July 13, 2015
50000 cash prize in oneoff BSB rules shakeup A £50,000 PRIZE is on offer to British Superbike front-runners wiling to start from the back of the grid in a one-off rule shake-up. The top three starters in race two of the Brands Hatch round on July 17-19 will be offered the choice of retaining their front-row […]
July 13, 2015
Tested Weise Zurich jacket Like a favourite pair of trainers my eight-year-old Dainese jacket was an irreplaceable friend… but it was time to say goodbye. It had started to leak in the rain leaving me with embarrassing wet patches around the waist. Worse still, I was beginning to detect a ‘wet dog in a duck […]
July 13, 2015
MotoGP 2015 championship standings after Sachsenring Marquez celebrates victory HERE are the full 2015 MotoGP championship standings after the German round. Reigning champion Marc Marzquez dominated yesterday’s race to take his sixth Sachnsenring victory in a row. See the results. 1 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 179 2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 166 3 Andrea IANNONE Ducati […]
July 13, 2015
MotoGP 2015 Sachsenring race results Marquez leads, followed by Pedrosa and Rossi The full results REIGNING world champion Marc Marquez took victory in the German MotoGP after dominating the race from early on. Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo got ahead early but Marquez, who had started from pole position, soon slipped past to take the lead. […]
July 13, 2015
BMWpowered hoverbike has lift off A HOVERBIKE powered by a BMW R1200R engine could one day be soaring over the battlefields of the future. The flying bike is being developed for the US military by British engineering company Malloy Aeronautics to move soldiers quickly across the battlefield over even the most difficult terrain. Working alongside a […]
July 10, 2015
Guy Martin to attempt land speed record GUY Martin will attempt to set a new motorcycle land speed record in a 1000hp Triumph Rocket III streamliner. The road racer and TV presenter will try to break the current record of 376.363mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on August 23-27. The FIM world record attempt to […]
July 10, 2015
John McGuinness fined for taking daughter out of school for TT JOHN McGuinness has been fined £120 for taking his daughter out of school to watch him race at the Isle of Man TT. McGuinness took six-year-old daughter Masie to last month’s TT, where he scored his 23rd win with a 132.701mph lap record in […]
July 9, 2015
Four years before first MoT test George Osborne GEORGE Osborne’s first all-Conservative budget yesterday revealed a couple of nuggets that may have a direct impact on motorcycles, not least the proposal to extend the period before a new vehicle’s first MoT test from three to four years. It’s claimed the measure will eventually save motorists more than […]