Street Bikes
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Yamaha insider says MT-07 Tracer postponed a year!
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Yamaha sources have spoken to us to tell us that the MT-07 Tracer, the model that is the smaller sibling of the sales-success MT-09 Tracer, will now NOT be part of the Japanese firm’s 2016 line-up. None of what we’ve been told is on the record, but the information is that because Yamaha is at…
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Guy Martin shock: Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing and trucks!
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Guy Martin has told the Belfast Telegraph that he’s unlikely to be doing television for much longer, sparking rumours that the 33-year-old has already ruled himself out of being part of the new Top Gear presenting team on BBC2. He also talked about what could happen to him if he went down the full-time TV…
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SCOOP funky 32bhp, 205cc single bike spotted testing
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What do you think to this, an Indian-made bike that makes 32bhp from a 205cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled motor. Snapped by Ajay Singh Rawat in Delhi for our friends at Motoroids, the Mahindra Mojo bike was out in action for final pre-production shakedown city riding. It’s expected to go on sale later this year and at…
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Guy Martin now back at home and recovering from broken back
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Great news everyone. Guy Martin is now back at home and beginning the long recovery road after breaking his back at the Dundrod 150 road race last week. Guy traveled back to Lincolnshire with his dad, Ian, and girlfriend Sharon Comiskey yesterday and arrived at home in the evening. He broke his back, sternum and…
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Exclusive 1000cc V8 Drysdale nicked
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So what do you do with an almost-unique, hand-built, super-exclusive 1000cc V8 motorcycle – once you’ve stolen it? There are some pretty dumb bike thieves out there, but we’ve got contenders for the top spot here. Not long after the electric, one-off American Victory/Brammo podium TT electric was stolen (a motorcycle that you wouldn’t…
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SCOOP Project Gemini – trick, 160bhp Speed Triples revealed
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How do you like these Triumph triple specials? Limited to just 100 custom Speed Triples, these are some of the designs for Project Gemini. Made by T3 Racing and Kevin Taggart, Spirit of the Seventies designer, the bikes are more than just a tweak of the cosmetics. The bikes front suspension gets a revamp, with the new…
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SCOOP AWESOME KTM/RD350 special built by kid in India
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Now THIS is what we want to have a go on next – this absolutely gorgeous mash-up between a KTM Duke 390 and a Yamaha RD350. This special has been built in India by Aseem Singh Pawar and is officially called the RD-Duke. Pawar (pictured below) lovingly calls his bike the ‘Flying Sikh’ and has done…
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SCOOP Atlantic Metals buys up Erik Buell Racing for $2.25m
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The second half of the deal over Erik Buell Racing has now gone through after an auction yesterday – in which Altlantic Metals acquired all of EBR’s bike-making equipment. That means the machines, parts, tools and associated bits and parts of EBR PLUS the company’s trademarks, patents and databases are now owned by the American…
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Our latest FREE weekly MoreBikes app is now LIVE
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The latest issue of our FREE weekly MoreBikes app is out now. Full of the stories, kit reviews, features and news that matters – and some silly stuff and videos that don’t really matter but will make you smile. Doesn’t cost a penny and you can get it from here: Here’s the app! At…
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Meet Honda’s funky Hornet 160R. About to go on sale.
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What do reckon to this little beauty then? This is the Honda CB Hornet 160R, a bike that’s going on sale in the Indian market. Powered by a 162cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine that makes 14.5bhp @ 8,000rpm, maximum torque is 14.61Nm @ 6,000rpm and the bike gets a five-speed gearbox – top end on the…
