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Harley-Davidson patents the electric ‘super shopper’ City Speedster motorcycle
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Yep, the American firm has gone and filed patents for the electric city runabout that was first unveiled as one of the possible ‘future’ models in a H-D line-up back in February last year. Back then, the little runaround looked like this: And the patents are virtually identical to the orange mini-bike, albeit drawn without…
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TT 2020: John McGuinness signs for Kawasaki!
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Quattro Plant Bournemouth Kawasaki has signed John McGuinness for the 2020 Road Racing campaign. He will contest the 2020 Isle of Man TT and International North West 200 road races for the Bournemouth based squad. McGuinness, who celebrates his 30th year of racing in 2020, will ride Ninja ZX-10RR machinery in the Superbike and Superstock classes…
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STAFFORD SHOW 2020: Stuart Graham announced as guest of honour for April outing
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Stuart Graham, a winner on both two and four wheels, has enjoyed a successful and unusual racing career and will share his stories in front of a live audience at the 40th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show on April 25-26 at Stafford County Showground. Born into a racing family, Stuart’s father was 1949 500cc World Champion…
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Mash’s X-Ride 650 Classic. French-built RETRO enduro motorcycle unveiled TODAY.
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Mash has released its second retro-styled 650cc at the Brussels Motor Show – and it’s called the X-Ride 650 Classic. Joining the Dirt Track 650 which has been built around the 40bhp 650cc single-cylinder engine which was used in the old Honda Dominator, the French factory has confirmed it’s gearing up to reveal a second…
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MotoGP: LCR boss: “Cal Crutchlow’s crashes cost us up to $1m a year”
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It’s a helluva figure that the Italian-run MotoGP squad have admitted to, but then Cal is a helluva rider who’s one of the best five motorcycle competitors on the planet. Yes he is. The actual budget to repair or replace crash damage throughout a season is bracketed at between 600,000 and 1,000,000 dollars. Cal has…
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Motorcycle or suitcase? Polestar’s SLR salt lake RACER prototype.
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Ever thought about putting in some high speed runs on Bonneville Salt Flats? Chances are you weren’t thinking about doing it on something like this; Polestar’s SLR concept. We like to showcase the weird and wonderful of the motorcycling world – and while the Polestar SLR is weirder than most, we thought it was well…
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NOW ON SALE: Christini’s Two-Wheel-Drive kit for your KTM adventure motorcycle.
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Christini has now put its acclaimed two-wheel drive system for KTM’s Adventure line-up on sale to the general public – and you can get your hands on one for £3,500. Christini is pushing boundaries once again, releasing a production version of its innovative two-wheel drive system – we first showed you this back in May…
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Royal Enfield trademarks two new model names – Sherpa and Hunter (anyone else expecting more enduro bikes to arrive?)
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The Indian company’s Himalayan – 410cc, single-cylinder with 25hp and 32Nm – has been a sales success for the resurgent firm and there’s much speculation that the names will be attached to a 250cc single (this is likely to be the Sherpa) and a two-cylinder 650cc with 48hp and 52Nm (the Hunter). According to Indian…
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VIDEO: Listen up! Here’s the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R motorcycle running to its 17,000rpm redline – LISTEN to this thing…
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One of the hottest small bikes for 2020 is going to be the Kawasaki ZX-25R and here’s a video from the Japanese factory of the bike going through the revs. It’s worth a watch (make sure you’ve got the volume turned up) and with the more revvy nature of the motor it does point a…
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VIDEO: 1,000 miles down the Baja Peninsula on TWO Honda Monkeys. WATCH the full EPIC roadtrip HERE.
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MotorTrend has recently released a brilliant half hour film showing American bike journos Ari Henning and Zack Courts attempting an epic 1,200-mile road trip down the Baja Peninsula on 125cc Honda Monkeys. It’s a brilliant piece of film, that’s well worth finding a bit of time to watch in full over the long Bank Holiday…
