Cruisers
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1000cc Carberry Enfields to be made in India – super special going more mainstream
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1000cc Carberry Enfields to be made in India – super special going more mainstream The 1000cc Carberry Enfield Bullet special (essentially, two 500s bolted together) is going to go on sale to the general public. The plan is for Australian specials builder Paul Carberry to begin building the bikes in India. Carberry is backed by…
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Victory’s new 1200cc Octane revealed: most powerful production Victory bike ever
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Victory’s new 1200cc Octane revealed: most powerful production Victory bike ever. Here’s the details about Victory’s new bike – the Octane. It’s a 1200cc, liquid-cooled V-twin, making this Victory’s first-ever liquid-cooled engine with dual overhead cams and four-valve heads to rev beyond 8,000rpm and kick out 103bhp. That’s more horsepower than in any production Victory motorcycle ever built. Victory…
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s patents revealed for an ultra-weird future roadster with huge beak and wings (might be a turkey… might not…)
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s patents revealed for an ultra-weird future roadster with huge beak and wings (might be a turkey… might not…) Kawasaki has filed this whacky looking patent for some sort of midrange-capacity roadbike with a really weird front fairing and split aerodynamic wings to provide downforce on the front end. The patent…
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Triumph launching Street Twin at special dealer’s night this Thursday
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Triumph is holding a nationwide dealer launch night for its amazing Street Twin baby Bonnie. The event is being held at all Triumph dealers this Thursday, February 11. That means that up to 50 official Triumph dealerships across the UK are taking part and will be giving you the chance to get up close to…
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VIDEO: Ducati XDiavel world launch review
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Check out this video of the Ducati XDiavel world launch review. So what’s the feet-forward muscle cruiser thing actually like to ride? If you want to know then now you can with this film – this is our mate John Milbank’s world launch review of the hugely-changed big bike from Ducati. The ride happened…
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Triumph launches limited edition America cruisers
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Triumph has unveiled two limited edition cruisers. The short-run production of just 25 Americas (available from mid-February) and 25 America LTs (available from late February) will be sequentially numbered and willc arry Triumph boss John Bloor’s signature on the Certificate of Authenticity. Produced in association with custom paint shop, 8 Ball, who will be putting…
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SCOOP: Honda launches new Navi bike – with Adventure styling, no less! Cute!
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Honda has just launched the 110cc Navi scooter – a funkier, younger-market appeal bike to rival the established bikes in its own small bike range. It’s got the cutest mini-Adventure styled model in the range, too. Aimed squarely at the Indian market for now (the launch has just happened at the Delhi show), the…
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Ducati XDiavel world launch review
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Price: XDiavel £15,795,XDiavel S £18,395 // 154bhp @ 9,500rpm // Tested by John Milbank I find it hard to call this bike a cruiser. It’s not particularly heavy, it’s full of extremely advanced technology, it handles, and it’s very, very fast. But it does have the cruiser trademark feet-forward riding position and wide, raked-back…
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G310R BMW/TVS sportster with full fairing appears at Delhi show
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This is the clearest idea yet of what a fully-faired G310R BMW could end up looking like when it gets launched later this year. Called the Akula, the bike is from TVS and has been unveiled at the Auto Expo show in Delhi. It’s basically a G310R (pictured below) – TVS designed and built the…
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Video: Ducati’s draXter concept bike launch film
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Not content with showing off three concept Scramblers at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona, Ducati has also shown off this draXter concept too. Basically, this is the feet-forward, belt-driven XDiavel in a more “sports” point of view. The modifications over the cruiser that was unveiled at the end of last year all shove the…
