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The funeral of a racing motorcyclist who died after a crash at Brands Hatch has taken place.

Honda rider Craig Jones, 23, of Peterborough, suffered head injuries in the British leg of the World Supersport Championship on 3 August.

He was transferred to the Royal London Hospital by Kent Air Ambulance but died in the early hours of 4 August.

Mr Jones' funeral service was held at...

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Australian MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner romped to his second win in a week at the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday while Spain's Dani Pedrosa seized the overall lead from Valentino Rossi.

Ducati's Stoner, runaway winner at Donington Park in Britain last Sunday, was again in a race of his own at the Assen circuit as he powered from pole position to his third victory of the season.

Pedrosa was second on a Honda...

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The police motorcycle -- favored by the CHP and the L.A. Sheriff's Department -- keeps drivers in line.
By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 25, 2008

The most menacing bike on the road isn't some low-riding, super-stretched chopper with a suicide clutch and battle-ax rims, but a model that's colored like a marshmallow and sits up straight.

It's a police bike. Honda, Harley, Kawi or Beemer, it doesn't matter. If it's badged and holstered, it's going to cause most drivers to take heed...

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Guy Martin's 2008 Isle of Man TT Races campaign ended on a disappointing note on Friday when he was forced to retire from the Senior race, the Blue Riband event of the festival. The Kirmington ace was involved in a titanic battle for the lead during the first two laps but as he left the pits after the first refuelling stop, he encountered mechanical problems and his race was over.

With ideal racing conditions on the Island, Guy set off at his customary number 1 position on the Hydrex Bike Animal Honda and at the first...

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IOM TT Practice After a sunny day in the Isle of Man competitors preparing for their final full practice session at the 2008 TT were greeted by overcast conditions and a slight breeze...

Martin completed his first lap in 17m 47.87s, an average speed of 127.195mph. However, just moments later 13-times TT winner John McGuinness - whose lap hadn’t looked sensational ­– blasted past with an average speed of 127.383mph on the Padgett’s Honda Superbike.

After what appeared to have been a troubled...

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The blowback from the effort to transform the AMA Superbike series has begun in earnest. In a nutshell, two of the AMA series' stalwart riders have made their opinions known-- Honda rider Josh Hayes (who actually doesn't have a Superbike ride) in his hometown newspaper and Suzuki's Mat Mladin from the podium at Infineon a weekend ago. Both strongly condemned the Daytona Motorsports Group(DMG)approach in apocalyptic terms...

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And, ultimately, that's why DMG's disfiguration of AMA Superbike racing will eventually fail, if it is not critically...

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MOTORCYCLING supremo Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha to victory at the China MotoGP today to snap a seven-race winless streak, beating Spain's Dani Pedrosa and Australia's Casey Stoner.

The five-time world champion from Italy completed the Shanghai race, the fourth of the season, in 44min 08.061sec, with Pedrosa's Honda nearly four seconds behind, and Stoner, on a Ducati,...

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Police in North Wales are targeting motorcyclists with an unmarked Honda Fireblade equipped with a camera.

A former officer who still works closely with the force said at least one other unmarked sports bike was...

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Former F1 world champion Michael Schumacher has proven yet again that he's as capable on two-wheels as he was on four, after taking third place in a race at the Pannonia Ring in Hungary aboard a Honda Fireblade. The race...

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HONDA Motorcycles and their local distributors Domasco launched the 2008 CBR 1000 RR Fireblade at an informal function at their showroom on Salwa Road recently.

It was an occasion for enthusiasts and Honda riders to gather. The launch drew both existing owners and motorcycle fans for whom a QR 45,000 sports bike is still on the wish list.
The Honda CBR Fireblade was tested last December 2007 by the European Press at

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