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EICMA 2018: Here’s the OFFICIAL launch of the F850GS Adventure. Looks promising.
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Back in the summer, we showed you the first photos of the 2019 BMW R850GS Adventure – our spy snapper bagged the halfway Adventure out on road-going tests in southern Spain – and with the official reveal this morning of the bike from the German factory, we now know that nothing has changed between spy…
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EICMA 2018: Yamaha turns out the T7 Adventure bike
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After years of teasing the motorcycle world with the T7 prototype Adventure bike, Yamaha finally turned out the production-ready Ténéré 700 at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. Here’s what Yamaha says are the highlights of the middleweight off roader with a 350km (217m) range. Ténéré 700 Details: 689cc, 4-stroke, CP2 engine with Adventure settings The…
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EICMA 2018: Ducati’s new Diavel gets back to sportier basics. Loads of power, sweet tech and a chain drive
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If you ever wanted or rode a first-generation Diavel then the latest version of the muscle cruiser just unveiled in Milan is going to tickle your fancy a lot. The new Diavel might be a bike that we’ve been bringing you in spy-shot form for months now but the actual details of the production…
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EICMA 2018: Ducati’s Panigale V4R breaks cover in Milan. 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Wow.
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Well, this might just about be the most nuts motorcycle at the EICMA show this year. Ducati has just shown it’s V4R Panigale as part of the 2019 model line-up… and the V4R (with a full Akrapovic pipe) kicks out 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Yep. Ducati says that compared to the previous R version, the Panigale…
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EICMA 2018: Here’s the new-for-2019 Ducati Multistrada 950 and 950S
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Ducati has just launched it’s new Multistrada 950 and, alongside the stock model, is the Italian firm’s first ever higher-tech ‘S’ version of the model (below). For 2019 the new Multistrada 950 comes with a 6-axis Bosch IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), Bosch Cornering ABS, Vehicle Hold Control (VHC) for easier uphill starts (especially when…
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EICMA 2018: Ducati unveils it’s new Hypermotard 950. Back to the hooligan ways
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We’ve been telling you about this bike for months now, even bringing you our spy snaps of the Hypermotard in action on road tests a couple of months ago – here’s one of those exclusive shots: Nice. And given that Ducati has just officially unveiled the new Hypermotard in all its glory at the EICMA…
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MOTOGP: Rins is on fire! A day after his Suzuki burst into flames in pitlane – with fastest time at Sepang as 0.159 splits four factories on Friday
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Suzuki leads, Ducati, Honda and Yamaha on a super competitive opening day at Sepang. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) topped the timesheets on Friday at the Shell Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix after going quickest in FP2. The Spaniard heads Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) on the combined times by just 0.089 after setting a 1:59.608, with…
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REVEALED: Here’s BMW’s 2019 R1250GS Adventure ahead of EICMA
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This is the latest incarnation of the 2019 BMW Adventure which will spearhead the big Adventure big push from the Germans at EICMA in Milan next week. Leaked by Antonio Suriano on YouTube, we can see several documents from the press information about the bike. The Adventure uses the same 1254cc powerplant as the new GS…
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UPDATE: Here’s another photo (plus yesterday’s photo and spec) of the 2019 BMW S1000RR. 207bhp @13.500rpm, 113Nm @ 11,000rpm
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Painted, the bike looks nice – but we’ve been seeing this bike for months now so you knew what the looks were going to be like. Posted on Twitter by shinny_tv, the details are out. Anyway, it’s up and has an underbar swingarm for strength and a host of new electronics. See it for…
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Suzuki to rebuild FIRST EVER RG500 at Motorcycle Live
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Suzuki will restore arguably the most important racing motorcycle it ever produced at this year’s Motorcycle Live – which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC 17-25 November – with the rebuild of the G-54, the precursor to the iconic XR14 and RG500 machines that went on to take Suzuki and Barry Sheene to world championship glory.…
