Street Bikes
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Gorgeous Brutale-based special unveiled by top bike builder
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Check out this incredible special made by American Walt Siegl, it’s a half-way house between the current trend for retro-styled cafe racers and full-on sportsbikes. Based around the Brutale 800, the new 3-cylinder motor is mated to a trellis chassis. There’s a lot of engineering going into and around the motor too, as Siegl…
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FREE tickets for awesome Nick Sanders New Year tour dates (yep, FREE – so be quick)
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How about this for a cracking FREEBIE ticket offer deal for the first bit of 2016? We’re offering you a FREE ticket, yep, a FREE ticket to the Nick Sanders: The Ordinary Man Tour when it stops off for three great dates at CMC Motorcycles at Chesterfield, Cannock and South Wales. The dates that the…
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Kawasaki promises 12 new bikes over next two years
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Kawasaki promises 12 new bikes over next two years Kawasaki is planning to include 12 new models to its range over the next two years. The announcement was made at the recent press launch of the new Kawasaki J125 scooter in Malaga. The numbers revealed by Kawasaki do not include updates to the current range…
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Oi, Buell… this is what you should be making next!
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This is specials builder David Sanchez’ pretty awesome re-working of a Buell XB12SS, and it’s an easy bolt-on batch of kits that anyone can do in a pretty short period of time. Called the BOTT XC1, this is the second bike that Sanchez’ company Bottpower has worked on from Buell (the first was the XR1…
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VIDEO: World launch review Triumph Bonneville Street Twin
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We’ve been out on the world launch of the Triumph Bonneville Street Twin and here’s out launch video of what the bike’s like to ride. The 900cc motorcycle is all-new for 2016 and is pitched towards the easier-riding end of the range. It’s not bristling with tech but it does have a terrific chassis and…
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VIDEO: Yamaha’s 2016 FJR1300 adaptive light system in action
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Here’s a new video from Yamaha that shows the firm’s adaptive cornering light system on the new FJR1300, The lean-over lights are new for the big model this year and are automatically turned on as the bike is leaned over. The lights are linked to the machine’s Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), which knows how…
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Victory Motorcycles reveals last 1200cc concept series bike
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This concept, called ‘Combustion’, is powered by the new production engine that made its debut last month at EICMA in Milan, and was built by Zach Ness of Arlen Ness Motorcycles in Dublin, California. It’s the unit that powered the Project 156 Pikes Peak project motorcycle seen earlier this year. “Our family has a long-standing…
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Yamaha issues global recall on all 2015 YZF-R1s
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Yamaha issues global recall on all 2015 YZF-R1s. Yamaha is carrying out a global recall of all 2015 YZF-R1 motorcycles after a possible issue was picked up with the gearbox. A fortnight ago, we told you about rumours doing the rounds in the States that the recall was about to happen, but back then nobody…
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World launch review: Triumph’s 2016 Street Twin Bonneville
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WORDS: John Milbank, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti & Matteo Cavadini How did we get to the stage where a 900cc engine is considered ideal for a fun, accessible bike? It’d be too easy to label this, currently the smallest of the new Bonneville family, an entry-level machine, or a way into…
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VIDEO: BMW F800GS mega deep water crossing
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VIDEO: BMW F800GS mega deep water crossing. OK, to be honest we don’t know much about this video, actually – we know less than that. All we can tell you is that this bit of film has made us all really rather impressed, so we thought we’d show it to you, too. It’s a BMW…
