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news, latest news, A 27-year-old man from South Australia, who decided to take his dad’s Harley Davidson motorcycle for a spin, was detected speeding 130mph along Wollaston Road in Warrnambool. A police spokesman said the speeding driver was timed at high speed in a 60km/h speed zone. “And he only …

Police chased a speeding motorbike in Merseyside over the weekend. The high-speed chase began in Bootle after officers spotted a motorbike going too fast, the motorbike reached 100mph when it finally entered Wirral. The man driving the bike abandoned the vehicle, which police suspected was stolen, then fled through an …

© 2022, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the February 2022 issue of Roadracing World: Extract: “Do you want to take one off-road?” Someone asked me. “I’ve driven the (Multistrada) 1260 off-road, and I think this one would be even better,” I replied. I was speaking with Ducati Brand Ambassador …

A father who saw red swooped on his son’s stolen motorbike as he chased the people he believed to have stung it. Peter Merrett’s son had previously had his motorbike stolen and it was recovered from the same area Merrett was passing through on the day of the collision. The …

news, latest news, TONY Frost puts the finishing touches on his pro-stock bike as he prepares to live out a lifelong dream of competing in Australia’s premier class of drag racing. The Warrnambool competitor tested his new machine at Heathcote Park last weekend and plans further testing before racing. “I …

news, latest news, A 30-year-old homeless man from Warrnambool, who crashed his motorbike along Moore Street, will appear in court on Friday on charges of drug trafficking. Warrnambool Police attended the scene of an accident around 6pm on Thursday after reporting the single vehicle collision. It was discovered that there …

The A5 in Gwynedd is blocked in both directions after an accident involving a motorbike and a lorry. The incident happened just outside Tregarth, affecting traffic between Bangor and Betws y Coed. Emergency services are on site. READ MORE: Snowdonia beauty spot to undergo three months of roadworks We will …

“I’ve just had enough,” Michaela Weaver’s husband Jeff said. “You’re halfway through a bottle of wine – I never see you when you’re fully lucid. You’re unpredictable – I don’t know if you’ll fly away. I just had enough.” For Michaela, this was a wake-up call. His relationship with alcohol …

Featured in the January 2022 issue of Roadracing World: On September 17, 1961, Mike Hailwood on a four-cylinder RC162 won the 250cc Swedish Grand Prix at Kristianstad and with this victory secured Honda’s first world championship. Jim Redman finished the race in fourth, completing a top-four sweep for Hwave. The …

A dog walker needed ‘thousands of pounds’ of dental treatment after being hit by a motorbike. Cleveland Police are appealing for witnesses following the Middlesbrough incident where a dog walker was injured by a bicycle. At around 4pm on Monday December 20, a man was walking his dog on Linthorpe’s …

© 2022, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the January 2022 issue of Roadracing World: “When I first started racing, one of the biggest challenges I faced was transporting my bike and my stuff around the circuit. I only had a car that couldn’t tow anything, so I had to …

[ad_1] Electric Untitled Motorcycle’s XP Zero has hot hatch torque and a Tate-worthy design Activate Javascript to see all available images. This, in purely objective terms, is a custom electric motorcycle. And this rather dry sentence illustrates the fundamental flaw of pure objectivity: the inability to make value judgments. And, …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the December 2021 issue of Roadracing World: The MotoAmerica AMA / FIM North American road racing series crowned six new champions in the 2021 season. Here’s a recap of who won what in Moto America’s six full-time racing classes. —2021 MotoAmerica …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the December 2021 issue of Roadracing World: This month’s column is my attempt to answer the question “How do you create these detailed illustrations of racing bikes?” ” We all have talents; God gave me a fascination with everything mechanical and …

[ad_1] A main road in Berkshire is closed following an accident involving a motorbike and a car today (Monday 6 December). The A4 Gravel Hill Westbound is closed to traffic between the A34 junction (Speen) and the Church Road junction (Marsh Benham). Traffic is currently unable to access the road …

[ad_1] Legendary manufacturer Norton Motorcycles has unveiled the prototype of a new motorcycle. The V4CR is a Café Racer derivative of the company’s V4SV superbike. It is the first prototype designed, manufactured and built at the company’s recently opened global headquarters in Solihull. READ MORE: Huge festive biker parade to …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the November 2021 issue of Roadracing World: When American Honda presented its all-new 2022 Grom model to reporters, the company let them go on the narrow mountain roads of the Angeles National Forest, north of Los Angeles. And for a base …

[ad_1] Featured in the November 2021 issue of Roadracing World: “The large group of riders gathered in the pit lane of the Jerez circuit, eagerly awaiting the blue garage doors to roll and unveil their new 2022 KTM RC 8C track bikes. finally opened, they revealed a fleet of 25 …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the November 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Just over 20 years ago, a series of high-level management meetings were held at Harley-Davidson’s corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, on the shores of Lake Michigan. During these encounters, there were two opposing factions. First, …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the November 2021 issue of Roadracing World: How powerful is the newest Ducati Streetfighter? The answer depends on the equipment you are in. The question arose when Roadracing World tested a 2021 Ducati Streetfighter kit, which felt as fast as anything …

[ad_1] A man from Luton lost control of a motorcycle and died on a “very straight road with good visibility” after taking cocaine and cannabis. An investigation learned that on Sunday, June 27, Scott Paterson, 29, was riding a powerful Yamaha motorcycle that he did not have a license to …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the November 2021 issue of Roadracing World: “El Hefe was tearing the guitar from the ‘We Called It America’ intro apart when the little Marshall 25w speakers in the front of the fairing were drowned out by a terrible cacophony as …

By Dan McCarthy Publication date: November 7, 2021 For the fifth race in a row, Francesco Bagnaia took pole position in MotoGP, this time at the Algarve circuit in Portugal, once again ahead of his Australian teammate Jack Miller. The lap record was broken by several riders in Q2 and …

[ad_1] The POLICE calls for witnesses after the theft of two motorcycles in the garage of a house. The off-road motorcycles were stolen from a home on Pullman Avenue, Haywards Heath, on Tuesday, October 26 between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The first bike stolen was a 2005 blue and …

[ad_1] Featured in the October 2021 issue of Roadracing World: In 1961, Yamaha made the decision to enter the Grand Prix World Championship series with two machines: the 125cc RA41 and the 250cc RD48. The factory team participated in three events, including the grueling Isle of Man TT, with the …

[ad_1] Featured in the October 2021 issue of Roadracing World: “In addition to being a motorcycle enthusiast, I am a baseball fan. In the 100+ years of professional baseball, the game evolved at a freezing pace until recently. When I was a kid in the 1980s, some teams had years …

[ad_1] Featured in the October 2021 issue of Roadracing World: When Ginger Molloy decided to become a Grand Prix driver, he polished his Matchless G50, packed a suitcase, filled a toolbox and drove to the local train station. It was January 1963 and Molloy was a tough kid from Huntly, …

[ad_1] Featured in the October 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Spoiler alert: not everything you see in some museums is real. That lunar orbiter that you last saw? Maybe he was a trainer. These relics from an Egyptian tomb? Maybe they were aftershocks. That tyrannosaurus rex skeleton? It is likely …

Quadruple World Superbike Champion and I’m A Celebrity winner Carl Fogarty recently appeared at Towcester Racecourse. Nicknamed “Foggy”, the motorcycle rider gave fans a fantastic evening of entertainment with “An Evening with Carl Fogarty”. The show was originally scheduled for 2020 but had to be postponed three times and a …

[ad_1] A young motorcyclist suffered “insurmountable” injuries after hitting a sign in Ormskirk. Joshua Peter Edward Daly was riding his Yamaha 125cc motorcycle along Ormskirk Road at Bickerstaffe on the afternoon of Friday June 18 this year. At around 12:15 p.m. Joshua was approaching the Four Lane Ends roundabout when …

[ad_1] A serious accident on a busy Merseyside road led two people to hospital this afternoon. The crash happened around 12:50 p.m. on Monday, October 4 and involved a Mercedes car and a Kawasaki motorcycle on Lord Street in Southport. Merseyside Police and the North West Ambulance Service both attended …

[ad_1] Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: There’s an old adage when it comes to helmet design and safety: tell me exactly what kind of crash you’re going to have, and I’ll design the perfect helmet for it. The front shock absorber rod suspension falls into this …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: 1949 was an important year for three reasons: it was the first year of the new Grand Prix road racing series that eventually became MotoGP; last year the Norton Manx had piston rear suspension; …

[ad_1] Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Motorcycles are like music, they resonate emotionally for those who are tuned to their frequencies. This thought occurred to me as I stood by the side of a canyon road in Southern California on a calm Friday afternoon, listening to …

[ad_1] Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: (EXTRACT) “… When you step into the MotoGP paddock, don’t expect anything from anyone. You have to fight for it and take it; it is the principle of combativeness … “ As he says these words, he hits the table …

[ad_1] Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: “My wife Sandy has long supported my racing habits and recently told me that she was impressed that many years ago I was ordering Avon tires shipped from England for my old Kawasaki EX500. SIn a way, the grunt work …

© 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: “My wife Sandy is a long time supporter of my racing habits and recently told me she was impressed when many years ago I ordered Avon tires shipped from England for my old Kawasaki EX500. …

[ad_1] Featured in the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World: The speedometer flashed at 133 mph at the end of the short front straight of the Chuckwalla Valley Raceway just before I hit the brakes and lean the bike slightly to the right to cross the bend before the next …

[ad_1] Former motorcycle rider Guy Martin has completed the first tests in the specially designed vehicle that could break Bolivia’s motorcycle ground speed record next year. The TV presenter and author worked with engineers from Horiba MIRA, based outside of Hinckley, to perform body shape and intake tests, to inform …

[ad_1] news, latest news, A stolen red Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle and damage to the oval fence at Dennington Recreation Reserve prompted police to request information from the public. Warrnambool Chief Constable Ash Witham said the 2019 $ 4,000 motorbike was stolen from the driveway of a Kelp Street address not …

Mondello Park in Co Kildare is hosting the third round of the Dunlop Masters Superbike Championship this weekend, where Michael Dunlop is among the entries. rider Ballymoney broke the record books in Armoy’s road races last month, when he scored five wins in five starts and broke his lap record …

[ad_1] A man was taken to hospital with “serious leg injuries” after an accident this morning. Emergency services were called to Brimstage Road, Wirral, following reports of an accident involving a motorcycle. The Northwest Ambulance Service confirmed that a man in his 40s sustained serious injuries to his leg in …

[ad_1] A bicycle fanatic from Sheerness faces life-changing injuries following a motorcycle accident last month. Adrian Packer, 57, was in a motorcycle accident on July 18 in Ashford and is currently in an intensive care unit at King’s College Hospital. The father, who is from the Isle of Sheppey, suffered …

[ad_1] A motorcycle-car crash left two injured and closed a busy road in Southport. Emergency services rushed to the scene of Marine Drive in Southport on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. to report a motorcycle-car crash. Merseyside Police said two people were reportedly injured after the crash, which happened near the …

[ad_1] Michael Dunlop and Alastair Seeley headlining an impressive entry for this weekend’s Neil and Donny Robinson Memorial Short Reunion in Bishopscourt. Former Irish Superbike Champion Seeley was in great shape during the opening round of the Ulster Superbike Championship last weekend in Kirkistown, County Down, where he landed a …

[ad_1] Maura Higgins posted a touching tribute to her late best friend on the fourth anniversary of his death. Love Island star’s boyfriend Andrew Rowan was killed in a motorcycle crash in July 2017. Taking her Instagram Stories earlier, Maura shared a black and white photo of her and Andrew …

[ad_1] ASBK ready to rumble in the valley This weekend’s round of the Australian Motorcycle Mid-Bike Insurance Superbike Championship, presented by Motul (ASBK), is the first time since 2018 that the National First Class has visited the challenging Hidden Valley Raceway, and all the riders are ready to scold Darwin …

[ad_1] It’s one thing to ride a superbike to glory at the highest level, it’s another to survive unscathed after being thrown at breakneck speeds. A novice Japanese superbike rider counts his blessings after surviving a crash during the 2021 Italian Grand Prix held at the World Circuit in Misano, …

[ad_1] The Police Detective Division (DB) claims to have arrested eight members of an organized motorcycle thieving gang while carrying out special operations in different areas of Dhaka and Cumilla. According to DB officials, the criminals first scout and draw up a list of houses that do not have security …

[ad_1] Jean Turner | June 3, 2021 Former Adelanto King Ty Davis has taken it upon himself to resurrect the famous Adelanto Grand Prix for 2021, and although it is no longer part of any major off-road series, promoting a stand-alone event turned out to be a big challenge. Still, …

[ad_1] news, latest news, The father of a five-week-old baby was arrested last month after police found him asleep on his motorbike in Ballarat East in possession of methamphetamine and GHB. At the time of his arrest on Walker Street on May 22, Anthony Nicholas Stavrou was out on bail …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: MotoGP is closer than ever and overtaking is harder than ever, so race weekends have never been more complicated for riders and engineers. Not so long ago, the Fridays and Saturdays of a MotoGP …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: “Complacency is the enemy of competition. While we won the opening round of the N2 / WERA National Endurance Series at Summit Point with an impressive lead, our post-mortem on lap times and pit …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: The 2021 Ducati MultistradaV4 S is arguably one of the most technologically advanced mass-produced motorcycles currently on sale. Don’t you think so? Consider this: The owner’s manual has 172 pages covering only the dashboard …

[ad_1] Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: In the 1978 film Hooper, actors Burt Reynolds and Jan-Michael Vincent portrayed Hollywood stuntmen working in the film industry. Vehicle crashes, high falls, fight scenes and huge car jumps highlighted the action / comedy and the real work stuntmen do …

[ad_1] Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Francisco “Paco” Bulto, road racing enthusiast and engineer, helped train Montesa in 1944. But the motorcycle company didn’t want to spend money on racing, so Bulto finally left in 1958 to start his own. company, Bultaco. Several staff from Montesa’s …

[ad_1] Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Casey Stoner is one of the greatest road motorcycle riders of all time and the only one to have won a MotoGP World Championship on Ducati’s Desmosedici, the bike that has baffled many world champions. The notoriously delicate Desmosedici hasn’t …

[ad_1] Featured in the May 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Yamaha hasn’t won as many Grand Prix races as Honda, but manufacturer Hamamatsu is arguably the biggest racing brand of them all. The company contested its first Grand Prix in May 1961 and since then has always competed in GPs, …

[ad_1] Featured in the April 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Honda announced its retirement from 50cc and 125cc Grand Prix road racing at the end of the 1966 season, and announced its complete retirement at the end of the 1967 racing season; Yamaha followed suit a year later. Factory drivers …

[ad_1] A young man who was killed in a motorcycle crash on the M62 has been described as a “true gentleman” by his heartbroken family. Owen Baugh, 23, was riding his motorbike on the highway in Huyton in the early hours of Sunday, April 25, when he was involved in …

[ad_1] A rush hour accident involving a van and motorbike that closed three lanes on the A2 to London has now been cleared. There was traffic waiting to return to M2 Junction 1 for Strood as a result of the collision near the A227 Wrotham Road junction in Gravesend by …

[ad_1] Featured in the April 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Motorcycle dealers are obviously known as the place to go to buy a new bike. But the real challenge for dealers is getting customers not only to buy new motorcycles but to come back for parts, accessories, maintenance, and repeat …

[ad_1] Press release | April 22, 2021 Manufacturer of quality on-board helmets for the 2021 MotoAmerica ChampionshipThe following is a press release from MotoAmerica… Irvine, Calif. (April 23, 2021) – MotoAmerica, the premier motorcycle road racing series in North America, is proud to announce that Arai Helmets will be an …

[ad_1] Inflation in the health sector is 15% per year compared to headline inflation of 6-7% in recent years. By AP Singh A good financial advisor will always discuss the importance of life and health insurance as part of financial planning. Indeed, if an individual suddenly falls ill or suffers …

[ad_1] Featured in the March 2021 issue of Roadracing World: MotoGP is currently going through a particular period, with the main factories being banned from upgrading engines for 2021, in order to alleviate the financial pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will make it harder for Suzuki’s rivals to close …

© 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the March 2021 issue of Roadracing World: There were times when Bobby Fong found himself facing the possibility that his racing career was over, but he never gave up. That perseverance led the 29-year-old to become the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the February 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Last November, the GSX-RR became the first Suzuki four-stroke to win a World Grand Prix Championship. This was a huge achievement for the Hamamatsu factory, which had suffered a mostly severe setback with the …

[ad_1] © 2021, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the February 2021 issue of Roadracing World: Adam Tromp had a chaotic childhood with travels around the world, no stable home, no chance to attend school regularly, and no opportunity to put down roots. But he had one constant: a love …

[ad_1] Featured in the December 2020 issue of Roadracing World: We interviewed Cal Crutchlow in his office inside the LCR Honda garage during testing at Sepang. It sounds glamorous, but it really wasn’t. The small space looked more like a font interrogation room as the sanctuary of a MotoGP star’s …

[ad_1] Featured in the December 2020 issue of Roadracing World: For many, 2020 has been a year to forget. For American runner Garrett Gerloff, 2020 has been a year he will never forget, despite his challenges. When Roadracing World last spoke to the 25-year-old Texan in the June issue, he …

[ad_1] © 2020, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Featured in the December 2020 issue of Roadracing World: When the best motorcycle racers hit the track, they do it alone, but they don’t win alone. Their performance is inextricably linked to their machine, their team and, most often, a guru who functions …

[ad_1] BMW Motorrad is no stranger to advanced motorcycle technology. Just look at the recently released M 1000 RR racing bike. But it’s also not averse to looking into the past for inspiration. For proof, look no further than its latest cruiser, the R 18 Classic, a vintage-inspired revamp of …