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Kawasaki’s 150cc mini Street Scrambler project sketched out for 2017
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Kawasaki’s 150cc mini Street Scrambler project sketched out for 2017. It seems as though there was a bit of ‘loose-lips’ going on at the EICMA event at the Milan Show, and they’ve been speaking about what’s coming in 2017. Those who know about Kawasaki’s plans have, so we’re told, said that the company is…
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Pictures: HPnineT custom BMW from High Octane
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How cool is this? A custom café racer based on the BMW RnineT. The bike has been designed and built by the Dutch custom-bike builders High Octane Speed Shop. We reckon this looks like how a BMW built Thruxton might have turned out – and we like it. This is a one-off bike, unlike the…
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SCOOP: Honda’s awesome Six50 Scrambler concept based on the CBR650F (yeah, really!)
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You’ll find the Honda CB4 concept on another article here on MoreBikes and this is the sister bike to the design free-thinking bit of Honda Motor Europe – this is the Honda Six50, a scrambler style bike build around the CBR650F platform that’s on display at the Milan show currently. Because this is based around…
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SCOOP: Honda’s European CB4 concept: a CB650 turned into a killer future cafe racer
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Dear Honda, if you’re reading this then please, please, please make this CB4 concept a reality that we can ride. As a retro-styled machine, the project really hits the spot. Underneath the shiny outsides is a CB650F. The bike gets a single-sided swingarm, a new exhaust and solid front brake discs with Tokico red calipers.…
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Moto Guzzi launches 2016 V7 II Stornello and V7 II Racer in Milan
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Engine: 744cc V-twin | Power: 59Nm @ 3,000rpm | Weight: 186kg The new Stornello carries the name of its legendary predecessor from the ’60s, with technical features based on the V7 II. It has the scrambler look with a high exhaust, spoked rims, off-road tyres and a long saddle. The bike weighs 186kg and the…
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Moto Guzzi launches new 2016 V9 Roamer and V9 Bobber in Milan
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Engine: 850cc V-twin | Power: 62Nm @ 3,000rpm | Weight: 200kg The V9 Roamer is the more conventional version of the two brand new Moto Guzzi V9s. It is lightweight and has a reduced seat height for improved handling. The 850cc, two valve, transversal 90° V-twin engine delivers a claimed 62 Nm torque at 3,000…
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SCOOP VIDEO: Yamaha MT-03 in action, HERE!
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This is the official launch video of the new for 2016 Yamaha MT-03. Powered by the same 320cc engine as in the YZF-R3, the bike is a mini-naked that Yamaha says its the bridge vehicle between the MT-125 and MT-07. It’s 780mm seat height, low weight and narrow profile should mean that this is a…
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Yamaha launches the 2016 XSR900
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Yamaha has launched the XSR900 – the bike that we saw a few weeks ago, designed by American custom builder Roland Sands the bike is a crossover with lots of tech but 1980s flat-tracker styling. The bike uses the familiar 850cc inline 3-cylinder motor with cross-plane crank amid a flurry of other tech. No price…
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Final Scrambler Bart and Betty cartoon episode shows Ducati Scrambler 400
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So here it is then, the final episode of the Bart and Betty cartoon strip from Ducati. The strip has been running for several weeks now as part of a social media campaign to promote a 2016 bike. Ducati has refused to say what this strip is about in terms of the model of bike,…
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SCOOP: TWO more Videos of the 2016 BMW R nine T Scrambler here!
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TWO more videos of the 2016 BMW Scrambler R nine T have been posted, showing much more of the motorcycle than we’ve seen before. There’s not much point in going on about the contents of the videos, you can watch them both below, but what they do show us is more detail of the…
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