Street Bikes
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Hyosung 450 appears. Funky. 50bhp, lots of torque, single-cylinder and cheap (hopefully)
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This is the Hyosung GD450 – a new naked roadster from the Korean bike maker that’s going to be available for 2016. Powered by a liquid-cooled single-cylinder, DOHC 449cc motor, the bike kicks out 50bhp @ 7,500rpm and 47.7Nm of torque @ 7,000rpm. It gets a six-speed gearbox, a 96mm bore and a compression ratio…
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Inside Line: Top Japanese journalists saying new Busa still on its way!
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Inside Line: Top Japanese journalists saying new Busa still on its way! Top Japanese motorcycle magazine is, as you’d expect, pretty much finger-in-the-pulse of what’s going on in Japan with current and upcoming motorcycles. The latest issue has just been finished and we’ve got a first look at the cover. As you might also expect,…
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Video: Lewis Hamilton’s limited edition MV Agusta Dragster
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In this video Lewis Hamilton talks about creating his limited edition 800cc MV Agusta dragster with their design team. The Dragster RR LH 44 features an Alcantara quilt pattern saddle, numerous parts made from Ergal (brake lever, handlebars, fuel filler cap, brake pump cover) and a special anodised red finish on the logos, frame, footpegs…
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Pictures: New CFMoto bikes revealed in Milan
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Not everyone here in the UK has heard of CFMoto, but they are one of the largest Asian manufacturers of motorcycles, scooters, quads, boats and all sorts of engines. This week CFMoto revealed interesting new bikes from street fighters to tourers at the EICMA show. The touring oriented 650TK and 650TK-G share a twin-cylinder 650cc…
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SCOOP: The 2016 hybrid BMW R1200GS with INDEPENDENT front wheel drive and regen braking power system – launched at Milan
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Check out this amazing hybrid BMW GS launched at the Milan motorcycle show – it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Like with most ‘hybrid’ tagged bikes, the GS gets a conventional petrol-powered motor (the stock unit) but this bike differs with the addition of a 7.6-kilowatt electrical motor which drives the FRONT wheel…
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Benelli goes down the Monkey Bike route at the Milan show
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Because Benelli is owned by a chinese firm, it was a pretty safe bet to assume that we’d see something small and almost disposable like a monkey bike from the at this year’s EICMA event in Milan. And here it is. Called the Benelli Tornado Naked T, the bike is available in either 125…
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Energica Eva bike launched at the Milan motorcycle show
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This is the Energica Eva, a 95bhp PMAC motored electric streetfighter that’s being show at the Milan show. Essentially, this is the same bike as we first saw last year as a prototype, but this year’s version is different in that whilst 95bhp is nothing to be sniffed at – it is considerably lower than…
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Guzzi says it will launch the MGX-21 bagger 1400 for 2016
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It’s been a long time coming, but Moto Guzzi has said that it WILL be putting the MGX-21 Flying Fortress super cruiser into production. We saw the bike at last year’s EICMA show and back then it was just a prototype, but now the bike will add to the Guzzi range for 2017. Basically, the…
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Benelli launches sweet 500cc Adventure bike at Milan show
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Check this sweet-looking 500cc Adventure bike from Benelli. Launched at the EICMA event in the Milan show, the TRK502 is powered by an all-new liquid-cooled, twin cylinder 500cc engine. The motor features double overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. It makes 48bhp @ 8,500rpm and 45Nm of torque @ 4,500rpm. The gearbox is a…
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Victory shows future 1200cc engine at Milan show, wrapped up in official ‘special’
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Victory Motorcycles has just revealed this special in Milan, and said that the new 1200 engine in it – derived from the motor that powered the Project 156 concept bike up Pikes Peak earlier this year – will be used in an: “Upcoming 1200cc class motorcycle.” The liquid-cooled four-valve engine has a 60-degree vee…
