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MUST DO THIS: Go Off-Road with Beta Motorcycle Experience Days
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New for 2020, Beta Experience Days offer a challenging and safe introduction to off-roading, guided over dramatic terrain by top ‘Hard Enduro’ rider Wayne Braybrook. Aimed at road bike and Adventure Bike owners, this new Yorkshire based activity is backed by Beta UK and is fully equipped with a wide range of two and four-stroke,…
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SEVEN questions raised about the Norton Motorcyles COLLAPSE.
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Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, as it is pursued by HMRC for £300,000 in unpaid taxes read about this HERE. Whilst the dust on this news settles, we’ve had a dig through our news archive to see what the company has been doing over the past few years – and doing this has raised…
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THIS WEEK! Ducati is unveiling the Superleggera. Project 1708 (it’s codename) unveiling on Feb 6.
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This (notification image at the bottom of this article) has just appeared from Ducati. It’s the official unveiling of the Ducati Panigale V4 Superleggera (codename Project 1708) – the 2016 MotoGP on the road. It’s going to make 234bhp and weigh 152kg dry. It has HUGE wings for real MotoGP downforce and looks like it’d…
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Norton Motorcycles collapse. More information comes to light.
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Following last week’s news that Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, more information has come to light which indicates that the latest collapse of the iconic British brand was a long time coming. -Metro Bank has confirmed it has spent months working with Norton to find a solution before bringing in the administrators as…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT
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WORDS: Mikko Nieminen – Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine / PHOTOGRAPHY: Suzuki We can all agree that Suzuki’s flagship adventure bike has been in need of a bit of an update for a while now. What’s unlikely to be agreed quite so universally is whether the new V-Strom 1050XT now has all the bells and…
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Honda CLOSES two motorcycle factories in China due to CORONAVIRUS outbreak.
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Following the coronavirus outbreak, Honda has announced that it will extend the closure of two of its Chinese factories in Tianjin and Taicang. Responding to requests from the Chinese authorities following the outbreak of the coronavirus, Honda has announced that it’s keeping two of its motorcycle factories shut until February 9th. The two Chinese factories…
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MV Agusta’s President confirms “an adventure bike is coming”.
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In an interview with Motociclismo.it, Timur Sardarov the President of MV Agusta has been speaking about the Italian factory’s plans for the future – and the big news is that there’s an adventure bike on the way. Speaking about the news the MV Agusta’s moving a part of its production to China, Sardarov confirmed that…
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FIRST RIDE: KTM’s 390 Adventure – a 2020 motorcycle for the masses, no matter what you want to do.
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We’ve got the first ride on the small Adventure. Insiders say the Austrians had been coaxing their friends in Pune, India to make a small-capacity ADV, something that tied in with all their Dakar wins, but partners at Bajaj weren’t sold on the idea. The one thing you cannot accuse Bajaj of is not having…
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Honda and Kawasaki’s PATENTS for cameras and sensors on its motorcycles
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Honda and Kawasaki have filed patents for sensors and cameras that detect possible risks out on the road. Patents filed by Honda and Kawasaki confirm that the next advance in safety equipment is much closer to becoming a reality. Kawasaki has already announced that it will be launching models equipped with radar technology – and…
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Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes out shooting the promo video for the 2020 Kawasaki ZX-25R motorbike.
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We’re expecting the lovely little 250 to be officially launched in Indonesia soon and these photos pretty much underline that the launch date for the screamer will be happening soon. Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes have both been out in action at Jerez on the small bikes, shooting the snazzy footage that will no doubt…
