries, restaurants… just show up with your Guzzi. …
- In: Motorcycle
- Tags: 180bhp, bike, eicma, europe, europe-starting, heavy, high-tech, lower-specification, milan, Motorcycle, motorcycle-caravans
Kawasaki bullish about Imola chances
21, Sep 2009Broc Parkes and Makoto Tamada come to Imola hoping to return Kawasaki to the top ten, the latter even cautiously predicting a top five finish.
Smaller Ducati Hypermotard to be unveiled next week
18, Sep 2009Ducati will be unveiling a new Hypermotard with a smaller engine next week.We don’t know exactly what engine is in the bike but we’re pretty sure it’s the 696cc air-cooled V-twin from the smallest Monster. The bike will be seen…
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- Tags: 696cc, bike, from-the-smallest, hypermotard, know-exactly, motorcycle news, pretty-sure, smaller-engine, the-bike
Who Says the Spyder isn’t a Motorcycle?
17, Sep 2009After I posted the preview for the new Spyders , the forum board got me fired up again. Every time I write about something eccentric, the progeny of Merriam Webster like to write in and remind me that Spyders aren’t motorcycles. I would disagree, but no one will remember this next time no matter what I say, I’d put money on that. There’s a difference between what you believe and what you know. Nowhere in the construct of the word motorcycle does it suggest a limit on the number of wheels. Are you riding motor-bicycles? Are you riding at all? KPaul? The very ‘first’ motorcycle had 4 wheels by the way. Damn you facts! What would be your opinion on the Enicycle ? Or a trike? Don’t answer that…. How about we just call the Spyder a motor-tricycle? Better yet, let’s call it a Reitwagen (riding car) from now on. And, yes, I got that from Wikipedia. Although motorcycles are most commonly two-wheeled motor vehicles, they can be so much more. The world isn’t flat anymore! And if you don’t like choppers, sport bikes, dualies or whizzers, don’t ride ‘em. That just leaves more for me to ride!
It wasn’t just the MCN Reclaim North Wales ride out that was a storming success – the 10th anniversary Essex Air Ambulance run last weekend raised £40,600. More than 5000 bikers took part in the County’s biggest motorcycle run welcomed…
- In: Motorcycle
- Tags: all-myself, biggest-motorcycle, bike, bikers-took, lamas, liverpool, reclaim, steve, storming-success, the-10th, the-front
A great day out in North Wales
14, Sep 2009Leaving my home in Liverpool at 8.30am I rode to meet my friends at the Stanlow service station on the M56. 5 riders in all myself, Steve from Bolton, Steve from Bury, Mike from Newton Le Willows and Bob from…
- In: Motorcycle
- Tags: all-myself, bike, bolton, liverpool, mirror-images, Motorcycle, steve, the-front, willows, your-generic
Riding a motorcycle is less rational than cycling, a North Wales Police chief has said. Acting deputy chief constable Ian Shannon made the extraordinary claim in his blog on the force’s website.
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- Tags: bike, conversion, force, Motorcycle, question-the-logic, several-print, street-glide, the-force