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      <title><![CDATA[Krawiec Rides Harley-Davidson to NHRA World Championship]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328312205" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/3/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Pomona, California - Harley-Davidson® Screamin' Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Ed Krawiec is the 2011 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion. Krawiec clinched the title with a second-round win at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway that eliminated Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Jr., the only rider in the field with a chance to overtake Krawiec for the championship. Krawiec advanced to the final ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="18518">
      <title><![CDATA[Kawasaki win Le Mans 24 hour]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1324099490" delta="7 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/17/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[KAWASAKI were victorious in what was to be an exciting 34th edition of the Le Mans 24. The Kawasaki SRC team of Julien Da Costa, Grégory Leblanc and Olivier Four, lead from the start as Da Costa was able to get the jump into the first corner. During the opening stages of the endurance race the no.11 Kawasaki was closely followed by the factory BMW team of Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan ...]]></text>
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    <article id="18490">
      <title><![CDATA[Turbocharged Hayabusa sets new record of 311.945mph]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319340068" delta="14 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/22/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Man converts Suzuki Hayabusa into a turbocharged motorcycle and sets recoed of 311.945mph (502km/h) Loring Air Force Base, Maine. A new motorcycle top speed record was set on a turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa. The record was set by Bill Warner of Florida, who hit a speed of 311.945mph (502km/h) on his turbocharged 1299cc Hayabusa. Faster speeds have been attained by streamliner motorcycles but Warner set the fastest speed on a conventional ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17860">
      <title><![CDATA[Thieves leave bike racer Ellie in tears]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1309819880" delta="30 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/4/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A SCHOOLGIRL is giving up her savings to offer a cash reward for the return of her stolen racing bike.Ellie Morgan, aged 11, was left devastated when a gang of youths took the mini-motorbike from her home in Ramsbottom.The Woodhey High School pupil, who is part of a local racing team, will have to miss out on future competitions after the £600 bike was taken from a garden shed.She had ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17656">
      <title><![CDATA[Slow-starting Marmont brothers ready to roll]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1309146020" delta="31 weeks ago"><![CDATA[6/26/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Defending triple Australian motocross champion Jay Marmont has vowed to "come out swinging" in the third round of the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals series at Raymond Terrace on Sunday.After taking his first podium of the season with a third overall at Appin last Sunday, Marmont is chasing an improved position next start."All things considered, I'll take that podium overall and I definitely know that I've got the speed ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17461">
      <title><![CDATA[Donington: 80 Years of Motorcycle Racing]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1308867407" delta="32 weeks ago"><![CDATA[6/23/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The traditional pre-event press conference for the second round of the 2011 FIM Superbike World Championship on Sunday at Donington Park was an opportunity to celebrate 80 years of motorbike racing at the British circuit.In the presence of Kevin Wheatcroft (Donington Park Chairman) and Paolo Ciabatti (SBK Director), all the riders expressed their delight about the return of Donington Park to the World Superbike calendar; Donington was off the 2010 ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16884">
      <title><![CDATA[Luke Hedger signs for Banks Racing ahead of British 125 GP Championship]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1303373481" delta="41 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/21/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[YATE motorbike race ace Luke Hedger will be up close and personal with stars from the British Superbikes Championship this year. The 15-year-old, who is the current Thundersport GB GP3 Cup Champion, has signed for Banks Racing ahead of the British 125 GP Championship, which is one of the main races supporting the British Superbike Championship. Hedger is relishing the chance to share the paddock with Superbike riders and looking ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16720">
      <title><![CDATA[Revving up electric motorcycles]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1302680154" delta="42 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/13/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Electric motorcycles are the holy grail of green vehicles. Motorcyclists are natural risk takers who enjoy the elements. What could be more attractive than a motorcycle offering full torque from the start, with no gears, that slips through the countryside in near silence?Unfortunately, bikers also love their freedom and dislike being tethered to a paltry 50-mile range provided by most fuel cells. Nevertheless, a variety of Oregon entrepreneurs are pushing ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16559">
      <title><![CDATA[Motorbike racer killed]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1302450150" delta="42 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/10/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Man in late twenties has died during Desert Storm motorcycle race in Karioi Forest near OhakuneA man in his late twenties has died during the Desert Storm motorbike race near Ohakune.The rider fell from his motorbike at about 1pm Saturday afternoon in the Karioi Forest event.Police say no one witnessed the actual fall, but other riders were on the scene within seconds of the crash and found the unconscious rider.Emergency ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16398">
      <title><![CDATA[Kurri Speedway hosts national championship opening round]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1302096299" delta="43 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/6/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Fifteen-time speedway world champion Ivan Mauger will officially open the Kurri Speedway when the venue hosts the opening round of the 2011 Australian Speedway Solo Championship this Saturday night.Local riders Kozza Smith (Cessnock) and Richard Sweetman (Mulbring) will be among the contestants, who also include current under-21 world champion Darcy Ward and twice Australian Speedway champion and British Grand Prix winner Chris Holder.Mauger (OBE, MBE), who now lives in Australia, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16235">
      <title><![CDATA[To Dakar, and back again]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1301811855" delta="43 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/3/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[In 1986, when Toronto Star Wheels was born, Lawrence Hacking of Georgetown was in his second year of international enduro competition — for the uninitiated, that's six straight days of competition on a motorbike — and well on his way to becoming one of Canada's most successful long-distance motorcycle and automobile racers.And he was just five years away from his greatest accomplishment to date: finishing the grueling and dangerous Paris ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16073">
      <title><![CDATA[Brookes to race with Suzuki team]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Bike Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1301397703" delta="44 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/29/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[BRINGELLY'S Josh Brookes got an early Christmas present when he signed with the Relentless Suzuki team next year to race in the British Superbikes Championship last month.For the past two years, Brookes, 28, has ridden superbly on the British Superbikes circuit with the HM Plant Honda team.He finished fourth in the 2009 championship and second this year.Negotiations between Brookes and his Melbourne-based manager, Dieter Kahsnitz, have been underway for a ...]]></text>
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