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All Star Rider Line Up Assembled For 2009 Isle Of Man TT Races

Whilst the dust has only just settled on the 2008 road racing season, thoughts are already turning to next year, nowhere more so than the Isle of Man TT Races, which promise to better the superb show that was put on in June this year. The majority of the leading manufacturers and riders have already finalised [...]

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BMW F 800 GS Wins Best Trailie Bike Of The Year

BMW riding high after success at Motor Cycle News Awards It was another successful evening for BMW Motorrad UK at this year’s Motor Cycle News (MCN) Awards, as Europe’s largest and most successful motorcycle manufacturer scooped a brace of honours. The BMW F 800 GS won Best Trailie Bike of the Year while the marque also [...]

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New SHARP Safety Ratings For Flip Front Helmets

Safety ratings for the most popular flip-front motorcycle helmets were announced today by SHARP, the Department for Transport’s Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme. The 20 helmets are the first flip-front models to be rated under the scheme and bring the total number of helmets assessed by SHARP – which launched in June 2008 after research [...]

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Pramac Racing Team: Kallio And Canepa Complete Testing For 2008

2008 testing is over for the Pramac Racing Team with the two new riders, Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa, who concluded respectively in seventh and eleventh position. Mika made it to finish with only just a tenth of a second over the third position occupied by Jorge Lorenzo and this underline the good feeling found [...]

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Rizla Suzuki Completes Successful Final 2008 Test

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP has rounded off 2008 with a successful three-day test at Phillip Island in Australia. Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen recorded over 450 laps of the 4,448m Australian circuit between them over the three days, as the two conducted exhaustive tests on the Suzuki Factory’s prototype parts for the 2009 GSV-R. Good weather at Phillip [...]

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Rossi Finishes Quickest In Final Test Of 2008 At Jerez

Valentino Rossi fastest - Jorge Lorenzo 3rd at Jerez test. World Champion Valentino Rossi set the fastest time in Jerez today on the final day of testing for the year. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third fastest, making it a successful concluding test for the year’s leading team. Rossi spent most of his time today [...]

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Ducati Marlboro Team Complete Jerez Test

The Ducati Marlboro Team completed their final test of 2008 today with Nicky Hayden fifth fastest at the end of a day that saw a particularly late start to the action on track. Despite slightly warmer temperatures than Wednesday, overnight rain made for a damp track surface until the early afternoon. Hayden took to the track [...]

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Successful First Day At Phillip Island for Kawasaki MotoGP Team

The Kawasaki Racing Team were met with perfect conditions as they arrived at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia today, to start the first of three days of development testing ahead of the annual test ban, which comes into force on 1st December. This is an important test for Kawasaki, as all the data collected during [...]

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Rossi Second In First Day Test At Jerez

Valentino Rossi second at freezing cold Jerez The Fiat Yamaha Team began a two-day test in Jerez, southern Spain yesterday and Valentino Rossi made a positive start to the second winter session, finishing the day second fastest behind Dani Pedrosa. With this being the final test for the team until February, these two days are especially [...]

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Norton Motorcycles To Race The NRV 588 At 2009 Isle of Man TT

Norton Motorcycles confirm return to Isle of Man TT Races in 2009 Norton Motorcycles will make its long awaited return to the legendary Isle of Man TT races in May 2009 after an absence of 16 years!  In an historic deal, the brand was recently brought back to the UK after 15 years stateside by UK [...]

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