Adventure Bikes
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Video: KLR650 brrraaaapp-ing up a hill climb
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Here’s a cracking bit of film to get yer juices flowing. It’s from a french hill climb, there’s nothing like a crash or near miss in the footage, but it’s well worth a watch. In fact, if you ever want to know how manic a quick climb feels right from the start – then…
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Meet the HARLEY-DAVIDSON Adventure bike! Yeah!
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Meet the HARLEY-DAVIDSON Adventure bike! Yeah! This is the big surprise of the Bangkok Motor Show – with awesome coverage by the chaps at the Rushlane website – and it’s is happening right now, it’s a 2016 Street 750 Harley-Davidson that’s been converted into an Adventure bike. And although the official word is that this…
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SCOOOOOP! But what the hell is this bike that we’ve got a patent drawing for? It’s a Honda, we know that. And a V-twin…
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OK people, listen up – we’ve found this drawing buried deep (so, so deep) inside a Honda file registered for a front mudguard patent somewhere on this planet… but we haven’t got a bloody clue about exactly what this bike is. And we need your help. So here’s the relevant info. The description for…
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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer
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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer. Check out this really quite lovely bit of film which is a teaser for a film called Electric Powered Odyssey. The idea is that rider Thomas Tomczyk (pictured) is riding an electric bike from Philadelphia in America to Patagonia in Argentina – a distance of 12,000 miles. He’s documenting the…
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Image appears of what CB250X mini-Adventure bike will look like
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We brought you the news about a Honda CB250X mini-Crossrunner type of bike that a Honda boss had let slip about a few days ago and now this image has appeared. The emerging markets of Indonesia and Malaysia have been buzzing with the news that the little Adventure bike is on the way and…
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KTM 1290 Super Duke GT review
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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine’s editor – John Milbank – tests the new Austrian sports tourer. Mark this day as the rebirth of the sports tourer. Maybe even the turning point of the adventure bike’s dominance. The best adventure machines can take their passengers almost anywhere, and reward many riders who crave comfort, practicality and…
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KTM giving away £500 powerparts & powerwear voucher with selected new bikes
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KTM giving away £500 powerparts & powerwear voucher with selected new bikes. £500 voucher for PowerParts & PowerWear with all new EXC purchases from the Austrian giants! KTM is extending its offer giving away £500 worth of PowerParts & PowerWear vouchers for those that buy a new EXC model (not the SIX DAYS models) which…
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2017 Gas Gas TXT Racing 300 trails bike unveiled
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2017 Gas Gas TXT Racing 300 trails bike unveiled. There’s been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing with the future of Spanish company Gas Gas recently and for a while it looked like the set-up wasn’t going to survive much longer at all. But to curb some of those concerns the off-road firm…
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SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017
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SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017 . There’s loads of rumours circulating in Indonesia and Japanese markets this morning about a Honda 250x Adventure/road bike that’s likely to appear for 2017. The hubbub (good word!) has happened after comments made by one of two marketing directors of Astra Honda Motor…
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Husqvarna Vitpilen and Svartpilen rumoured to be manufactured in India
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Indian bike journos are speculating that KTM-owned Husqvarna Motorcycles might start to manufacture bikes in India. Bajaj Auto, which has a large stake in KTM, is anticipated to start manufacturing Husqvarna models at their manufacturing plant in Chakan, India. Apparently the Husqvarna models destined to be manufactured are the Vitpilen and the Svartpilen, which were…
