Street Bikes
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SCOOP NEW Bimota Mantra designs from iconic designer Sacha Lakic
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SCOOP NEW Bimota Mantra designs from iconic designer Sacha Lakic. Lakic is one of the top flight of designers who have carved a name for themselves in the world of two-wheeled – he made many weird and equally brilliant designs over the years. But one of the designs that split opinion was the Bimota…
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SCOOP Ducati’s 2016 959 Panigale AND Hypermotard 939 confirmed
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SCOOP Ducati’s 2016 959 Panigale confirmed! Ducati is bringing out a 959 Panigale for next year, repalcing the current 899 Pan. The new bike has been revealed in an executive order released by the California Air Resources Board, certifying it for sale in the state. The new 959 Panigale will be one of the nine…
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Suzuki to restore original GSX-R750 at Motorcycle Live
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Suzuki will again be providing one of the main attractions at this year’s Motorcycle Live, with the restoration of an original GSX-R750F on its stand over the course of the show. As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the iconic range of sportsbikes, which will also see a display of some of the classic…
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VIDEO Ducati Diavel Carbon 2016 in action
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Here’s a little promo video of the new-for-2016 Ducati Diavel Carbon in action. There’s not much to the bike in reality, it’s a largely cosmetic exercise with a new seat unit and exhaust to keep the interest in the ‘dark’ range of the muscley-cruiser going. But it’s a nice video to watch, all the…
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SCOOP Supercharged er-6f Ninja S2 claims made in Japan for next year
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In July we brought you the patent drawings that showed Kawasaki’s plans for a NEW supercharged motorcycle with a new supercharging unit very different to the one bolted to the H2R hypercycle. Last night this image (above) appeared in the Japanese press, showing what appears to be a supercharged version of the Kawasaki er-6f with…
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Honda’s CBR250RR – supercharged weapon on the way?
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Honda’s much-wanted CBR250RR is the rumoured-bike that seems to be refusing to go away and this month there’s a raft of even more rumours about the screaming quarter-litre bike appearing in next year. As you’d expect, the little sportster is far more track-oriented than any of the road-based, easy-going motorcycles we’ve seen recently from…
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SCOOP Three wheel Gold Wing and MT-09 off-road trike touted by Japanese
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Three wheel Gold Wing AND MT-09 off-road trike touted by Japanese. Japanese magazine Young machine has had its crystal ball out and is predicting many futures for the upcoming raft of motorcycle fun including TWO three-wheelers which will definitely cause speculation amongst European riders. According to the latest issue of the magazine, Yamaha is going…
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VIDEO mega onboard in super extreme enduro race
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VIDEO mega onboard in super extreme enduro race! This will melt your motorcycling mind… Onboard with the Xtreme XL de Lagares event in Spain last week, this is what you call Urban Hard Enduro Racing. As if just riding around this sort of stuff isn’t hard enough, the Red Bull boys thought that they’d forget…
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Ducati reveals 2016 Diavel Carbon
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Here’s the second of the updated bikes for the Ducati 2016 range – and it’s the new Diavel Carbon. Basically, the bike has come in for cosmetic touches and little else. So while the feet-forward cruiser option of the Diavel that’s been touted around for ages now may still be an addition to next year’s…
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SCOOP Yamaha MT-15 super naked spied testing
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Pictures have emerged of this secret prototype bike – a Yamaha pre-production 150 naked with quality suspension and new chassis parts. The bike, being called the MT-15, has been spotted going through final road testing programs abroad and looks likely to be part of the Yamaha asian-market rosta for 2016. It seems unlikely that the…
