Sports Bikes
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SCOOP: MORE Honda two-stroke patents filed and revealed! Oh yes!
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SCOOP: MORE Honda two-stroke patents filed and revealed! Oh yes! Honda has updated its plans for a the clean-burn two-stroke engine with these patents filed a few days ago. Outwardly, the motor doesn’t look hugely different to the design we broke to the world on July 17 except for the placing of the…
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Lewis Hamilton to get own run of MV Agustas named after him – like Senna
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Lewis Hamilton to get own run of MV Agustas named after him – like Senna. 2015 F1 world champion elect, Lewis Hamilton, is going to produce his own limited edition run of MV Agusta motorcycles. In an announcement on twitter the Brit said that something was coming soon that would involve him and the Italian…
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VIDEO Husqvarna’s 701 Supermoto goes ape on track
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VIDEO Husqvarna’s 701 Supermoto goes ape on track. This is the promotional video for the new Husqvarna 701 Supermoto. The bike makes 70bhp and weighs 145kg, it’s part of the firm’s line-up for next year and looks pretty awesome in action. What do you think? Is this the bike for purely funtimes or is it…
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Ninja S2 2016 pictures surface – looks like a mini H2! (ish…)
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Ninja S2 2016 pictures surface – looks like a mini H2! (ish…) Lots of pictures are surfacing at the moment that show a next-generation Ninja Kawasaki and we’ve been tipped off that this is the S2 supercharged 650 – possibly. This is basically, the 2016/17 model of the bike that has various updates and…
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SCOOP Kawasaki Ninja S2 image unveiled
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SCOOP Kawasaki Ninja S2 image unveiled! Here’s another picture of the Kawasaki Ninja S2 – the mini H2 supercharged 650 coming from the Japanese firm. The image is another from Japanese journalists who are getting into a right lather over the bike that promises 1000cc-type power and 650-type mpg with the smaller bike’s lack of…
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2015 Yamaha Dealer Built Winners Unveiled
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2015 Yamaha Dealer Built Winners Unveiled. This summer kicked off with the first ever Yamaha Dealer Built competition. The initiative follows from the massive success of Yamaha’s Yard Built campaign that has seen the world’s top customizers collaborating to create stunning builds based on the Sport Heritage range. The activity saw European Yamaha Dealers create…
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2016, 207bhp Kawasaki ZX-10R revealed – official pictures
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Power is a claimed 207bhp with ram-air with 84ftlb or torque @11,500rpm. The extra few BHP is largely down to new cam profiles and a redesigned combustion chamber. The motor also gets large-diameter valves, head ports and there’s a bigger volume airbox. But it’s how the power is delivered that makes this motorcycle…
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Honda’s CBR500R gets updated for 2016
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Honda has released details of updates to the CBR500R for 2016. Here’s what the factory itself has said about the bike, which will be at various motorcycle shows over the next couple of months before joining the firm’s range at the end of the year: Upgrades for 2016 include: – A complete new look…
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VIDEO H2 at the Nurburgring
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Check this video out of an H2 being put through its paces at the Nurburgring. There’s not a huge amount to say about this other than the rider, Tim Rhötig, from Bridgestone-Deutschland is really trusting that front tyre in a lot of places. The bike sounds great on the pipe and the ‘ring is remarkably quiet…
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Yamaha issues recall on R3
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Yamaha issues recall on R3. Yamaha has issued a recall in the USA to do with its R3 mini-superbike. Units of the R3 have an incorrectly manufactured upper triple clamp that may crack whilst riding. Affected bikes were made between January 1, 2015 and August 31, 2015. The recall has been filed with the NHTSA,…
