Ben Spies fears his recovering right shoulder injury won’t be back to 100% strength until early next month when the MotoGP world championship’s European campaign kicks off in Jerez. The Texan suffered a serious shoulder injury almost six months ago when he crashed out of a rain-lashed Sepang race in Malaysia. Movement is not an issue but strength remains a ...
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- MotoGP
- 15 April 2013
Stuart Easton has stormed to a hard fought battle in British Supersport in a race that saw the leading four separated by only half a second before red flags bring proceedings to an end with two laps remaining. The race, originally slated to be 18 laps, was reduced to 15 after concerns about the Pirelli control tyres lasting full distance. ...
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- British Superbikes
- 14 April 2013
British rider Cal Crutchlow will be Yamaha’s representative during a special promotional tour and test session at the new Circuito Internacional Termas de Río Hondo track in Argentina in early July. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider will fly straight to South America following the Assen MotoGP race in Holland to take part in a special visit to Argentina ...
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- MotoGP
- 12 April 2013
Jorge Lorenzo’s factory Yamaha boss Wilco Zeelenberg believes the first five races of 2013 are going to be pivotal to understand who the main contenders will be for this year’s MotoGP world championship. Lorenzo made the perfect start to the defence of his world title in Qatar last weekend when he dominated the season opening clash at the Losail International ...
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- MotoGP
- 12 April 2013
MV’s new 800cc inline three-cylinder Rivale has been spied testing on the roads around the Varese factory as the Italian firm gears up to launch the bike later this year. Two versions of the new 800cc machine were spied testing last week; both are very close to the show bikes first seen at the Milan motorcycle show in Italy in ...
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- New bikes
- 10 April 2013
- Rate My Bike
- 10 April 2013
In this week's MCN, out April 10, we pit the top four big adventure bikes against each other in the Brecon Beacons. The new BMW R1200GS and KTM 1190 Adventure both promise to offer more than their predecessors. So how will they fair against last year's winner, the Triumph Tiger Explorer and the benchmark Yamaha Super Tenere? Also this week: MCN ...
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- General news
- 09 April 2013
Marc Marquez played a starring role in the opening MotoGP race of 2013 in Qatar last night, the Spanish rookie claiming a stunning top three finish on his premier class debut. Seventh on lap one after a poor start from the back of the second row, Marquez produced an impressive early charge to stick his Repsol Honda RC213V into the ...
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- MotoGP
- 08 April 2013
Six months after badly injuring his right shoulder in a Malaysian Grand Prix crash, Ben Spies gritted his teeth to get through a gruelling Ducati debut inside the top 10 in Qatar last night. Tenth is nothing to write home about but given the lack of strength Spies is still suffering in the slowly recovering shoulder, he said his Losail ...
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- MotoGP
- 08 April 2013
Double world champion Jorge Lorenzo dominated the opening race of the 2013 season to take victory by almost six seconds. Lorenzo got a great start and eased ahead of the field quickly. Dani Pedrosa also got a good start off the front row of the grid and spent a lot of the race in secod place until he was overtaken by ...
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- MotoGP
- 07 April 2013
