Street Bikes
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Japanese journos print Kawasaki Ninja R2 image – claim it’s going to be a 600
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Japanese journos print Kawasaki Ninja R2 image – claim it’s going to be a 600. We’ve been telling you about the second generation of supercharged Kawasakis for over a year now, the plans for more supercharging units have been patented and shown on MoreBikes for the past ten months or so. Just past midnight…
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SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017
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SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017 . There’s loads of rumours circulating in Indonesia and Japanese markets this morning about a Honda 250x Adventure/road bike that’s likely to appear for 2017. The hubbub (good word!) has happened after comments made by one of two marketing directors of Astra Honda Motor…
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Honda CBR500R and CB500F world launch review
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Honda CBR500R and CB500F world launch review Tested by: Mikko Nieminen Engine: 471cc liquid-cooled, parallel twin Power: 47bhp at 8500rpm Torque: 43Nm at 7000rpm Price: CBR500R £5,599 / CB500F £5,099 The A2 licence category is a veritable minefield for bike manufacturers in many ways. Any machine that wants to succeed here must be easy for…
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Husqvarna Vitpilen and Svartpilen rumoured to be manufactured in India
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Indian bike journos are speculating that KTM-owned Husqvarna Motorcycles might start to manufacture bikes in India. Bajaj Auto, which has a large stake in KTM, is anticipated to start manufacturing Husqvarna models at their manufacturing plant in Chakan, India. Apparently the Husqvarna models destined to be manufactured are the Vitpilen and the Svartpilen, which were…
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2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets
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2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets. Indonesian website Peysblog has fired up this computer image of what it think the facelifted Yamaha R15 is going to look like. This image certainly tallies with the blurry snapshot of a Yamaha being ridden at the firm’s Indonesian plant that we brought you a…
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Malaysian govt is closing down the capital once a week so that young riders can road race legally!
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Malaysian govt is closing down the capital once a week so that young riders can road race legally! The Malaysian government has said that it is going to hold legal street races to counter the growing number of illegal motorbike races that have recently sprung up. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor made…
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Deadpool motorcycle jacket goes on sale. No unicorn emblem on it though…
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Deadpool motorcycle jacket goes on sale. No unicorn emblem on it though… So you’ve seen the truly excellent Deadpool movie and you ride bikes (why wouldn’t you, you’re cool and you know it…) so here’s the perfect summer leather jacket for you. Well… it’s perfect for the fanboy with a superbike. It’s a hand-made-cum-customised…
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Yamaha releases power, weight and price for MT-10. Stripped down R1 for under £10k
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Yamaha releases power, weight and price for MT-10. Stripped down R1 for under £10k. Yamaha has officially announced the weight and power figures – and there’s no surprises in the data. We told you these figures back on February 8, HERE when we were sent the information following a leak of the power and weight data…
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1000cc Carberry Enfields to be made in India – super special going more mainstream
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1000cc Carberry Enfields to be made in India – super special going more mainstream The 1000cc Carberry Enfield Bullet special (essentially, two 500s bolted together) is going to go on sale to the general public. The plan is for Australian specials builder Paul Carberry to begin building the bikes in India. Carberry is backed by…
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VIDEO: Triumph Explorer world launch report
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VIDEO: Triumph Explorer world launch report. Here’s the video from the launch of the new Triumph Explorer, the British firm’s largest Adventure bike that’s come in for a whole raft of changes for 2016. Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine joins Long Way Round and Long Way Down adventurer Charley Boorman to look at Triumph’s…
