Cruisers
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Indian introduces ‘Frontier 111’ custom Springfield
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Indian Motorcycle has just revealed the Frontier 111, the first custom Indian Springfield. The bike has been crafted by Len Edmondson of Azzkikr Custom Baggers from Phoenix, Arizona, and Indian calls it a thoroughly modern retro bagger that features classic lines and contemporary, artistic flare. The Frontier 111 has a skirted front fender, a leaf-spring…
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Glorious new images of the Husqvarna 2017 cafe racer emerge. VERY pretty stuff!
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It was on October 5 last year that we brought you the exclusive quote from one of two managing directors of Husqvarna, Reinhold Zens that: “I can tell you that they will come as 2017 models,” – he was talking about the Svartpilen and Vitpilen cafe racer and scrambler models – and so here we…
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Honda’s new Gold Wing REVEALED. DCT, rider tech and more mpg coming. OFFICIAL drawings for next gen bike
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Honda’s new Gold Wing REVEALED. DCT, rider tech and more mpg coming. OFFICIAL drawings for next gen bike. Honda’s Gold Wing may have a few weird and whacky ideas pending in its future, but for the next phase of the massive mile-eater the big bike is getting a host of tech to make thing much…
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Kawasaki Z900RS future model – image appears in Japan
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Hot on the heels of news that Kawasaki has filed a trademark for the name Z900RS, we’ve been sent this mock-up image of the bike from a top Japanese magazine. Autoby magazine in Japan features what it thinks the Z900RS will look like on the cover of its next issue. The bike is styled like…
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Kawasaki files trademark for all-new Z900RS retro-bruiser!
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Kawasaki has filed a trademark application for a new bike called the Z900RS and the rumour-mill has the name being used for a motorcycle that’s going to be pretty much a new version of the factory’s iconic 1970s bruiser, the Z1 (pictured below). The actual application for the trademark has little detail in it…
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Two more specials surface from Honda in Bangkok – check out the sweet 300TT cafe racer
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A couple more Bangkok Show specials have surfaced today with these two Hondas. MotoSaigon.vn was the first to peg up pictures of the gorgeous CB300TT special and the slightly-more ho-hum gold-coloured CB650 Scrambler-derived bike. Out of the two, we really like the CB300TT cafe racer special, but given how many of these Honda-show specials we’ve…
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Suzuki’s SV650 Rally Concept: Q&A reveals possible future for cafe racer idea
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Suzuki’s SV650 Rally Concept: Q&A reveals possible future for cafe racer idea. Last weekend, Suzuki showed off this SV650 Rally Concept bike on the factory stand in Osaka, Japan. Details of the bike were scarce but the middleweight looked funky enough to get a lot of attention from the attending crowd. Since then, we’ve…
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So you take a Yamaha FZ16 and build this…
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No, we don’t know why you’d do this sort of thing either – but it’s been done. For stylistic reasons apparently… Anyway, what we’re looking at here is a Yamaha FZ16 that’s been turned over by Pune-based Indi Custom Garage in India. The bike has been overseen by Arghadeep Sarma and started out as one…
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Honda’s hybrid-powered scooter plans for 2017 appear
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Honda’s hybrid-powered scooter plans for 2017 appear. This is Honda’s latest design for its upcoming hybrid-engined scooter. The patent drawings have just been published for a super-mpg scooter that’s going to be part of the 2017 line-up. Details on the bike are pretty scarce but what we can see is a motor that’s part…
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SCOOP Video: Samsung debuts first ‘Smart Windshield’ on Yamaha scooter
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SCOOP Video: Samsung debuts first ‘Smart Windshield’ on Yamaha scooter! There’s no mention yet of when you can buy this sort of thing – but Samsung has revealed a live, smart-phone enabled heads-up windshield for motorcycling, and the set-up has been shown on a Yamaha Tricity scooter in Milan. We’ve got the first look at…
