Tony Carter
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BMW files patent for electric front wheel drive on motorcycles. Ripe for the next big Adventures from the German factory?
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The drawings show an all-in-one unit mounted around a front wheel hub that is used to drive the front wheel when needed in particularly gnarly off-road conditions or up steep inclines. There’s only a couple of drawings of the mechanism but in the patent’s description BMW clearly stated that the electric drive can…
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Oh wow! German magazine Motorrad has come up with THIS awesome GS 800 X motorcycle illustration. Want this bike to happen?
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It’s a bit of a silly-season in the new bike world at the moment and with all the spy shots and teaser videos leaking out, it’s easy to miss a big future bike – but Motorrad in Germany have set their sites on this beauty – the GS 800 X. It’s an uprated version of…
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VIDEO: Here’s the self-balancing bike that stays upright, parks itself and comes back to you when you say it’s name.
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Liger Mobility from India may be a small start-up company that you’ve probably not head of, but it’s produced something on par with the latest thinking from Honda and Yamaha. The firm’s gyroscopic system keeps a (so far) electric scooter upright with the set-up sending self-correcting pulses along the chassis to stop the bike falling…
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SPORT BIKE TO SPORT TOURER: Honda’s PATENT which lets you change your RIDING POSITION.
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Honda has filed a patent for a clever piece of technology which will allow you to change your CBR1000RR from out and out sport bike to a tourer. Have you ever tried touring on a sport bike? While it’s not impossible – it’s hardly the most comfortable way to cover some serious miles. Presumably, that’s…
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VIDEO: Could Kawasaki be hinting that there’s a new GPZ900R for 2020?
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Kawasaki’s just released a video which shows the journey of its GPZ900R over the years. Could it be the first hint that we’re going to see a new version for 2020? Rumours have been swirling for a while now about the possibility of Kawasaki releasing a new version of its iconic GPZ900R – and the…
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Here’s the trailer for the SECOND version of TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge. Next generation video game coming in 2020.
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Following on from the success of the TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge video game, there’s a new version being released for 2020. And here’s the trailer. Bigben Games has just released a new trailer for TT Isle of Man 2 – Ride on the Edge – and it breaks down the…
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Full Metal Jacket. CUSTOM Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles.
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Wow. Have you seen this one-off custom Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles in Poland? Unveiled at a custom bike show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany – the bike was created in collaboration with Yamaha Poland. But it’s Game Over Cycles who’ve been hard at work to create this metallic monster. Stripping off pretty much all…
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Honda’s built 400 MILLION motorcycles and scooters.
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70 years after its first bike rolled off the production line in 1949, Honda has built its 400 millionth two wheeler. At the minute, Honda’s turning out an incredible 21 million motorcycles and scooters a year – across 35 factories in 21 countries. The Japanese brand sells 5.9 million motorcycles in India and around 5.2…
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RUMOURED: Husqvarna ELECTRIC scooter coming for 2021.
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Rumours are swirling that Husqvarna’s gearing up to launch an electric scooter for 2021 – and it might be based on its partner Bajaj’s first electric scooter, the Chetak. Considering the Austrian/Swedish factories connection to the Indian brand, it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine the new Husqvarna electric scooter would share a…
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Ewan and Charley’s Long Way Up ELECTRIC adventure finishes filming.
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Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have been back on the bikes for their latest TV adventure – the Long Way Up – and this time, they’ve been riding Harley-Davidson’s electric Livewire. We brought you news of the duo’s new show a few months ago as filming got underway in Ushuaia, in Tiera del Fuego. And…
