Street Bikes
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SCOOOOOP! But what the hell is this bike that we’ve got a patent drawing for? It’s a Honda, we know that. And a V-twin…
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OK people, listen up – we’ve found this drawing buried deep (so, so deep) inside a Honda file registered for a front mudguard patent somewhere on this planet… but we haven’t got a bloody clue about exactly what this bike is. And we need your help. So here’s the relevant info. The description for…
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UK FIRST: Plug-and play cornering bike headlight
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MoreBikes.co.uk and our sister magazine, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, are the first in the UK to test the incredible new JW Speaker 8790 Adaptive Cornering Headlight. MSL is building a special Yard Built Yamaha XSR700 that you’ll be able to see on the Yamaha stand at 2016’s Motorcycle Live in the NEC. Intended to be…
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Spy Shots: KTM 390 Duke gets updated for 2017
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Spy Shots: KTM 390 Duke gets updated for 2017 These are the latest pictured of the next-generation KTM 390 Duke which is currently undergoing consumption tests in Spain. Pictures, grabbed by our top spy snapper as the bike was riding a twisty route abroad show that the small bike is undergoing a host of changes…
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Suzuki adds TL1000S to vintage programme and lists on Ebay store
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Suzuki has added the TL1000S to its Vintage Parts Programme and has made it even easier for customers to order parts, with owners now able to order all available components through its own eBay store. The TL1000S is one of a number of iconic machines included on the store as part of Suzuki’s Vintage Parts…
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Suzuki confirms price for new SV650 – £5,499 all-in
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Suzuki has confirmed pricing for the new SV650 and announced its inclusion on the Suzuki Finance PCP scheme, with the sporty, naked middleweight coming with an RRP of £5,499, and available for £95 per month. Unveiled at EICMA in November, the SV650 has 60 changes to its V-twin engine and 70 new chassis components, increasing…
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Triumph Thruxton R world launch review
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WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn We rode the Thruxton R, which starting at £11,700 is the pinnacle of the new Bonneville range; the Thruxton is a similar machine, though at £10,400 has more classically–styled right-way-up forks, and the same Nissin two-piston calipers and fixed…
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Triumph Bonneville T120 world launch review
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WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn This is the core of the new Bonneville family –Triumph has focussed closely on the design of the machine, giving it cleaner lines than the outgoing 865cc Bonneville T100. The ride-by-wire engine for instance, while 335cc larger and now…
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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer
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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer. Check out this really quite lovely bit of film which is a teaser for a film called Electric Powered Odyssey. The idea is that rider Thomas Tomczyk (pictured) is riding an electric bike from Philadelphia in America to Patagonia in Argentina – a distance of 12,000 miles. He’s documenting the…
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s Ninja R2 SECRET patent drawings for supercharger with extra fuel injector built in
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We’ve already told you several times about the Kawasaki Ninja R2 – the next supercharged motorcycle set to come from the Japanese factory, and now we’ve been sent these exclusive patent drawings of a (kind of) multi-point fuel injection system for the new bike. Last week we revealed how the Japanese journalists hot on the…
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SCOOP: Yamaha’s mystery SECRET patent shows new exhaust and R1-type sportbike planned
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Here’s a baffling, secret patent drawing that’s been filed by Yamaha – and we’ve not got a clue what it’s for, but we figure that you might be able to suss it out. What has happened is this; the Yamaha factory has filed for a patent on a new headlight and bodywork assembly and within…
