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KTM And Husky pull out of major bike shows

KTM and Husqvarna have called for the major EICMA bike show in Italy to be cancelled and moved to 2021 as the firms have now withdrawn from global trade shows for the rest of the year, including INTERMOT in Cologne, Germany and the EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italy, due to

KTM stick with Moto-Master

KTM are pleased to announce an extension of their productive and highly successful collaboration with specialist brake systems brand Moto-Master for the next two years. The partnership will affect most of the factory teams across the off-road racing disciplines; the majority of which have already enjoyed success in their respective

KTM and Husky out of Dirt Bike Show

KTM and its sister brand Husqvarna have announced they won't be exhibiting at the Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh on November 1-4 this year. It's a major blow for the show as the Austrian brands have had huge stands and brought in top riders like Tony Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings. KTM's

Leatt reveals its 2018 pro riders

The inventors of the Leatt Brace now do so much more than just the neck brace, with clothing, helmets and lots more. The South African firm has announced its official 2018 Athletes which include Marvin Musquin and Brits Adam Sterry, Shaun Simpson, Jonny Walker and Brad Freeman. The full list

Olympic skier dreams of a factory MX ride!

Making history by becoming the youngest medallist in Olympic alpine skiing history, Austria-based Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen is an avid motocross rider and a proud ambassador for Husqvarna Motorcycles. The ‘Wild Child’ has grown up. He started his professional skiing career aged 17, winning his first race and one of the biggest

All change for WP suspension in the UK

WP Suspension is to distributed in the UK through a new network next year. The Austrian parent company, is entrusting the establishment of a new network of Authorised Centres to KTM UK, thus transferring the responsibility of the brand’s products to the Silverstone-based company. Gareth Edmunds has been appointed as WP

Test a Yamaha enduro bike in Wales

Want to test a new 2018 Yamaha WR250F and WR450F enduro bikes? Now you can with Yamaha's Enduro Pro Tour! The 2018 WR250F and WR450F machines will be at the Yamaha Off-Road Experience, Powys, Wales on Friday 12th January, so you can experience the latest Yamaha race-bred technology yourself. If you’re

Frossard coaches Yamaha YZ125 hopefuls

Former GP winner Steven Frossard coached the Yamaha YZ125 Cup hopefuls in the bLU cRU Masterclass that took place on October 26th, 27th & 28th in Latina, Italy. For the first time ever, Yamaha Racing put together an exclusive event where some of the sharpest young YZ125 riders were able to train and learn

KTM opens German R&D centre

KTM has opened a new R&D Centre in Rosenheim, Germany. The new site benefits from its close proximity to a local higher education institution and the resulting pool of experts. This was important criteria when selecting the location of the site, which will concentrate on electronics development in the motorcycle

Watson sells Race Spec

After 27 years of building Race Spec and working in the industry, David and Joanne Watson have sold the Race Spec brand to new owner, Daniel Bull, of M-cal performance technology. Former British champ Dave Watson, along with his wife Joanne, started Race Spec back in 1991 primarily as a suspension tuning company.