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Milan show: meet the 2017 Honda X-Adv crossover motorcycle
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Honda already confirmed that the X-Adv bike would be a production model this summer, but now we have the finished product to share with you. The bike is what Honda calls a crossover motorcycle, positioned somewhere between a bike and a scooter. Or as Honda puts it: “The Honda X-ADV mixes SUV style and off-road…
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Milan show: Honda shows the updated CBR650F and CB650F
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Honda’s four-cylinder middleweight CBR650F and CB650F gain 3kW peak power (now 67kW/11,000rpm), a Showa Dual Bending Valve front fork, revised Nissin brake calipers and new free-breathing exhaust. Shorter gear ratios should help acceleration through the mid-range. Honda also promises that the updated bikes provide a thrilling soundtrack from down low, growing to a fast-spinning howl…
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Milan show: Ducati’s smallest Multistrada revealed
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Ducati has added a new 937cc Multistrada to its ‘multibike’ range. The new bike features a Testastretta engine, which delivers 113bhp at 9,000rpm and a maximum torque of 96.2Nm at 7,750rpm. The Multistrada 950 sports a 19-inch front wheel, seat height of 840mm and a 20-litre tank. The bike also has all the looks of…
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Milan show: Ducati introduces 2017 Monster 797 and 1200 S
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Two new Monsters have been confirmed the 2017 Ducati line up: Monster 797 and Monster 1200 S. The smaller of the two features an 803cc air-cooled L-twin engine, producing 75bhp. The 1200 S ups the ante with a 1198cc liquid-cooled Ducati Testastretta 11°, L-twin, and the maximum power figure of 150bhp. Both bikes get Brembo…
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Milan show: two new Ducati Scramblers unveiled: Desert Sled and Café Racer
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Two new models are joining the Ducati Scrambler range: the Café Racer and the Desert Sled. The first is an interpretation of the legendary ’60s café racer bikes, while the latter is inspired by ‘60s and ‘70s off-road bikes. Although different in looks, both Scrambler versions mount the EURO 4-compliant, twin-cylinder 803 cc air and…
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Milan show: Verve to show two new cheap 125s, one of them looks like THIS and costs around 3000 euro!
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These are the Verve motorcycle’s new range for 2017 – that is going to be debuted at Milan for the Eicma show tomorrow (Tuesday). Two of the four-model line up is new for the small bike maker. The Hero Tracker 125i (pictured above) and 125i (pictured below, in green) are basically the same bike but…
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Benelli to launch this gorgeous TRK 502 at Milan next week! Look at this thing! And it’s a 500cc bike!
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Benelli to launch this gorgeous TRK 502 at Milan next week! Look at this thing! And it’s a 500cc bike! This is the Benelli TRK 502 2017 production motorcycle that is going to be officially released at next week’s Eicma show in Milan, Italy. The bike was first shown a clear year ago at last…
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Secret drawings show future Suzuki Bandit – big changes on the way to make the bike even better!
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We’ve been sent these secret patent designs from inside Suzuki that show what the next generation of the big Suzuki Bandit is going to look like – and there are two big differences from the existing model. Yep, we agree with you that at first glance of the side-on illustration and on the front-view of…
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Launch ride: Kawasaki Z1000SX
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The same, but different Looks familiar? It should do. This 2017 version of Kawasaki’s hugely successful Z1000SX mirrors its predecessor in more ways than there’s space to write about, with key crossovers including the last model’s frame, engine, wheels and much more. So what’s new? Well, quite a bit was the message during the model’s…
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Photos: New mini-adventurer from Honda
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Honda has unveiled a cool little adventure bike, the CBF190X, in China, but it looks like this is a China only model – for now at least. The bike was unveiled at China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition in Chongqing, and it will join join the CB190R and CBF190R in the company’s sub 200cc line up…
