Sports Bikes
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SCOOP: Suzuki’s OFFICIAL patent drawings for its ‘wing’ framed 2017 GSX-R250
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SCOOP: Suzuki’s OFFICIAL patent drawings for its ‘wing’ framed 2017 GSX-R250. These are the first patent drawings and details of Suzuki’s next-generation GSX-R250 – the hot quarter-litre machine set to arrive at the end of the year and the first shot across the bows of Suzuki’s rivals in what looks to be the most…
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VIDEO: Ducati XDiavel world launch review
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Check out this video of the Ducati XDiavel world launch review. So what’s the feet-forward muscle cruiser thing actually like to ride? If you want to know then now you can with this film – this is our mate John Milbank’s world launch review of the hugely-changed big bike from Ducati. The ride happened…
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Video: Ducati’s draXter concept bike launch film
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Not content with showing off three concept Scramblers at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona, Ducati has also shown off this draXter concept too. Basically, this is the feet-forward, belt-driven XDiavel in a more “sports” point of view. The modifications over the cruiser that was unveiled at the end of last year all shove the…
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Japanese journos go public with latest ‘Super Blade’ pic and info
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Here’s what the top Japanese magazine Young Machine reckons the next generation Honda CBR1000 Fireblade is going to look like. Dubbed the ‘Super Blade’, this is the bike we’ve been telling you about for around ten months now. The machine is a mid-point model between the basic Blade and the RCV213V-S (the MotoGP biek for…
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2016 Triumph Speed Triple World Launch review
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2016 Triumph Speed Triple World Launch review Tested by: Bruce Wilson Photography by: Triumph When Triumph launched the original Speed Triple T309 back in 1994, little could it have dreamt of the success which awaited the Hinckley-based brand’s most iconic family. Now on its sixth incarnation, the popular performance naked is set to…
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2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R – the tech that matters from the Project Leader
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The Sepang launch of the 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R is going on at the moment and out there Project Leader Matsuda Yoshimoto (pictured) has been showing the journalists the trickest of trick bits about the new superbike from Team Green. Here’s the highlights about the new electronic ABS track braking feed (much less intrusive than previous…
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Yamaha R15 tweaked looks for 2016
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The first picture of a facelifted Yamaha YZF-R15 has surfaced. The tiny bike is mainly being sold in the asian and emerging markets, it’s pretty much the same as the bike that went before but gets lighter wheels with a thinner spoked design, revised seat and a new number plate hanger. Various cosmetics like footplate…
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VIDEO: Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 2016 Barcelona unveil
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The 2016 Ninja ZX-10R has been unveiled at an exclusive Press event in Barcelona. This video, just published by Kawasaki, features the Team Green riders Tom Sykes (2013 World Superbike champion) and Jonathan Rea (2015 World Superbike champion) as well as their technical team, who share their thoughts on the new superbike. The bike features…
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Best-selling bikes of 2015 revealed
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2015 was a fantastic year for motorcycle sales in the UK and we now have the details of the best-selling bikes. The MCIA, which collates new registration data for the industry, reports that total registrations for 2015 exceed 114,000, which is the highest annual total since 2008. This figure is up more than 12% on…
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SCOOP: BMW concepts for motorcycle laser light and helmet with head-up display
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BMW Motorrad has just announced that it will be displaying two innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on 6-9 January 2016. Laser light for motorcycles and a helmet with a head-up display will be presented, setting new standards of motorcycle safety, along with a technical outlook of how they may be…
