Sports Bikes
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Video: Here’s the plans for the British Vigo Electric motorcycle – 180mph, 400 mile range and £7,999!
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Video: Here’s the plans for the British Vigo Electric motorcycle – 180mph, 400 mile range and £7,999! https://youtu.be/V3N4ki4pbbE This is the Vigo Electric Motorcycle, a concept bike that’s in development. If the maker’s plans pan out then this UK-made hunk of electric-powered gorgeousness (and it’s a stunner, no issues) then the first bikes should be…
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Honda’s secret SUPERCHARGED engine patents REVEALED
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Honda is planning a new, supercharged motorcycle that will have the power-boosting unit mounted on the left-hand side of the engine. And the new kit will power a host of new motorcycles over the next few years. These are the patent drawings for the new motor with the supercharger system in place. Don’t be…
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Umm… these images are ‘serious’ and have been made as part of the Kawasaki World Fair. Yep. Really.
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Umm… these images are ‘serious’ and have been made as part of the Kawasaki World Fair. Yep. Really. OK, so we’re not 100% sure about what’s exactly going on here (because we’re trying to translate this from Japanese) but here’s what we think this, that’s been posted on the official site for the 2017 Kawasaki…
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Video: Maverick Vinales rides the Yamaha R15 at Indonesian launch
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Yamaha new-boy Maverick Vinales has been out in action on the new Yamaha R15 for a launch of the mini-superbike at Sentul, Indonesia. Here’s the footage that Yamaha has put up from the four laps that the MotoGP chap put in on the new bike. https://www.facebook.com/yamaholigan/videos/10154323472452643/ And here’s the pics. Nice touch to get Vinales…
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Video: First look at 2017 GSX-R1000 in track action!
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Video: First look at 2017 GSX-R1000 in track action! https://www.facebook.com/youngmachine/videos/1443525699009013/ Here’s a small wedge of video that’s emerged of the new Suzuki GSX-R1000 out track testing at Suzuka, Japan. Not that much to see, but it’s still interesting enough (and although you can hear another bike blasting past, you do get a bit of Suzuki…
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Ducati CEO CONFIRMS that next superbike is going to be a V4! Not a V-twin. And you’ll be able to buy it.
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So amid all the guff and bluster of the past few days something has happened that will get every single sportbike fan on the planet bubbling away – the boss of Ducati confirming that the company’s next superbike is going to be a V4… The quotes have been reported by the excellent MotoGP journalist David…
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Guy Martin to RACE at the TT this year! CONFIRMED! Team-mate to John McGuinness on factory Fireblades
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Guy Martin to RACE at the TT this year! CONFIRMED! Team-mate to John McGuinness on factory Fireblades. Guy Martin IS going to race at the TT this year – and he’s doing it as the official Honda team-mate to John McGuinness! The TV star has signed to ride the new Honda Fireblade in both the…
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2017 Fireblade prices slip out – rumour at the moment – but it sounds pricey if true
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2017 Fireblade prices slip out – rumour at the moment – but it sounds pricey if true. Honda’s prices for the new Fireblade have slipped out – and it seems as though the SP1 and SP2 versions of the bike are going to cost a bit more than first thought. Here’s the prices that we’ve…
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Josh Brookes CONFIRMED as riding the Norton at TT 2017!
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Josh Brookes CONFIRMED as riding the Norton at TT 2017! TWO years after winning the BSB title, Aussie Josh Brookes is back in the UK – taking on the domestic Superbike championship AND the Isle of Man TT! Brookes will ride the Norton racebike on The Mountain Course, he will be part of an all-Aussie…
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The G310R BMW-powered mini-superbike is about to be launched in India and Indonesia
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The G310R BMW-powered mini-superbike is about to be launched in India and Indonesia. We’ve been telling you for over a year now about the mini-superbike that’s a collaboration between BMW and Indian company TVS – rumours in the emerging markets of Indian and Indonesia are reckoning that the bike is on the verge of…
