Sports Bikes
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Video: KTM1290 Super Duke R vs stunt plane
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This is a pretty awesome video showing the making of a feature for KTM’s Unbound Magazine. In it, British rider Luke Brackenbury takes on a Zivko Edge 540 stunt plane for a series of absolutely gorgeous shots taken by our mate, Chippy Wood. It’s a blinding bit of video that we really enjoyed. So we…
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Harley-Davidson unveils NEW amazing flat track race bike! We want this please, H-D. Cheers
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Harley-Davidson unveils NEW amazing flat track race bike! We want this please, H-D. Cheers. Harley-Davidson has revealed this purpose-built race bike – the first time the firm has turned out a specifically-made motorcycle for the dirt track for 44 years. Called the Harley-Davidson XG750R the bike is based around the Street 750 and is going…
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2017 Honda CBR250RR to get three riding modes and ride-by-wire
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There’s a lot of rumours appearing today from Indonesia saying that the next generation 250 four-stroke from Honda, the mini-Fireblade CBR250RR (also known by the cooler-sounding K64 codename), is going to have three riding modes. The quarter-litre sportbike has already been shown at various 2015 shows as a ‘concept’ lightweight sports bike from Honda, but…
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Video: Keenan Sofuoglu clocks 391kmh (243mph) on a Kawasaki H2R!
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Holy moly! Check out this very-early-sneek-peek at none other than World Supersport multiple world champion Keenan Sofuoglu ripping a Kawasaki H2R to 243mph! There’s been nothing officially released or announced about this yet, but via Spanish sources we’ve seen this bit of video which – OK, is pretty boring because it’s just a locked-off shot…
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Victory racing both Project 156 AND electric Empulse RR bikes at Pikes Peak this year
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Victory Motorcycles will be racing up the mountain with two very different motorcycles in this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), an event that marks its 100th anniversary in 2016. In a gas vs. electric battle in the experimental class, Victory Racing’s Project 156 will be piloted by former Pikes Peak Champion Jeremy Toye…
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MT-10 gets fancy french paint makeover with nine colour options
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MT-10 gets fancy french paint makeover with nine colour options. Ohhh la la! French painworks firm already offering funky new colours for the Yamaha MT-10. Fancy it in pink? It’s just been announced by french firm ADKoncept (www.adkoncept.fr) that they can do nine different colours for the MT-10. Yep. The funky schemes are also being…
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2017 Yamaha R6 image surfaces in Japan
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2017 Yamaha R6 image surfaces in Japan. This is what the Japanese journalists closest to the insider source at Yamaha Japan say the next generation of R6 is going to look like. Now, there’s quite a few rumblings today saying that although this image of the future-R6, which has appeared in a few outlets in…
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2017 Kawasaki H2 GT drawings from Japan confirm Morebikes patent story from February
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2017 Kawasaki H2 GT drawings from Japan confirm Morebikes patent story from February. Top Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine has just appeared with this amazing illustration on the cover of the next generation Kawasaki H2 – called the GT. The H2 GT is the latest on our story from February 9 this year when we uncovered…
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Track time at Misano ramped up at World Ducati Weekend 2016
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The countdown to the great Ducati get-together World Ducati Week 2016 has begun. For weeks now preparations have been under way for an event that will draw thousands of Ducatisti from all over the globe, seeing them arrive at the Adriatic Riviera and the “Marco Simoncelli” Misano World Circuit which, from 1to 3 July, which will host…
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Video: Rossi’s helmet painter Aldo Drudi has moved to bikes – and he’s designed this!
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Rossi’s helmet painter Aldo Drudi has moved to bikes – and he’s designed this! So here’s Drudi’s first motorcycle – the Burasca 1200. Made in collaboration with bike builders Air Garage and Honda Italia, the bike is – essentially – a Honda VFR1200F with Ohlins NIX 30 forks and TTX GP 36 rear shock. The…
