Retro Classic
-
Glorious new images of the Husqvarna 2017 cafe racer emerge. VERY pretty stuff!
Posted
by
It was on October 5 last year that we brought you the exclusive quote from one of two managing directors of Husqvarna, Reinhold Zens that: “I can tell you that they will come as 2017 models,” – he was talking about the Svartpilen and Vitpilen cafe racer and scrambler models – and so here we…
-
Kawasaki files trademark for all-new Z900RS retro-bruiser!
Posted
by
Kawasaki has filed a trademark application for a new bike called the Z900RS and the rumour-mill has the name being used for a motorcycle that’s going to be pretty much a new version of the factory’s iconic 1970s bruiser, the Z1 (pictured below). The actual application for the trademark has little detail in it…
-
Two more specials surface from Honda in Bangkok – check out the sweet 300TT cafe racer
Posted
by
A couple more Bangkok Show specials have surfaced today with these two Hondas. MotoSaigon.vn was the first to peg up pictures of the gorgeous CB300TT special and the slightly-more ho-hum gold-coloured CB650 Scrambler-derived bike. Out of the two, we really like the CB300TT cafe racer special, but given how many of these Honda-show specials we’ve…
-
Suzuki’s SV650 Rally Concept: Q&A reveals possible future for cafe racer idea
Posted
by
Suzuki’s SV650 Rally Concept: Q&A reveals possible future for cafe racer idea. Last weekend, Suzuki showed off this SV650 Rally Concept bike on the factory stand in Osaka, Japan. Details of the bike were scarce but the middleweight looked funky enough to get a lot of attention from the attending crowd. Since then, we’ve…
-
SCOOP video: Suzuki SV650 Rally Concept walkaround film
Posted
by
Check out this video walkaround of the Suzuki SV650 Rally Concept. Basically this is little more than a bolt-on bitsa from Suzuki which was shown at the Osaka motorcycle show at the weekend. Under the additional bodywork bits, new seat and odd-looking backside is a piggyback Yoshimura exhaust (nice) and the new SV650 from the…
-
SCOOP Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!)
Posted
by
Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!) Here’s a walkaround video of the Hondas at the Osaka Motorcycle show 2016. The show happened at the weekend and really there wasn’t much there other than a dressed up Africa Twin, the City Adventure high-legged suspension, the CRF250 prototype (again…) and the…
-
SCOOOOOP! But what the hell is this bike that we’ve got a patent drawing for? It’s a Honda, we know that. And a V-twin…
Posted
by
OK people, listen up – we’ve found this drawing buried deep (so, so deep) inside a Honda file registered for a front mudguard patent somewhere on this planet… but we haven’t got a bloody clue about exactly what this bike is. And we need your help. So here’s the relevant info. The description for…
-
UK FIRST: Plug-and play cornering bike headlight
Posted
by
MoreBikes.co.uk and our sister magazine, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, are the first in the UK to test the incredible new JW Speaker 8790 Adaptive Cornering Headlight. MSL is building a special Yard Built Yamaha XSR700 that you’ll be able to see on the Yamaha stand at 2016’s Motorcycle Live in the NEC. Intended to be…
-
Suzuki confirms price for new SV650 – £5,499 all-in
Posted
by
Suzuki has confirmed pricing for the new SV650 and announced its inclusion on the Suzuki Finance PCP scheme, with the sporty, naked middleweight coming with an RRP of £5,499, and available for £95 per month. Unveiled at EICMA in November, the SV650 has 60 changes to its V-twin engine and 70 new chassis components, increasing…
-
Triumph Thruxton R world launch review
Posted
by
WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn We rode the Thruxton R, which starting at £11,700 is the pinnacle of the new Bonneville range; the Thruxton is a similar machine, though at £10,400 has more classically–styled right-way-up forks, and the same Nissin two-piston calipers and fixed…
