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Ducati Hypermotard 796 video teaser

Check out this short vid from Ducati, showing you their new Hyper 796

Ducati's baby Hypermotard, the 796, went down well at the press launch and we reckon it's going to be a big seller for Ducati in 2010. Check out this video of the Hypermotard 796 in action.

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Proper pic of Ben Spies, cranked and on it

Check out this pic of Ben Spies, on a mission

I clocked this shot on a website called LateBraker and wanted to share it with you. Quality pic of Ben Spies on a mission. Check out the commitment, and that heat haze. Awesome!

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Project Goldhead: Yamaha RD350

Check out this gorgeous custom RD350 fresh from Seattle

I spotted this RD350 custom on cool bike site BikeExif and the first thing Mark Forsyth, who's sat next to me, said to me was: "Those are DG heads aren't they?"

They are. They're part of a trick ground-up rebuild by a Seattle-basec company Twinline Motorcycles. It's a proper work of art.

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Safety Car? Someone forget to tell this bloke

Clip from the World Touring Cars shows just how unsafe the safety car can be...

Thought I'd pop up this clip of carnage at Pau street circuit, caused by none other than the Chevrolet Safety Car. Call that safe? He looks like he'd do well as an illegal mini-cab driver in South London with those moves. Let's hope he doesn't apply for a job in BSB...

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Edible Ducati Streetfighter

Bike-mad groom shows how much he loves his streetfighter

CEO Bob Parsons, owner and founder of GoDaddy.com threw an all out bash at his wedding this weekend. By far the coolest part was the fully edible, full size replica Ducati Streetfighter, designed by celebrity cake maker, Duff Goldman. Complete with working lights and smoking exhaust, this 400lb cake took 8 ...  Continue reading

Ben's Pies heads for the MotoGP paddock

World-beating catering van serves its last meat-based snack to the World Superbike paddock

Ben's Pies, the award-winning catering van that supplies the paddock with meat-based pies for breakfast lunch and dinner, has switched off the gas-burner in the World Superbike paddock for the last time, as they pack up and head for MotoGP.

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Corser to unveil S1000RR at SBW Motorrad Hertfordshire

Meet two-time WSB champ at BMW evening

DOUBLE World Superbike champion Troy Corser will unveil the all-new production version of the BMW S 1000 RR on 5 November. Fancy joining him?

Fresh from the final round in Portugal, Troy will join Hertford BMW dealer SBW Motorrad to take the wraps off the road-going superbike Corser has been ...  Continue reading

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Calling all hungry Valentino Rossi fans

Crafty Italian food seller cashes in on Rossi's success

"Get your panini here...
 
"Get your Valentino panini here...
 
"Get your Valentino Rossi panini here..."
 
Why not? Bloody good idea chap.

I bet he does a good line in nine-egg panini!

Mmm. I feel a bit peckish...

Wonder if Vale's getting a cut of the profits?

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Sugo: Great racetrack, awful kahzis

Visordown's man in Japan continues his synopsis of oriental dunnies

IN THE high-tech World of the Japanese flushing toilet, it’s nice to know that some things just don’t change.

Race track toilets, that’s what I’m talking about. Even here in Japan, where some toilets play soft music while delivering an invigorating sphincter valeting, it’s a grounding experience to discover that ...  Continue reading

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Is this Honda's inspiration for mass-centralisation

Our man in Tokyo checks in after discovering where Honda engineers get their design cues from

SORRY TO keep carpin’ on about porcelain bathroom products but this beauty, I think, is of great motorcycling significance. Feast on its elegant lines and classical, elegant beauty.

Combining an integral hand basin (with a nifty electrically operated water pump in the cistern lid) this john not only provides ingenious space saving ...  Continue reading

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