Adventure Bikes
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Intermot show: Suzuki updates 2017 V-Strom 1000
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Suzuki has added cornering ABS to the big bike and there are two distinct versions of the big bike for 2017 – the Standard (road bike) and the XT (some pretence for off-road with wire wheels). The windscreen has a new design to cut out the annoying turbulence that plagued the previous model and…
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Intermot show: Fantic’s 2017 Enduro 250 breaks cover. Look at this thing! Wow!
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Intermot show: Fantic’s 2017 Enduro 250 breaks cover. Look at this thing! Wow! Ok, so we’ll admit to being bowled over by this Fantic Enduro 250. It’s bloody lovely. The pics have just emerged ahead of tomorrow’s Intermot Motorcycle Show press day – and we figured we’d show you because you’d like it too.…
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SPY SHOTS! 2017 BMW R310 GS mini-Adventure bike REVEALED
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SPY SHOTS! 2017 BMW R310GS mini-Adventure bike REVEALED! How about these first pictures of the mini-Adventure GS bike caught out during testing in Trento, Italy? We’ve been sent these shots by a MoreBikes reader and although they’re not the best quality, you can clearly see the little Adventure bikes in all their glory. The bikes…
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2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000 REVEALED. Colours and a dash change
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2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000 REVEALED. Colours and a dash change Here’s the 2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000 in first-look pictures ahead of the official launch. For next year the big sport tourer isn’t getting much in the way of mechanical changes it would seem – but what it does get is a new cosmetic touch with…
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My bike: 2014 Yamaha Super Ténéré
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60-year-old semi-retired teacher Hugh Fuller shares his experience of Yamaha’s adventure bike… I’ve been riding since I was 16 (on a stripped down Honda fifty), and now ride around four to five thousand miles a year. I don’t own any other bikes now, but have put 9600 on the Super Ten, which I bought…
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Ducati’s 2017 Monster 821, Multistrada 1200S and Panigale 1299 revealed
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Ducati’s 2017 Monster 821, Multistrada 1200S and Panigale 1299 revealed. Here’s the first look at the 2017 ‘Volcano Grey’ Ducati Multistrada 1200S, the 2017 Monster 821 with the new Euro 4 motor and the 1299 Panigale that is coming with the factory’s DTC EVO and DWC EVO features. We’ve already shown you the SuperSport teaser…
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REVEALED: Suzuki’s V-Strom future suspension plans unveiled in factory drawings!
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Suzuki is reportedly developing a self-adjusting suspension system that alters stiffness and damping according to the load being carried. And, according to an article in the Australian publication AMCN, the system is likely to go on the firm’s V-Strom 1000. Suzuki’s plans have emerged on an illustration of the big roadster. In the description you…
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2017 Husqvarnas get 6bhp more for next year on both Enduro and Supermoto versions
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Husqvarna Motorcycles has just sent us the details on its new 701 SUPERMOTO and 701 ENDURO, fitted with the most powerful single cylinder engine ever developed by Husqvarna now delivering 6bhp and 3.0Nm of torque more than the previous generation. Each bike is now Euro 4 friendly, too. MAJOR ADVANCES Both the 701 SUPERMOTO and…
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BMW launches FIRST airbag textile jacket packed with Alpinestars MotoGP tech!
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BMW Motorrad is launching the BMW Motorrad Street Air by Alpinestars, an advanced airbag system built into a jacket similar to the tech used by MotoGP stars. Adopted from the current Alpinestars Tech-Air street airbag system – a set-up needing no motorbike-mounted sensors – the kit uses a sophisticated algorithm that detects imminent danger and…
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Video: 2017 Yamaha Tracer 900 – new colours and graphics on film
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So we know the score – if you, like us, really like the Tracer 900 from Yamaha and fancy getting some of the accomplished sport tourer funtime cracker then this video will warm your soul. Essentially, it’s just running the bikes in their new colours for 2017. But it’s worth a watch.
