Michael recently took his KTM 300EXC long termer out for some off road practice at Enduroland. here what he has to say about the bike's performance now he's had a chance to fettle and re-jet it. Blog13 | ADVENTURE13
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- 01 May 2013
Aspiring Dakar competitors rubbed shoulders with race veterans and event organisers at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire on Friday at the UK tour of 2014 Dakar. ASO, the organisation that runs the Dakar have been working their way around Europe in an effort to promote the 2014 race, give details to confirmed competitors and allay concerns for riders looking ...
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- 27 April 2013
Leon Camier will be out on track this morning in the opening Free Practice session at Assen after being declared fit to ride. The Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider suffered a serious knee in the Aragon WSB first qualifying session two weeks ago and underwent surgery to repair a deep cut that required internal stitches. Doctors at the onsite Clinica Mobile will ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
Sam Lowes dominated the opening qualifying session at Aragon today, despite still suffering the effects of a badly sprained left wrist sustained in testing last week. The Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha rider set a lap time that was not only 0.463s clear of his nearest rival, but a time faster than the outright best Supersport lap of the Aragon circuit.Speaking to ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 April 2013
Factory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty stole provisional pole position from his friend and rival Chaz Davies on his final lap of qualifying at Aragon today. The current championship leader posted a 1:58.548 best to move ahead of Davies after overcoming a number of small electronic issues during this morning Free practice session and this afternoons qualifying.Speaking to MCN, he said: ...
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- 12 April 2013
Reigning British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne picked up where he left of a the end of the 2012 season by topping the time-sheets during the second Free Practice session at Brands Hatch today. The Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki rider set a 46.787s best despite Baltic conditions, severe wind chill and seven degree track temperatures. Speaking to MCN, Byrne said: “From a ...
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- British Superbikes
- 05 April 2013
Sam Lowes got his pre-season testing campaign off to a perfect start by setting the fastest time of the day onboard his Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha R6. The 21-year-old set a best lap of 1.39.950 to pip reigning WSS champion Kenan Sofuoglu onboard his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki. Third place went to Lowes’ team-mate Vladimir Leonov despite crashing out at ...
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- World Superbikes
- 18 February 2013
The first day of official World Superbike testing concluded today with Britain’s Leon Camier picking up where he left off in last week’s private testing by setting the overall fastest time. The Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider spent the day dialling in his GSX-R1000 after the team had to rebuild it following his 125mph crash last week. He said: “We changed ...
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- World Superbikes
- 18 February 2013
