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P IRELLI HELP SET SIX SCOOTER SPEED RECORDS Pirelli teamed up with Moto Club Benelli and Malossi at Bonneville Speed Week last month to set not one, but six scooter top speed records on three models of the Benelli 491. The 50cc Benelli managed to set a top speed of 71mph over both the kilometre and mile courses. Pretty impressive when you consider most 50cc scooters will spend there life stuck at 30mph. Maybe they'll reach an indicated 40mph down a steep hill. The 85cc Benelli scooter managed to set speeds of 82.64 and 82.43mph, while the 100cc scoot exceeded 88mph on both runs. The engines in all three machines were tuned by Jörg Möller BENELLI 491

M OTO 3: GIANNANTONIO TOPS OPENING DAY AT ITALY. Italian Fabio Di Giannantonio has topped the opening day of Moto3 action at his home round of the 2017 championship in Misano, leading Spanish teammate Jorge Martin to a one-two for the Gresini Honda team at their own home round as well, to complete the perfect day for the squad. Di Giannantonio, who has been off the podium since the last Italian round of the series in Mugello back in May, was able to top the day by only 0.071 in perfect sunshine despite the forecast rain. He and Martin are joined by fellow Italian Enea Bastianini on the front row. Gabriel Rodrigo leads the provisional second row ahead of Romano Fenati and Aron Canet, with championship leader Joan Mir seventh and Marcos Ramirez, Niccolo Antonelli and Marco Bezzecchi rounding out the top ten. It was a disappointing day for British Talent Cup racer John McPhee however, coming home in 18 th  yet adamant that his performance hasn’t been affected by the cycling crash

DID YOU KNOW? The name Hayabusa, as used by Suzuki, is actually a Peregrine falcon as well as a World War 2 Japanese Kamikaze fighter plane – the Nakajima Ki-43 known more widely as the Zero SUZUKI HAYABUSA 2017

M OTOGP: RABAT CONFIRMED AT AVINTIA DUCATI       TITO RABAT HAS FINALLY CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL JOIN THE AVINTIA DUCATI SQUAD FOR 2017 , ending speculation   first reported  before MotoGP’s summer break in July. The former Moto2 world champion returns to a team he knows well with the deal and says he’s looking forward to trying out the Italian machine. “I’m very happy to sign with Reale Avintia Racing and to race with Ducati in 2018. I think we have done a good job in two years with Honda, but I think that it is time to change. Now I have a new opportunity to demonstrate that I can be fast and competitive in MotoGP. I’ll be racing in a team that I know since my childhood and with a bike that I think will suit my size and my style to perfection. This is a great opportunity and I’ll make the best of it. I will fight and give it all to be successful. I want to say thank you to Ducati and Reale Avintia Racing for trusting in me.” And team boss Raul Romero was even more excited when

 D UCATI SUPERSPORT INDIA LAUNCH ON SEPT. 22?? DUCATI INDIA HAS SCHEDULED THE LAUNCH OF ITS NEW    SUPERSPORT  MOTORCYCLE FOR SEPTEMBER 22. THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY STARTED TAKING BOOKINGS FOR THE UPCOMING MODEL AND DELIVERIES MAY BEGIN SOON AFTER THE LAUNCH.         BOTH THE  STANDARD   AND THE  SUPERSPORT S  MODELS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE MARKET,ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION   ON THIS.LOOKING AT THE PRICES OF THE EXISTING MODEL,  SUPERSPORT  IS LIKELY TO GET A PRICE TAG OF RS-11.5 LAKH. DUCATI SUPERSPORT

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