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MOTO GUZZI OPEN HOUSE 2017
After the great success of the last edition, also this year the famous red gate at No. 57, Via Parodi will remain open to welcome with open arms the many, many fans that come from […]
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BMW Motorrad Sets a New Sales Record in the First Half of the Year for the Fifth Time in Succession
MUNICH, July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Sales increase by 9.5% to 88,389 vehicles in the first half of 2017. The aim is to achieve a new all-time sales record for the year as a whole. […]
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Wildcard ride for Olympian Jason Kenny in Kawasaki Team Green Cup
Professional track cyclist, Jason Kenny, swapped pedal-power for horse-power this week as he obtained his ACU race licence, enabling him to enter a Kawasaki Team Green Cup race on August 4-5 at Oulton Park as […]
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Jeremy Van Horebeek Q&A: The Underdog Undone
With the pedigree in MXGP being higher than ever, being better than the rest is almost an impossible task. Determined to achieve the same results and consistency that made him the Vice World Champion in […]
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MXGP Riders Looking Forward to Loket
After a three-week break in the calendar, MXGP will return to action this weekend at Loket in the Czech Republic, the same venue that saw Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek claim […]
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Wheels&Waves 2017: sights and sounds
There’s no denying it: the world of motorcycles, and especially the world of customised bikes, has often fostered rivalry. Each brand inspires the creation of complete communities, with their own rules, alliances and adversaries. But […]
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Wheels&Waves 2017: 3 stories of passionate Guzzi enthusiasts
If you’ve read our previous reports dedicated to Wheels & Waves 2017, the one dedicated to sharing about the spirit and the ambience of this extraordinary event and the one dedicated to the uphill races […]
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Punk’s Peak: where bikers dare
From Biarritz to San Sebastian Wheels & Waves, the biggest festival dedicated to the world of bike customisation, is not confined to Biarritz, with its perfect surfing beaches and romantic neighbourhoods. About a 40 […]
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Wheels&Waves 2017: an event that keeps getting louder
What is Wheels&Waves? Wheel&Waves is dandies stretched out on their bikes or on the bonnet of an old van enjoying the sun where the Atlantic Coast meets the Pyrenees (or myabe just trying to recover […]
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Alex Lowes Q&A: Working with a Sports Psychologist
Sports psychologists are becoming more and more common in motorcycle racing, with people curious about the affect they can have. Yamaha-racing.com caught up with Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team’s Alex Lowes to discuss his use […]
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The 17th BMW Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from 7 – 9 July 2017. More than 40,000 visitors attend the world’s biggest BMW Motorrad party
Munich: When BMW Motorrad puts out the call to come to the traditional BMW Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the motorcycle fans know they are in for another three exciting and action-packed days. This year more […]
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TRIUMPH ENGINES POWER THE FIM Moto2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FROM 2019
We are proud to announce Triumph Motorcycles has been chosen as the exclusive engine supplier for the Moto2TM Championship from the 2019 season onwards. A three-year deal has been signed with Dorna, the commercial […]
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Yamaha Factory Racing Team End Suzuka Test Confident of Third Straight Victory
The Yamaha Factory Racing Team of Alex Lowes, Michael van der Mark and Katsuyuki Nakasuga ended the second official Suzuka 8 Hours three-day test third on the overall timesheets, happy with the work carried out […]
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Jordan Ashburn Places 3rd, While Nick Davis Places 4th at the Tough Like RORR Race in Pennsylvania
In the last RORR main event on July 1st and 2nd, Beta riders Jordan Ashburn and Nick Davis both put forth great effort. Jordan placed 3rd with heat times that were just a few hundredths […]
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Jordan Ashburn Leads the Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series!
Competition picked up as racers challenged each other knowing that the series is drawing to an end. Overall standings in the 2017 Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series shifted last weekend. Jordan Ashburn is now leading by […]