Street Bikes
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Triumph Motorcycles return to Glasgow
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The UK’s leading large-capacity motorcycle manufacturer, Triumph, has announced an official return to Glasgow after an absence of more than 18 months. A new service facility – offering full service, repair and warranty facilities to Triumph riders – has been opened in association with Rogers, Rees & Robins at their existing site on Great Western…
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Image appears of Suzuki 2017 GSX-R250 – Japanese journos agree about ‘frame wing’ scoop
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The rumour mill surrounding the upcoming Suzuki 2017 GSX-R250 sporty quarter-litre motorcycle for later this year keeps on spinning and Japanese magazine Autoby has this as its take on the new bike. The image has just appeared in the new issue of the magazine (and to be fair, our picture of it isn’t the best)…
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Image appears of what CB250X mini-Adventure bike will look like
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We brought you the news about a Honda CB250X mini-Crossrunner type of bike that a Honda boss had let slip about a few days ago and now this image has appeared. The emerging markets of Indonesia and Malaysia have been buzzing with the news that the little Adventure bike is on the way and…
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SCOOP: Suzuki patents for hydrogen-powered fuel cell super scoot revealed
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SCOOP: Suzuki patents for hydrogen-powered fuel cell super scoot revealed. Suzuki has now published patents that it has filed for its first road-legal hydrogen-powered fuel-cell super scooter. This is a significant move from the Japanese factory which has been working on the technology for a few years now and has already shown its…
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Yamaha patents stop/start technology
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Yamaha patents stop/start technology. Yamaha has filed a patent for an auto-stop scooter. The design is not model specific but a patent at this stage usually means that the technology will be included on a current model for the following year’s run – so expect this to be included in some 2017 model. Yamaha is…
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VIDEO: Icon 1000’s Major Tom GSX-R special
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Check out this beautiful bit of film – it makes no sense and looks more like an arthouse movie than bike promo but boy do we like this sort of thing – and we reckon you will too. It’s a promo film for the Suzuki GSX-R special called Major Tom that’s been built by the…
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VIDEO: Kawasaki H2 caning it around the Nurburgring
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VIDEO: Kawasaki H2 caning it around the Nurburgring. Check out this pretty cool video of a Kawasaki H2 being put around the Nurburgring. It’s not a new video, it was made last October, but on a grizzly and grimy morning like we’ve got in the UK it’s a cracking bit of big bike fun to…
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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…
