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Plan your year around MotoGP, World Superbikes SBK, British Superbikes BSB, Isle of Man TT and North West 200 road races with the help of the BeMoto 2024 Motorcycle Race Calendar (all in one place)...
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In this edition of Frame Spotting we take a look at the model history of the BMW S1000RR through the years, from prototype race bike in 2008 up to the current 2023 M1000RR hyper-sports weapon…
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For almost two years European trackdays were off the menu thanks to the pandemic. In a post-Brexit world, are things back to normal now? Kar Lee booked himself onto a No Limits Cartagena 3-day event to find out...
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Tom from Youtube channel I Like Motorbikes, tells you what you need and how much it costs to get on the start line. And also why you need to do it at least once!
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Plan your year around the motorcycle racing calendars for MotoGP, World Superbikes SBK, British Superbike BSB, Isle of Man TT and MXGP Motocross World Championship
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We do love our sportsbikes at BeMoto. But the new M 1000 R has turned our heads and relaxed our wrists and neck! Here’s all the details and how you can get insurance for this exciting new Roadster.
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Clearly a bike not lacking in performance, that hasn’t stopped BMW extracting more from its S 1000 RR and raiding the spares cupboard from the mighty M 1000 RR. We take a look at what upgrades the German machine gets for 2023.
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BeMoto motorcycle insurance looks at the all-new top of the range motorbike helmet from Shoei, designed for high-speed performance riding and used by arguably the very best rider on the planet.
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BeMoto track bike insurance looks at a Suzuki GSX/GSXR1100 1170 ET race bike on ebay, perfect for a bit of Earlystocks racing action…
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Four different rider training courses offered at Anglesey race circuit in North Wales and chance to ride a wide range of track-ready BMW Motorrad performance bikes
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Boxing clever without a boxer engine: The K 1200 R & K1300 R are fast, focussed, fun and famously overlooked. Here’s why you should consider one…
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Track days are changing again. We spoke to MSVT who run track days at most of the UK’s main circuits to find out what you and your bike need to be on track in 2022.
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The bearded former policeman has ridden around the world on a sportsbike, destroyed two BMW GSs and now makes superb motorcycling vlogs and podcasts. Just don’t call him an influencer…
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One big hiccup in the bike industry was the lack of any trade shows and that meant there was nowhere for the big firms to show off their new 2021 models to us all. And with Euro 5 updates there were plenty of new bikes – far more than you might have expected given the impact of Covid-19 on the world...
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The Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory is no doubt at the top of its game when it comes to the premier superbikes in the market. Alan Dowds gets a day on track to see if he is able to tame this beast with the new bells and whistles for 2020. The outcome? You'll have to read more...
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Looking for a bike that is handsome, half-faired, sort-of-adventure-lite styling? Something solid with the build quality, technology and gadgetry that no-one does better than BMW?? This could well be the commuter motorbike for you...
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At BeMoto we reckon everybody should get on a trackday and where possible get some tuition. Here's a useful overview of the legendary California Superbike School and what's involved in making you a better, faster and safer rider on both track and the road...
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BeMoto customer Chris Eades, of 44Teeth or Baron von Grumble as you most likely know him, gets to ride every bike you could ever dream of! But what does he own in his collection? Find out here...
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In 2020 we’ve got supercharged engines, electric suspension, wheelie control, carbon wheels, aerodynamic wings and 220bhp litre-class road bikes! But if you’d showed me that list 20 years ago, I’d have been a teeny bit disappointed...
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MotoE has just finished its first season of racing as a MotoGP support series. Our man Alan Dowds got a spin on a MotoE Ego Corsa Electric Race Bike at Valencia – here’s what he reckoned…
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You can take anything around a racetrack, as long as it goes around a corner. Whatever you choose, there are a range of mods and bolt-ons that will make your steed that much more capable, and here are the most popular...
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One bike is never enough! Which is why we pride ourselves on being so competitive for multibike insurance policies. Joanna Benz is a BeMoto customer who wasn’t able to stop at just one bike, so we asked her what is in her garage and why...
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IT’S hard to believe now. But BMW used to have a terrible reputation for performance. It wasn’t till 2009 that they launched a proper sports bike – the S1000RR - 10 years later we’re at the Estoril circuit, to try the very latest 2019 model...
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We all know how successful BMW’s big GS Boxer range has been over the past 20-odd years, helped by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s made-for-television adventures. And now, w're in Almeria, Spain, to check out the latest iteration - the 2019 R1250 GS Adventure...
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2018 looks to be an exciting year for new bikes, with sweet machinery from Ducati, Kawasaki, BMW and Triumph all heading our way. Here's a roundup of the latest price announcements for all the hot 2018 bikes, so far...
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We joined a Eurotrax trackday in France to pick up some trackday advice nuggets, see what these trackday enthusiasts had to say about their bikes and how to make the best of the day...
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With its ice-white paint, BMW Motorsport coachlines and retro-race style, the RnineT really caught the imagination of UK bikers. Under that beautiful exterior though, the Racer is also a bit of a beast...
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Remember the 'streetfighter' craze of the late 1980s? Fast forward 30 years, and the 'streetfighter' is an established factory class, the supernaked. BMW's version, the S1000R, is firmly in the crackers category...
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As motorcycle insurance specialists, we offer great value Trackday Travel Insurance products to protect your emergency medical and repatriation costs in the event of an accident on an overseas trackday...
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If you’re chomping at the bit for that first biking fix of the year, why wait when the sun is warm and the beer is cool down in Spain? From novices on roadbikes to seasoned racers in winter testing mode, everyone is more relaxed due to the holiday atmosphere...
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Ryan started Trackday Addicts group on Facebook (also known as TDA) to keep in contact with friends away from the track: "I used the group to share photos, events and generally have a laugh"...
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Featured in Australian Motorcycle News, this Yamaha 'R5' was created by Robert Hook in his Melbourne garage, a large scale model sculptor, ex-racer and motorcycle engineering genius, with a spare RZ500 engine and a YZF-R6 frame...
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The Superleggera is the first factory motorbike with a carbon fibre frame, swingarm, subframe and wheels - with an electronics package NASA could only dream of when Neil Armstrong faked the moon landing...
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Following the launch of the new YZF-R6, Yamaha have followed up with a new ' race-ready' middleweight Supersport bike at the 2016 EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan.
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It’s not everyday that you come across a Ducati Desmosedici, let alone one with the extremely rare and expensive GP7 kit. Vince Hosking, a keen follower of the BeMoto Facebook Page, got in touch with us asking if we could provide a quote to insure his - how could we refuse!
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Russ Gardner was the lucky winner of the BeMoto and Team 6T9 ‘Win a Legendary Day’ Competition. Russ met up with GP Legend Freddie Spencer (Fast Freddie) at the amazing 2016 World GP Bike Legends event at Silverstone Classics. See what he had to say...
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Suzuki revealed their much-anticipated update to the GSX-R1000 last year in the form of a ‘concept’ and although we love it, we suspect that in a parallel world there’s already an edgier, more MotoGP version in existence…
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The original BMW R5 was one of the influential 'sports' motorbikes of the late 1930s and to mark its 80th anniversary BMW Motorrad teamed-up with custom bike builders Ronny and Benny Noren to produce the R5 'Hommage'...
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You’ve booked your place, you’ve done a couple of trackdays before but the nerves are kicking in and you’re on track tomorrow. Don’t fret, here are seven tips you may not have heard of before from a seasoned trackday goer...
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Using your bike on track is excluded from normal motorcycle and travel insurance policies. With this in mind we offer affordable Insurance to protect YOU or YOUR BIKE against the unforeseen cost of accidents on track at an organised trackday at home or in Europe...
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"Why don't you race" one of my mates said to me one day… and I thought do you know what, why don't I? I had been to around 6 track days prior to racing and was still not really up to race speed, but was told “you will learn as you go”… so I booked my first race weekend!
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Over the years there have been a number of engine configurations of 250cc to 500cc sportsbikes, powered by both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The two-stroke 250cc Sportbikes were always powered by twin cylinder engines and all four-stroke incarnations were originally in-line 4 cylinder screamers...
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A highly strung two-stroke makes very little power in the lower rev range with pick up often being very slow, however as soon as the revs of the engine hit the 'powerband' power comes in with quite a kick...
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The 750cc Sportsbike can be traced back to 1969 when Honda introduced the CB750; it was a revolution, featuring an in-line four-cylinder four-stroke engine producing a claimed 67bhp and capable of hitting a top speed of around 120mph...
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Yeah, yeah, we know what the grown-ups say. Wheelies: they're not big and they're not clever. Anyway. Done properly (on a closed road or track naturally), wheelies are a very fine test of a bike's performance...
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The connection between ‘man-made’ CO2 and global warming is, depending on who you believe, incontrovertible, tenuous or a fallacy. Either way it’s worth taking seriously, in a sort of green Pascal’s wager, because we’ve nothing to lose by accepting it and a whole planet to lose if we don’t...
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Congratulations! You're the millionth customer at the local multi-franchise mega-bike-dealer! And so you've picked up a very special prize! Yep, you're going on an actual bike press launch. Wooh! So what can you expect?
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How far back in history would I have to time travel to win a GP on my GSXR Fireblade ZXS1000RR? Jerez in Spain is the best circuit to answer the question as the layout hasn't changed since its Grand Prix debut in 1987...
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People often assume engine designers must get frustrated by being asked to make their engines super-efficient or super-powerful, then told to plug them up with a catalytic converter, and make them whisper-quiet too. But that’s a misunderstanding of what an engine designer does...
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You’ve got a pristine bike in the garage but you’ve also got the trackday bug. The sensible thing to do would be to buy a trackday bike that doesn’t risk your pride and joy but will hold its own in all groups on the day. The good news is there are bargains to be had if you’re after a bike that’s mechanically sound but features the odd battle scar...
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Soichiro Honda himself declared it the perfect engine for powering a motorbike (he hated two-strokes and famously compared the engine to a bamboo rod with holes in). But the reason the V4 came to be Honda’s favoured engine has a more practical origin...
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The companies’ founder, life-long petrol head and engineer Soichiro Honda, launched the first proper Honda motorcycle, the D-Type (Dream) 2-stroke 98cc in 1949. The company has consistently been the largest manufacturer of motorcycles since the ‘60s...
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Torakusu Yamaha, was born in 1851 in Nagasaki, Japan. Having studied engineering, he eventually turned his skills to making musical instruments. This required many hours of fine-tuning, hence the three tuning forks in the Yamaha logo...
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