Tony Carter
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Suzuki announces UK prices for GSX250R
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Suzuki has announced an RRP of £4,299 for the new GSX250R. The GSX250R Suzuki’s is an A2 licence-friendly machine that comes with a 248cc parallel-twin engine built for good low and midrange power. Available in black, Suzuki has also announced a version dressed in Suzuki’s eye-catching MotoGP livery, which will cost £4,399 when bikes arrive…
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VIDEO: Pretty cool! Honda’s futuristic sci-fi movie bike from Ghost in the Shell appears in EMPIRE magazine
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Here’s the first picture of the futuristic Honda that Scarlett Johansson’s character The Major is riding in the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster film Ghost in the Shell. The movie, based on the huge anime Japanese series of films, is released at the end of March and follows The Major, a cyborg with a human soul,…
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Video: Want to see a 125cc scooter hand it out to 1000cc superbikes on track?
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Ok, hands up with this video, it’s not new and it’s done the rounds before, but we figured that some of you might not have seen it. So we’re putting it up again (mostly because it made us smile when we re-watched it this morning). This is a Yamaha 125cc scooter taking on a group…
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UK’s first Plug-In motorcyclist gets Government subsidy-backed bike!
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The first electric motorcycle to be bought with the new ‘plug in’ subsidy will be on the road from today (March 1st). The dealer, 21st Moto in Swanley, Kent, confirmed that 48-year-old Fred Murphy from Redhill in Surrey is the first customer in the UK to benefit from the subsidy, introduced by the Government’s Office for…
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MotoGP: Hector Barbera breaks collarbone
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The Reale Avintia Racing rider is set for surgery today (Thursday) after a quick spill in Spain during pre-season testing. Hector Barbera has broken his left collarbone in an accident whilst training at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, in Valencia. The injury will require the Spaniard to undergo surgery, which is set to take place…
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Indian Motorcycle will SELL YOU your own racebike FTR750 flat tracker for just over £40k! (and who said a road bike of this thing won’t happen?)
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A while ago we first brought you Indian’s plans to go flat track racing in the USA, then we brought you the first look at the bike that came from those plans – the FTR750. The bike is gorgeous and looks like a proper weapon, at the time we told you that we’d heard many…
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Four new jackets from Indian Motorcycle for Spring/Summer 2017
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Out of the four new additions, the Frontier Jacket (above) is the one to ride in because it has CE protectors over the shoulders and elbows. Visually it can be identified by its quilted pattern across the shoulders and the contrasting brown suede collar. The outer material is water resistant and made from a micro fibre fabric…
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Top DJ Carl Cox is backing 13 times TT winner Michael Dunlop at the 2017 TT
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At 27, Dunlop has already made TT history, being the first rider to lap the 33¾ mile circuit in under 17 minutes (with a 133.962mph average speed lap) and with 13 wins is placed fifth in the all-time standings. In 2017 Dunlop will be campaigning machinery in the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes at the…
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Product news: Save nearly £65 on a BRILLIANT Shad expandable top box!
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Check out this great deal on something we really like, the expanding top box from Shad. The price has just been dropped to a few pence over £255 (down from £319.99). The SH58X is the solution for those who want a top case for more than one purpose, but don’t want the expense or…
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Meet the BMW K75 Alpha. The world’s best unofficial BMW custom bike (we reckon).
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https://youtu.be/obK7azLtcMI It’s not often an unofficial concept bike makes it to the heady world of ‘reality’ – but this one has. And there’s something about the BMW Alpha K75 concept machine that we really like. The drawings (below) appeared some time ago courtesy of designer Mehmut Doruk Erdem and are based on an old Salt…
