Honda announced some of their 2009 new models at the end of last
week. We've heard from Honda Canada and have added some additional
Canadian information – shown in bold (though there's still more to come).
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French WSB round
Written by Larry Tate on Mon, Oct 6th, 2008
Troy Bayliss rode his Xerox Ducati to a relatively conservative third
in race one at Magny-Cours in France to clinch his third WSB title,
then retired in style by winning race two - if his retirement plans
stick, his last-ever race.
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Moto GP weekend update
Written by Larry Tate on Mon, Oct 6th, 2008
The Australian Moto GP race went to Casey Stoner and Ducati in a bit of
a romp despite a strong early charge from Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden
(who'll be Stoner's team-mate in 2009), but in spite of the margin of
victory it was a highly entertaining race all the way back to seventh.
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CMGer dies in Penns. crash
Written by Editor 'arris on Fri, Oct 3rd, 2008
CMG regular Michael Shockett of Toronto was killed last weekend during a trip to Pennsylvania.
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New Suzukis
Written by CMG Staff on Thu, Oct 2nd, 2008
Suzuki Canada have just finished their dealer meeting and have
announced another couple of models that will be coming into Canada in
2009.
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Man who crashes into motorcycles gets small fine
Written by CMG Staff on Thu, Oct 2nd, 2008
A New Brunswick man who drove the car he was driving into a group of
motorcycles who were on their way to a wedding, pleaded guilty ...
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Spies to Yamaha
Written by Larry Tate on Wed, Oct 1st, 2008
It's a match almost made in heaven ... three-time U.S. superbike champion Ben Spies is going to Europe, albeit not on the Moto GP ride he's been wanting.
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Triumph racing success
Written by Larry Tate on Wed, Oct 1st, 2008
Triumph 's Daytona 675 takes the British Supersport title.
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New Suzuki GSXR1000
Written by CMG Staff on Tue, Sep 30th, 2008
Suzuki have released some information about their new GSXR1000 (a tad late – sorry 'bout that).
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Ducati introduces new 1100 Monsters
Written by CMG Staff on Mon, Sep 29th, 2008
Ducati have released a new 1100 and 1100S Monster. Okay, so we're a little late ... something to do with 'Arris' Taiwan trip overlapping Thornton's California vacation.
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New land speed record
Written by CMG Staff on Mon, Sep 29th, 2008
The motorcycle world speed record has been broken at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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Weekend racing round up
Written by Larry Tate on Mon, Sep 29th, 2008
Moto GP, AMA Superbike (how did Szoke do???) and AMA Rookies Cup all had races this weekend. Mr. Tate does his wrap up.