Sports Bikes
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Ducati UK announces average 4.8 % price increase from the 1st January 2017 (so if you’re buying, get in at Motorcycle Live! from TOMORROW)
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Ducati UK announces average 4.8 % price increase from the 1st January 2017. Following the announcement of prices for the new 2017 models unveiled recently at EICMA, Ducati UK has just announced that a price increase on the remainder of the Ducati and Ducati Scrambler ranges is happening. That means that, as a rough…
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Video: Motorcycle Live! A 2017 thing to see: Honda’s new Fireblades!
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With 192bhp on tap and a host of new electronics the new Fireblades from Honda are definitely worth a stop-off as you go around Motorcycle Live! next week. Honda has built a great display showing the history of the iconic superbike which takes you from the humble 1992 beginnings right up to the newly-released Fireblade…
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Watch this video: It’s the 2014 hot onboard Isle of Man TT lap between Guy Martin and Michael Dunlop. You’ll LOVE this!
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Watch this video: It’s the 2014 hot onboard Isle of Man TT lap between Guy Martin and Michael Dunlop. You’ll LOVE this! As he’s back on your telly screen this coming Monday at 9pm with the Channel 4 series Our Guy in China – what better reason do we need to show you this brilliant bit…
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Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor
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Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor. Check this out – a full-on naked hyperbike that’s been created with a 3d-printed chassis. Called The Dagger the bike looks awesome and as the main bits are wrapped around a supercharged Kawasaki H2R motor (yep) it’s going…
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First look: Erik Buell’s ‘new’ bike – the Black Lightning – gets revealed a few days before its launch
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First look: Erik Buell’s ‘new’ bike – the Black Lightning gets revealed a few days before its launch. When Erik Buell Racing (EBR) announced a couple of months ago that his company would be launching a new Black Lightning there was much wringing of hands and awaiting of something a bit ground breaking from the…
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Motorcycle Live! Suzuki is unleashing its race hot Katana build LIVE! Nov 19 – 27
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Motorcycle Live! Suzuki is unleashing its race hot Katana build LIVE! Suzuki will again adding to the live entertainment at this year’s Motorcycle Live, with Team Classic Suzuki building its latest race bike on the Suzuki stand throughout the duration of the show, as it assembles the GSX1100SD Katana it will campaign in next year’s…
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Video: The moment a biker chooses launching off a 40ft drop instead of a head-on with a car… onboard footage (he’s OK)
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https://youtu.be/NYkuYg5qvPI Holy moly! Check out this video as a timely reminder to go for the corner if you commit to it (or, slow down a bit if you haven’t got the skills). Either way, every time we see this footage it makes us go a bit sicky inside. The video isn’t new but it’s still…
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Milan show: Amazing VIDEO of Ducati 1299 Superleggera carbon fibre über-superbike ridden on track
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The new Ducati 1299 Superleggera is the most exclusive bike ever from the Italian manufacturer, with its 215bhp desmodromic engine, and a carbon fibre frame, swingarm, subframe and wheels – and a price tag of around £7ok (not that you can buy one, the limited number produced has already sold out). The bike looked amazing in…
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Milan show: Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 and Shiver 900 revealed in Milan
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Revealing the Dorsoduro 900 and Shiver 900, Aprilia announced that the new models benefit from more performance from the new 900cc twin-cylinder engine, a tighter ride and better handling from the refined chassis architecture and the best available technology. The Dorsoduro 900 is the supermoto model, and the Shiver 900 the naked version. The new bikes feature…
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Milan show: Suzuki’s new GSX250R revealed
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Suzuki has just revealed its new small-capacity sportsbike, the GSX250R. The new 248cc parallel-twin engine that powers the GSX250R/ABS offers the best fuel economy in its class according to Suzuki. The 4-valve motor makes 24.7bhp @ 8,000rpm and belches out 17.21lb-ft @ 6,500rpm. It has 53.5 x 55.2 bore and stroke with a compression of…
