Table of contents for Just Bikes #445 25-SPECIAL in Just Bikes

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What started as a one-off event, then swiftly grew to become a full championship in the USA is now going global, with bagger racing to run an international series in 2026. The six-round, 12-race championship will be held at selected MotoGP rounds in the USA and Europe. The yet-to-be-named championship is supported by Harley-Davidson, who will provide race-prepared bikes for the entire grid. Unlike the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers series in the US that sees Harley Road Glides up against Indian Challengers (on which Australia’s Troy Herfoss won last year’s title), the international championship will use Harley-Davidson baggers exclusively, with up to 16 on the grid across eight two-rider teams. Earlier this year, former World Superbike rider Ruben Xaus launched a Bagger Racing League European Cup, which is open…

Ducati have confirmed one half of their factory team for the 2026 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK). As he aims to secure his first WorldSBK Championship this year, Nicolo Bulega has re-signed with Aruba.it Racing – Ducati for 2026, but Alvaro Bautista will exit the factory team after Ducati chose not to exercise an option for the coming season in the Spaniard’s two-year deal. Bulega’s new deal includes time testing Ducati’s MotoGP project, with the Italian expected to provide valuable feedback on the Desmosedici GP ahead of MotoGP’s switch to Pirelli tyres (as used in WorldSBK) in 2027. “I am very happy to take on the role of Ducati test rider for MotoGP,” Bulega said. “It is part of a dream come true, because there are not many riders…

For more than two decades, KTM has offered a limited run of ‘Rally Replica’ models annually. Inspired by the big 660 and 690 singles from the early 2000s, then the 450 that has successfully flown the flag for KTM at Dakar and other rally raid events since 2011, each year’s Rally Replica has been popular, particularly with privateer entrants in the annual marathon enduro. Initially, KTM offered just 45 Rally Replicas, but for the past few years, 100 units have been produced annually. For 2026, a total of 150 will be built, plus five very exclusive bikes with a special Aussie connection. The 2026 450 Rally Replica arrives on the back of a dominant Dakar performance by KTM this year. Daniel Sanders won the Bike class outright and Edgar Canet…

Australia’s Senna Agius is now a Moto2 race winner. Riding for Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP, the 19-year-old from NSW achieved his debut victory in a frenetic British Grand Prix that came down to the final corners. Prior to the British GP, Agius’s best result this season had been third, but the Aussie showed pace early at Silverstone. Inside the top 10 for both Free Practise sessions, Agius was second fastest behind his team mate, Manuel Gonzalez, in the Final Practise session. In qualifying, Agius recorded a 2m03.137s lap to start from the middle of the second row on the grid. Gonzalez was in the middle of the first row, with Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) on pole. In the race, Canet secured the holeshot, with Agius amongst a…

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To commemorate Daniel ‘Chucky’ Sanders’s victory at the 2025 Dakar – his first and KTM’s 20th - a ‘Sanders Edition’ of the 450 Rally Replica will be even closer to the factory bikes. Finished in the same Red Bull livery as the works machines, the Sanders Edition also features the Aussie’s #4 sticker kit from this year’s Dakar, with the front numberplate sticker personally signed by Sanders himself. Factory wheel rims with Michelin tyres, plus an additional set with street tyres, are supplied. Other factory parts fitted to the Sanders Edition include the brake discs, a Hinson clutch cover, painted handguards, titanium footpegs and a special Selle Dalla Valle seat. The factory fuel cap is engraved with Sanders’s name, with similar identification added to the Akrapovic silencer. Carbon chain sliders…

After years of ‘will he, won’t he’ speculation, it’s finally been confirmed that Toprak Razgatlioglu will race in MotoGP. The 28-year-old from Turkey, currently riding for ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), will join the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Team in 2026 on a two-year deal. Who ‘El Turco’ will replace at Prima Pramac - Jack Miller or Miguel Oliveira - had not been revealed at time of writing. While several riders have made the switch from Grand Prix racing to World Superbikes, it’s become increasingly rare for it to happen the other way round. Of the current MotoGP grid, all have come through the Moto2 (nee 250cc) and Moto3 (nee 125cc) junior grand prix categories. The last rider to move directly from WorldSBK to grand…

In little more than a decade, what started in Sydney has become a global phenomenon, with the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) seeing men – and women – dress dapper and ride their classic and classically-styled motorcycles to raise funds for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health programs. This year’s DGR, on Sunday, 18 May, attracted a tick over 127,000 classic and vintage-style motorcycles for rides in 1,038 cities and 108 countries. They may have been separated by borders, mountains and oceans, but DGR participants around the world were united - by a passion for motorcycling, dressing in their finest vintage-style attire and supporting men’s health initiatives. Since it was founded by Mark Hawwa in 2012, the DGR has grown into the world’s largest charity motorcycle ride. Triumph Motorcycles have…