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Michelin’s MotoGP™ debut at the Red Bull Ring in Austria produced a thrilling race during the NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich, which saw Ducati’s Andrea Iannone take his first premier class win at the Spielberg track.
Starting from pole position, Iannone was the only rider to choose the new medium compound rear MICHELIN Power Slick, which had been especially developed for the Austrian circuit following a recent test held there. The Italian got the holeshot and led for most of the first-lap until Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) passed him just before they crossed the stripe for the first time. An incredible battle then ensued at the front, as those two were joined by four more riders in the shape of Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha), Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) and Maverick Viñales (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR). With all the riders battling for positions it wasn’t long before the lead changed hands as Dovizioso reeled in his team-mate on lap-10. The Italian – who today became the youngest rider to make 250 Grand Prix starts – held the lead for 10 more laps until he was hunted down by Iannone and passed on lap-21. Despite Dovizioso’s best efforts, Iannone used his Michelin tyres to great effect in the closing stages as he recorded the race’s fastest lap on the 24th circulation and almost bettered it on the final lap to further confirm the durability of the latest compounds. He brought his Ducati home in front of Dovizioso to give Ducati its first MotoGP victory since 2010 and the Italian marque’s first one-two since 2007. Iannone’s victory also made him the fifth different MotoGP winner this season, a feat that hasn’t happened since 2009.
Behind the front two the battle was just as intriguing as the Yamaha’s of Lorenzo and Rossi stayed in close contention throughout the 28-lap race. Lorenzo just got the better of his team-mate to secure the final podium position, with current championship leader Marquez taking fifth, just in front of Viñales. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) took seventh, with Scott Redding (OCTO Pramac Yakhnich) racing to eighth and the position of First Independent Team Rider. The top-10 was rounded out by Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3). Michelin’s new tyres also saw the race completed without a single rider crashing, as the only incident that saw a faller was due to one rider hitting another.
Today’s event was held in clear and sunny conditions with track temperatures reaching 46°C, a statistic that further underlines the tyres’ all-round performance on this technical and abrasive circuit. A crowd of 95,000 packed the circuit, taking the total of spectators to almost 216,000, making this the biggest race weekend of the season so far.
Michelin and the rest of the MotoGP field now makes the short trip to the neighbouring Czech Republic as it heads to Brno for the second race in this double-header and round 11 of the championship on Sunday 21st August.
Andrea Iannone – Ducati Team: “Michelin has worked very well from the test that we had here and they changed the tyres to give us ones that are very strong and had competitive grip, so I am very happy with that. Always this year, race-by-race, test-by-test and step-by-step Michelin has improved and they are coming better all the time, which is good for everybody.”
Nicolas Goubert – Deputy Director, Technical Director and Supervisor of the MotoGP Programme: “We are very pleased with the weekend here in Spielberg, it has been very positive and showed that our tyres work well in many different conditions. At the start of the weekend on Friday it was very cold with track temperatures of 15°C, but for today’s race it was almost 50°C and our tyres reacted very well. Today’s race was always believed to be a dual between the Ducatis – and so it proved – but the two Yamaha’s closed the gap over the weekend, so it made for a very competitive and interesting afternoon. To see the fastest laps recorded towards the end is testament to what we are doing and to have a 28-lap race in those conditions without a single crash due to tyres, is also an extremely positive indication of the direction we are going in. We now move to Brno where we have some new tyres which we will be using for the first time since the test at Barcelona and we hope that these will give yet another step in performance and provide the riders with even better traction.”
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Make it law that road users must move to the nearside in a traffic jam or when the traffic is stationery/slow moving, on multi lanes inner lanes move to the nearside and the outer lane move to the offside. Allowing motorbikes and emergency services to filter/continue without risk of accident.
From Tony Parnham - I am a motorbike rider of many years with an advanced riding certificate and a member of Blood bike Wales. With more traffic users on the roads each year. I find there to be the downturn/deterioration of courtesy and common sense within road users, more and more road users do not give way and sadly selfishly blocks the way of motorbike users during slow moving or stationary traffic.
This would increase safe passage for motorbikes and emergency services without affecting the road user!
Sign this petition
At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition and with 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
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... held 2nd - 4th September @ Witton Castle Country Park, County Durham.
Top live bands, Custom and Classic bike show, 4 bars, fun fair, traders village, quality catering, showers, camping and more...
To be in with a chance * simply like (if you have not already) the facebook page for THE BIKER GUIDE and then share the post. Also for an extra chance (or for a bit of fun) let us know below why you think you should win!
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price: Pre-book: £30, by 22nd August. OTG: £40 (only when arriving on a bike or trike). Saturday only tickets: £20. Children 5 - 15: £5.
venue: Witton Castle Country Park, Witton-Le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 0DE
www.storminthecastle.co.uk
www.facebook.com/StormintheCastle
There is also a competition for tickets on the main website here
www.thebikerguide.co.uk/competitionsfomotorbikeevents.html
* By midnight 11th August 2016
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Women;
Three weeks before;
- Book hair, nail, eyebrow appointment
- Buy hair colour
- Search e-bay for new outfit
- Look at your womanly physique in the mirror... decide that you need to lose a stone in 3 weeks, so make mental note to do workout, sit-ups, squats, etc, every day
- Save small amount of your favourite toiletries, face cleanser, toner, eye make up remover, day cream, night cream, eye cream, factor 15 for the face and factor 8 for the body (the sun WILL come out), body lotion, shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, hair product one (to give it body), hair product two (to make it straight), hair product three (to make it glossy) hair product four (so it does not frizz), hair product five (to keep it in place)
Two weeks before;
- Buy new outfit (two of just in case) off e-bay, found using searches such as 'Biker babe', 'biker rally outfit', 'black goth', 'black basque ladies', etc...
- Start tan-tastic preparations, scrub flesh and moisturise
The week before;
- Dye hair, hair cut, buy new hair product
- Eyebrows waxed
- Manicure (and pedicure if its summer)
- Apply self-tanning creams (if not goth)
- Look in shops for a new outfit (just in case you see one you like better than the two you bought last week)
The day before;
- Sort out the clothing you are taking into piles
- The clothing you are wearing on a hanger
- All other items hidden, so that your Victor Meldrew husband does not say "Do you think you are taking that lot for two days!"
The day of;
- Face pack, condition hair, shave armpits and legs, apply make up with no mascara (to avoid panda eyes on the way in gail force winds)
- Try to pack 10 tops, three pairs of jeans, 3 sets of matching underwear, toiletries (as above), towel (the size of a small country) into small bag and squeeze shut
- Text mates to see if they are taking hairdryers and/or straighterners as you realise you have gone over your allocation baggage allowance
- Moisturise whole body, get dressed putting on extra layers of clothing that you could not fit into small bag
- Put extra items you forgot to pack into coat pockets
Men;
- Put tent on bike
- Take toothbrush if longer than one night
- Moan at woman at the amount of luggage she is taking for two nights
- Put on 'Rally' pants, club t and leather vest
- Go...
Of course those apologies to all women who are lower maintenance and men who are higher...
Author - Sharon Rollisson-Slaughter @ THE BIKER GUIDE circa 2010
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The new Redverz Atacama Motorcycle Camping Tent is now in its second year here in the UK...
It has been well reviewed by much of the UK Motorcycle media including features in MoreBikes, Ride Magazine, MCM, Motorcycle Explorer Magazine and THE BIKER GUIDE.
Available from Twistmoto UK shop with the full range of official Redverz accessories which included the useful Awning Kit and both garage and sleeping bay footprints.
Due to popular demand Redverz also released the Redverze Solo Motorcycle Tent. Great for those solo explorers who want absolute minimum weight and pack size, yet still want the generous 6 foot tall garage and living area.
Redverz manufacture the highest quality expedition grade motorcycle tents with top spec components and an incredible attention to detail.
Checkout the Twistmoto store for more Redverz products and a full range of hand picked motorcycle adventure, touring and rallying travel products.
www.twistmoto.co.uk
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