Adventure Bikes
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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…
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Sparks set to fly at Arenacross London finale
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Sparks set to fly at Arenacross London finale. The 2016 Monster Energy Arenacross Tour is coming up to the final round of the series this weekend in London. It’s been a mega series so far with each of the three-and-half-hour long events mixing motocross and freestyle with music, lasers, pyrotechnics and fireworks. The tour is…
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VIDEO: Triumph Explorer world launch report
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VIDEO: Triumph Explorer world launch report. Here’s the video from the launch of the new Triumph Explorer, the British firm’s largest Adventure bike that’s come in for a whole raft of changes for 2016. Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine joins Long Way Round and Long Way Down adventurer Charley Boorman to look at Triumph’s…
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Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200cc world launch review
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Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200cc world launch review. Triumph first introduced the Tiger to its range in 1937. Built to go anywhere, it sported a rugged and commendable dual-purpose nature, blending both performance and comfort at its heart. Fast forward over half a century and those words still reflect perfectly the Hinckley brand’s latest incarnation of…
