Tony Carter
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Triumph Motorcycles announces new colour options for Bobber, Thruxton, Scrambler, Bonnie and Street Twin
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Triumph has just announced its new 2018 colour range. The British firm has added a Cranberry Red and Frozen Silver colour option to the new Bonneville Bobber, now giving potential customers a choice of five colour schemes. The Thruxton R has a small colour change; Triumph will replace the Diablo Red option with Crystal White…
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Donington: Manufacturers Ups and Downs at #UKWorldSBK
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Aprilia recorded eight podiums at Donington, but they are yet to win their first race here. They have finished second three times, the last one was in 2013’s Race 2 with Sylvain Guintoli. Last year Aprilia’s best results were recorded by Lorenzo Savadori: 6th in Race 1 and 4th in Race 2. Despite at…
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Isle of Man: Wryst unveils new TT watch for 2017
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The new Wryst Isle of Man TT watch from the Official Isle of Man TT Races timing partner is now available for pre-orders at wryst-timepieces.com Wryst has been the official timing partner of the Isle of Man TT Races since 2015 and has confirmed that the production of this new special edition TT watch is…
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Isle of Man: Steam Packet ferry company issues TT travel advice amidst raised security levels
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Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. is advising passengers to carry identification and check in early for sailings in response to enhanced security measures at UK ports. The UK terror threat level was yesterday raised to ‘critical’, the highest level, following the Manchester Arena attack on Monday. As a result, some police services are requiring…
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Spy Shots: Husqvarna’s 701 naked roadster (or, Svartpilen if you’d prefer)
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These exclusive shots of Husqvarna’s upcoming 701, the bigger version of the sweet 401 modern-twist cafe racer were taken in Spain a couple of days ago and give us everything we need to know about the bike that will be going on sale later this year. Husqvarna is owned by KTM and unsurprisingly there’s…
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Lee Johnston leaves Jackson Racing on the eve of TT Practice Week
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It’s shock news on the virtual eve of this year’s Isle of Man TT event. Lee Johnston has parted company with his Jackson Racing Team. With practice starting in just three days the Preston-based team confirmed the split this morning (Wednesday). In a statement, Jackson Racing said: “Jackson Racing have parted company with Lee and…
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Bigger Royal Enfield on the way. Confirmed by RE boss. Likely to be a 750cc version of the Adventure bike.
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Royal Enfield CEO and Managing Director Siddhartha Lal has confirmed that a bigger-engined Himalayan is on the way from the Indian company. In an interview with Motorcycle Magazine, Lal admitted that the company has already picked out which models will get a larger engine and that the motorcycles that are on their way are being…
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Video: Watch Suzuki’s restoration of Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship winning bike
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Suzuki has released the first video in a two-part series, that follows the restoration of Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship-winning XR14. The bike was restored by Martyn Ogborne, who worked with Team Suzuki in the 1970s and was Barry Sheene’s race technician, before becoming a technical manager at Suzuki GB until retiring last year, and Nigel…
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Benelli’s future triple 1200 motor patents filed in China. Looks quite a lump.
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This CAD/CAM image of the new three-cylinder engine that will power the upcoming 1200 Benelli tourer has appeared in Australia on the AMCN site. Reports claim that this motor has been filed in China by the QianJiang group – which owns Benelli. The same outlet claims that the new motor will likely be used in…
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Gorgeous Honda CBX900 illustrations appear in Japanese magazine (not real, yet, but these are sweet drawings)
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Check out these illustrations from Japanese magazine YoungMachine – they are based on rumours in the Japanese motorcycle market of some sort of modern, naked/half naked six cylinder-powered behemoth on the cards. We’ve brought you these rumours some time ago but our Japanese friends have added some flesh on the considerable bones and come…
