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Mat Oxley @matoxley.bsky.social · 14d

Finished MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography and sent it to the printers😃😃 First come, first served 😎😎
matoxley.bigcartel.com/product/marc...

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · 14d

So far, so true. Now for the real comeback - return to HRC and make that bike a title winner.

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to Marc Márquez, seven (or is it nine?) time world champion. Ahá!

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · 22d

Here 'tis: the new issue of Bike, "my" first. There's loads inside, from a @sihbikes.bsky.social group test, to Nick Sanders riding a Royal Enfield Bear to the Arctic Circle, to the world's fastest R1300GS, to @matoxley.bsky.social interviewing Alex Marquez + tons more.

Let me know what you think!

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Aug 1

22 years ago this month I rode this bike to this building to start a new job as staff writer at Bike magazine.

Today I rode the same bike to the same building to start a new job as editor of Bike magazine.

It's been a two wheel trip, alright. Here's to the next leg of the journey.

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 21

Spent some time getting to know the 2025 Speed Triple 1200 RS - the most powerful production Triumph ever built. But here's why the bhp doesn't really matter, and why its most important and impressive improvement isn't the motor...

www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/r...

@bennettsinsurance.bsky.social

Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS (2025) – Review

Speed Triple 1200 RS retakes the title as Triumph’s most powerful bike

www.bennetts.co.uk

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 21

Spent some time getting to know the 2025 Speed Triple 1200 RS - the most powerful production Triumph ever built. But here's why the bhp doesn't really matter, and why its most important and impressive improvement isn't the motor...

www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/r...

@bennettsinsurance.bsky.social

Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS (2025) – Review

Speed Triple 1200 RS retakes the title as Triumph’s most powerful bike

www.bennetts.co.uk

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 15

Well, it'll keep me busy.

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 6

Blimey, some variety there. Is the CRF the 300? I've got a 250 Rally.

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 5

08, 09 or 2010 model, guessing from the wheels?

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 5

Whelp

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paulvarnsverry.bsky.social @paulvarnsverry.bsky.social · Jul 5

Enough is enough!

Dodgy sellers keep pushing unsafe gear — and getting away with it. The petition to shut them down closes tomorrow. We’re near 7,100.

Let’s hit 7,500 by tonight.

🖊️ Sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
📬 Verify your email or it’s wasted.
📢 Share — and don’t let this slide.

Petition: Implement a strategy to protect motorcyclists from imports of unsafe clothing

We want the Government to implement a national strategy that protects motorcyclists from imports of unsafe clothing.

petition.parliament.uk

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 2

Rest assured, there is not.

Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jul 2

A #wheeliewednesday from 17 years ago this week on Triumph's Speed Triple 1050.

What a tool for the job. That original 1050 was such a willing wheelie bike, with its millpond-flat torque curve and rearward weight bias. Big, butch, brawny, beefy and British.

Wonder how the new 1200 RS compares…

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 26

After 3000 miles and a year with Kawasaki's Z7 Hybrid, I've written an extra huge pile of words covering the recall, the recent discounts, testing EV mode through London, and what it tells us about the future of hybrid motorcycles

👇
www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/r...

@bennettsinsurance.bsky.social

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Mat Oxley @matoxley.bsky.social · Jun 14

In the new edition of @BikeMagazine in case you didn’t know about this 🙄😎

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 13

I AM OFFENDED

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 13

1.17pm - bike passes MOT, no problems

1.32pm - pick up screw in rear tyre on ride home

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Mat Oxley @matoxley.bsky.social · Jun 10

Summer's here 😍 but with a heavy heart I have to get rid of this beauty because I've no time to do the miles it deserves 😥 2020 BMW R1250RT, 7k miles, pristine condition. Awesome machine and soooo comfortable. £11,500. North London. Reply here if you're interested

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 8

No, thank YOU!

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is exquisite. Wish they'd do a regular show together. Must-listen.

Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · Jun 5

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Strong Message Here - Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds

Armando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops'

www.bbc.co.uk

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 5

I think there was such a thing that got unlocked with a race exhaust pack? Triumph's latest Speed Trip looks to have some kind of clever wheelie-assist widget too. I remember when this was all fields etc.

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 5

Awoke my poor old Suzuki SV650S from hibernation yesterday and gatecrashed an MCN event (🙏) to see whether it (and I) could still wally about on one wheel. Wheelies seem a redundant skill, like being able to hunt a woolly mammoth or repair a Betamax. But the world would be far duller without them.

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · Jun 3

Front End Chatter #213 is live!
Verdicts on Triumph's Tiger Sport 800 and BMW's R1300GS Adventure after nearly 3000 miles apiece in Scotland on our Highland Fling tour(s). Plus Ducati Streetfighter V2, Voge DS625X, KTM/Bajaj, the best cheap sports-tourer and more!
www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n...

Front End Chatter - episode 213

Plug in your headphones & have a listen

www.bennetts.co.uk

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Martin Fitz-Gibbons @mufga.bsky.social · May 27

Isle of Man TT races preview from the Framlingham Weekly News, Saturday 27th May 1922 - so exactly 103 years ago today.

Reads like a parody but it's 100% legit.

Poor old Thacker on his Beardmore Precision.

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