Street Bikes
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer. Suzuki’s annual All-Star track day returns to Silverstone for 2016, with this year’s event taking place on the prestigious Grand Prix circuit on August 11. The event has become a key feature of Suzuki’s event calendar, and will again be attended by a…
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Video: Behind the scenes on Deadpool (and the Zero electric motorcycle)
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Video: Behind the scenes on Deadpool (and the Zero electric motorcycle). So the digital edition of the excellent film Deadpool is now out there and one of the extras includes this story of the Zero motorcycle that was used as a moving multi-camera platform. It’s an interesting reveal into what goes into making the action…
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Indian launches the Chieftain Dark Horse
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Indian launches the Chieftain Dark Horse. Indian has launched the Indian Chieftain Dark Horse, a blacked-out bagger. It’s black, very black. It costs £19,599. Powered by a blacked-out version of the Thunder Stroke 111 engine (1,811cc) and using the same chassis and suspension as the Indian Chieftain, the new Chieftain Dark Horse comes from the factory…
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Meet the 1991 VFR750 that’s been turned into a full-on Adventure Dakar bike…
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What do you reckon to this Honda VFR 750 made into an Adventure bike? The project has been built by Chilly Racing’s Carlos Avendaño – a rider who has competed in motorcross, enduro and rally raids including two Dakar races on a bike and three in a truck. Avendaño has built two specials before…
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World launch report: Yamaha MT-10
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By Bruce Wilson In the two years since Yamaha’s launch of its MT-09 triple, over 65,000 MTs have rolled off the Japanese brand’s production lines. It’s an impressive number which is surely set to rocket following the release of the family’s flagship MT-10. New bike, borrowed tech The MT-10 is the fifth addition to Yamaha’s…
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French fashion guru’s first XJR1300 custom appears
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How about this for a custom XJR1300 with loads of fashion-cred then? This bike has been built by Atelier 5 (a bespoke clothing-maker brand) and bike builders Flash 76. It’s the brainchild of Thierry Langlois, the french stylist who’s previously steered the collections of Lanvin, YSL and Thierry Mugler. This is the first motorcycle project…
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Video: TV spot for the Indian bike that’s part battleship (really)
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Ok, maybe this video is a touch over the top, but it’s quite fun in its own way – and we thought you’d like to see it. This is the new TV advert for the Indian-made Bajaj V. Each bike is built with some metal from the aircraft carrier Vikrant which served in the 1971…
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This is the Optimus Praëm – it’s the best BMW S1000RR special we’ve seen yet. Check this out!
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This is the Optimus Praëm – it’s the best BMW S1000RR special we’ve seen yet. Check this out! Now THIS is what you can do with a cafe racer/retro racer mindset and a modern superbike. We absolutely love this hunk of metal. This is the latest bikes from Praëm. Based around a BMW S1000RR the bike…
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Akrapovic releases new cool end can for 2016 Africa Twin – less weight, more power
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Top exhaust company Akrapovic has released details on its new end-can for the 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin. The pipe pretty much bolts on to the standard exhaust and the double-flow muffler gets a hexagonal shape with a double-pipe end cap. Made from durable Titanium the end can is EC/ECE type-approved. Overall it makes 1.5kW…
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KTM announces official range of PowerParts for awesome 690 singles
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The model year 2016 KTM 690 Duke and 690 Duke R are the most powerful and technically advanced single-cylinder machines available. Although they boast a long list of new features and refinements, KTM knows its riders still need to modify their bikes and so a diverse range of official PowerParts are available. Both new Duke models –…
