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Rolling burnouts in a parking garage? Dirt-track slides through construction zones? Wheelies that would impress Travis Pastrana? What’s gotten into Honda? The future of motorcycling, maybe. This is the Taiwanese-built MSX125, known as the Grom 125 in Japan. Launched overseas early this year, the MSX (Mini Street Xtreme) is rumored to be coming to the [...]
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Nicky Hayden will start Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez from seventh place on the grid, his best qualifying position thus far this season. The American’s quickest lap was a 1:39.6, less than a second slower than the pole-winning time of reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Hayden’s factory Ducati teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, will start [...]
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Everything is bigger in Texas, or so goes the saying. Circuit of The Americas certainly meets that criteria: 3.4 miles in length, 20 turns, an elevation gain of 133 feet and its .745-mile front straight is the longest on the MotoGP calendar. After the final qualifying session for April’s inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of [...]
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Ben Spies will miss the third round of this year’s MotoGP world championship in Jerez, Spain, due to an injury sustained last weekend at his home race in Texas, the inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas. Ducati test rider Michele Pirro is expected to take Spies’ place on the Ignite Pramac Racing V-Four. [...]
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What’s the best part of a MotoGP race weekend? The racing, of course! Conversations with riders, engineers, team managers and other journalists, however, run a very close second because they frequently reveal what is actually happening on track. Here are points of emphasis from the inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, Round 2 [...]
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America has produced many great Grand Prix roadracers, but none has spent more time after retiring from competition promoting motorcycling stateside than 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz. Crowning moment came two years ago, when Schwantz joined Circuit of The Americas principals “Red” McCombs, Bobby Epstein and Tavo Hellmund at a press conference in Austin [...]
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Is there a better place to evaluate the wet-weather stopping capabilities of a new sport-touring tire than the flight deck of an aircraft carrier? Apparently not, which is why Pirelli called on six-time world champion Max Biaggi to conduct a braking test with its new Angel GT on the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour. According to [...]
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Beginning in 2016, anti-lock brakes will be required on all motorcycles manufactured for sale in Europe. Right now, MV Agusta is offering ABS on its flagship 1000cc F4 sportbike that incorporates Rear-Wheel Lift Mitigation (RLM). Other premium sportbikes, such as the BMW S1000RR, Ducati 1199 Panigale R and Kawasaki ZX-10R ABS, are similarly equipped with [...]
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Billy Joel is telling Tom Cotter a story about his buddy, fellow hall-of-fame rock-’n’-roller Bruce Springsteen. “Bruce is always looking for a character bike. He has one of the new Triumph Bonnevilles, which is a great bike. I told him about our shop, so he came down in the middle of winter. It’s freezing—minus five [...]
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Halfway through dinner at a swanky oceanfront hotel in Daytona Beach, Mark Strong, tech lead for the 2013 Harley-Davidson FXSB Breakout, raised his hand. “Can we talk about the rear suspension?” he asked. As the rest of the design-and-development team bellied up to their steaks, Strong explained how careful attention was paid to shock valving [...]
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