Street Bikes
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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…
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Victory’s new 1200cc Octane revealed: most powerful production Victory bike ever
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Victory’s new 1200cc Octane revealed: most powerful production Victory bike ever. Here’s the details about Victory’s new bike – the Octane. It’s a 1200cc, liquid-cooled V-twin, making this Victory’s first-ever liquid-cooled engine with dual overhead cams and four-valve heads to rev beyond 8,000rpm and kick out 103bhp. That’s more horsepower than in any production Victory motorcycle ever built. Victory…
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New Honda MSX125 for 2016
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Honda has announced a new ‘mini-streetfighter’ look for the popular MSX125. The MSX125 is effectively a modern take on the original Monkey bike of 1963. It’s a bike built for fun as much as anything else. Being a 125cc machine means it’s available for A1 licence holders, and it has certainly been popular (over 300,000…
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Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200cc world launch review
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Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200cc world launch review. Triumph first introduced the Tiger to its range in 1937. Built to go anywhere, it sported a rugged and commendable dual-purpose nature, blending both performance and comfort at its heart. Fast forward over half a century and those words still reflect perfectly the Hinckley brand’s latest incarnation of…
