The valleys are alive with the sound of Harleys, thanks to a brand new dealership. Hog fans in Wales can look forward to an exciting start to the summer as the country welcomes its first ever Harley dealership – Swansea Harley-Davidson, which opens for business this month with an invite to the region’s motorcyclists to help celebrate the official dealer ...
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- General news
- 11 April 2013
British rider Cal Crutchlow has heaped more praise on reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo after the Spaniard’s successful start to the defence of his MotoGP crown in Qatar last weekend. Speaking in Doha last weekend, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider said Lorenzo does things on Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine that no other rider can come close to equalling. Crutchlow said ...
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- MotoGP
- 11 April 2013
MCN took the top dog of adventure bikes, the BMW R1200GS to South Wales to test it against Yamaha's stalwart Super Tenere, last year's winner the Triumph Explorer, and KTM's new pretender the 1190 Adventure R. We spent three days riding through horrible conditions on the famous Black Mountain Road - find out the winner here! brightcove.createExperiences();
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- First rides & tests
- 10 April 2013
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- 09 April 2013
Danny Webb wasted no time in banishing the memory of a disastrous 2012 Moto3 campaign after finishing on the fringe of the top 10 in last weekend’s opening round in Qatar. The British rider endured a nightmare 2012 on the unreliable and uncompetitive Mahindra machine and he’s spent the majority of the winter re-building his confidence on the Ambrogio Racing ...
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- MotoGP
- 09 April 2013
It blunted Casey Stoner’s blistering speed, shattered Valentino Rossi’s confidence, and now Ducati’s long-standing understeer issue is the bane of Andrea Dovizioso’s life. Huge pre-race optimism that Dovizioso could spring a surprise in last night’s season opening MotoGP clash in Qatar failed to materialise as the Italian struggled with understeer and excessive rear tyre wear. He’d started fourth after qualifying ...
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- MotoGP
- 08 April 2013
- Rate My Bike
- 07 April 2013
British rider Cal Crutchlow believes it will be tough for him to score the third MotoGP podium of his career in tonight’s opening race of 2013 in Qatar. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider will start from the front row of the grid for the floodlit season opener after he finished the new 15-minute qualifying format in second position ...
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- MotoGP
- 07 April 2013
- Rate My Bike
- 05 April 2013
"I've been riding over 12 years, and have never worn a proper back protector. I've got one of those foam back pad things that you get in your jacket – which obviously isn't a 'protector', and Iv'e noticed that a lot of the riders in my bike club wear full-on separate protectors now. "Should I be wearing one? Are they ...
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- 03 April 2013
