Sports Bikes
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SCOOP: First pictures of finished 2016 Triumph Speed Triple R
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SCOOP: First pictures of finished 2016 Triumph Speed Triple R. These are the first pictures of the finished, new Triumph Speed Triple – an updated version of the bike for 2016. Outwardly there isn’t too much that look radically different to the standard 1050 we have now, but this is a heavily revised model which…
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Philippines kid makes own ‘Panigale’ – and does a good job of it
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Philippines kid makes own ‘Panigale’ – and does a good job of it! So what bike would you think this was, if you walked past it parked up? Yep, we didn’t realise this either, but this is actually a 150cc Yamaha SZ-R. Built up by a kid to look like a Panigale. The owner is…
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SCOOP: Video of the 2016 H2 Kawasaki hyperbike
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Kawasaki’s stunning H2 Ninja is getting tweaked further for 2016 – and here’s the video about it that shows next year’s model in all it’s new-colour glory. The new version of the bike gets a new screen, new colour and what looks like a revision to the exhaust, we’ll have to wait for…
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Free Motorcycle Live tickets for GSX-R owners
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Free Motorcycle Live tickets for GSX-R owners Great news if you have a GSX-R in the garage: Suzuki is giving GSX-R owners free tickets for this year’s Motorcycle Live, as part of the GSX-R 30th anniversary celebrations taking place over the course of the show. If you are a GSX-R owner, just head to www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/gsx-r…
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SCOOP: Shaft-driven Aprilia on the way! Patents show radical plan
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SCOOP: Shaft-driven Aprilia on the way! Patents show radical plan. We have been sent a new patent drawing that shows that Aprilia is planning a new SHAFT-DRIVE bike. Info is scarce at the moment and the only details we have is that the patent is callled: Homokinetic Motorcycle Transmission and Motorcycle Comprising Said Transmission, the…
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VIDEO: Stock H2R goes soooo fast over time trial tarmac mile
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VIDEO: Stock H2R goes soooo fast over time trial tarmac mile. Check out this awesome video of Team 38 topping 216mph for over a mile on a STOCK H2R during time trials. The bunch of Japense bikers. going under the name Team 38, was established in 1975 and work on developing Kawasaki bikes. They had…
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Yamaha’s NEXT-GEN FZ1 Fazer picture surfaces
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Yamaha’s NEXT-GEN FZ1 Fazer picture surfaces. We’ve known for a while that Yamaha is working on an updated, high-spec version of the FZ1 Fazer – most likely to be powered by a de-tuned R1 engine and here’s what the Japanese journalists talking to Yamaha reckon the bike will look like. As with whole ranges of…
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Yamaha’s weird and wonderful at the Tokyo Motor Show revealed
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Other news from the world of Yamaha in the run-up to the 44th Tokyo Motor Show. And there’s very little in the way of surprises – unless you count wood panels on a bike something of a surprise, that is. The single cylinder, 125cc Resonator125 (above) is a funky little concept bike that apes the…
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Pictures: Honda unveils its 2016 CBR range
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Pictures: Honda unveils its 2016 CBR range Following the launch of the 2016 CBR500R earlier today, Honda has now revealed more of its 2016 CBR range in the US. New models include CBR1000RR, CBR600RR and CBR300R. Have a look at the pictures below: CBR300R CBR600RR CBR1000RR Here’s what Honda says about the new bikes: CBR300R…
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Pictures: new look Honda CBR500R launched
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Pictures: new look Honda CBR500R launched. Honda has released the new 2016 CBR500R at the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) in Florida, US – and we have the official photos to show you! For 2016 the CBR500R has a new look with edgy lines, LED lights and a new shorter exhaust muffler. It has several…
