Adventure Bikes
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My bike: 2015 Triumph Tiger 800 XRx
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64 year-old Chris Foreman, a part-time telecoms consultant from Hertfordshire, gives us the low-down on his adventurer… I’ve been riding since 1969, and haven’t been without two wheels since. I typically cover about 5000 miles per year, and also have a 1981 BMW R100RS (1981) and a Sym Symphony 125 that fits in…
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Bennetts Insurance expands modifications cover up to £400 (includes panniers, top boxes, grab rails etc)
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Bennetts Inusrance has expanded its modifications policy to include permanently fixed accessories as standard and will replace them on a like-for-like basis, even if they are fitted after market. The accessories, which no longer need to be declared, include fixed panniers, top boxes, side boxes, grab rails and sport racks up to a value of…
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£1000 worth of official Ducati accessories or kit when you buy a new Multistrada 1200 Enduro
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Ducati has launched an offer where you can get £1000 worth of accessories if you buy a new Multistrada 1200 Enduro by the end of September. The list of what’s available includes: Enduro pack: crash bars, radiator grill, LED lights, brake disc and chain guard protector Touring pack: Touratech 85 litre side panniers, heated grips…
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Harley-Davidson recalls 27,232 bikes over possible clutch failure
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So here’s another recall that affects many thousands of motorcycles – thankfully from out British perspective it appears that so far no UK motorcycles have been effected, but if we hear different we’ll let you know. The bikes in the recall announced by the National Highway Safety Aministration (NHTSA) are under the spotlight because the…
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Video: New Givi ad is styling off-road on the Africa Twin
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Check out this video released by luggage company Givi. It’s of an Africa Twin kitted out with the company’s panniers, topbax and tankbag being put through its paces. It’s an ad, but at more than a minute long it’s a pretty good ad with the Honda looking bang tidy in action – and it gets…
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BMW teams up with tech company Rever – it’ll mean much more going on between your bike and phone
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BMW has teamed up with tech start-up Rever which is kind of a digital hub for bikers who want to share and plan great routes to ride, where to go and other things of interest to the two-wheeled community. For the German company to join up with a firm like this shows how seriously BMW’s…
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Japanese mag goes with updated images of H2GT, a Honda Grom 125 AND CBR250RR (which might be launched on Monday…)
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Check out this gorgeous cover of the Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine which has just appeared with the much-awaited H2GT in full flight. It’s a computer-generated image of the bike that will be part of Kawasaki’s 2017 line-up, we first told you about the bike back in February when insiders told us that the iconic hyperbike…
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Ducati launches Taste of Joy app for Scrambler riders (looks pretty sweet for those up for some Italian miles)
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Taste of Joy, Ducati Scrambler’s App for motorcycling and street food enthusiasts. Over 150 addresses of Italian street food points, from north to south, offering typical cuisine and original menus Taste of Joy also provides countless motorcycling routes to explore The new Ducati Scrambler App also shows you where to find petrol stations in Italy…
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More patents suggesting Honda Transalp is back
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We have just been sent these patent drawings that suggest Honda is planning to relaunch the Transalp, which was discontinued in 2012. Since its original launch in 1987, the Honda Transalp took the guises of XL400V, XL600V, XL650V, and XL700V. We’re not quite sure where in the current line-up this new model would sit as…
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Triumph Tiger Sport 2016 launch report – absolutely brilliant
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WORDS: John Milbank, editor MSL – PHOTOGRAPHY: Allesio Barbanti and Matteo Cavadini Thank you, Europe. Without your rules and regulations we wouldn’t have some of the world’s best engineers finding the solutions that bring us even greater motorcycles… The Tiger 1050 was launched in 2007, effectively carving its own niche as a ‘Sports Adventure…
