Cruisers
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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…
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Spy snaps of Bimota’s 200bhp supercharged Impeto naked appear
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Here’s the first pictures of the Supercharged Bimota Impeto big naked. The bike has been snapped as it was being readied to be shipped to the Tokyo Motor Show which starts next week. This is the bike that Bimota first showed at last year’s Milan motorcycle show but back then it wasn’t supercharged, this…
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Ducati’s Diavel gets the ‘Mad Max’ treatment
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Check out what you can do with a crashed Ducati Diavel and loads of time (plus a serious amount of cash) – should you be a bit ‘Mad Max’. This Diavel special started when Arun Sharma, the General Manager at Ducati’s US dealer, Motocorsa, picked up a damaged Diavel two years ago. Sharma teamed up with…
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Honda’s new motorcycle hybrid engine appears in published patent
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This image has appeared showing a patent drawing from Honda for a hybrid electric/petrol engine that’s destined for a motorcycle. Although the patent is not exactly new it is the first time we’ve seen this design set out in this way and specified for a motorcycle on the engine description. The bulk of the design…
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Video: Ice drifting on a Harley-Davidson Dyna
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Video: Ice drifting on a Harley-Davidson Dyna. If you think it’s a bit too cold to get out on your bike (and primarily, if you think that because your bike is a cruiser) then think again. Well, we say think again like anyone would actually do this sort of thing… but in reality we’re just…
