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  • 2017 Yamaha R6 – all the information direct from Yamaha, right HERE

    2017 Yamaha R6 – all the information direct from Yamaha, right HERE

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    Here’s all the information from Yamaha about its 2017 Yamaha R6 – we’ve taken this directly from the bumf direct from the factory. it’s going to be a bit wordy, but this is EVERYTHING about the bike that Yamaha is telling the world right now. And now you have it, too.  

  • First official Yamaha R6 video

    First official Yamaha R6 video

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    Here it is in all its glory – the new Yamaha YZF-R6! The video shows the bike in its natural habitat, a fast-flowing race track – and it looks great! The new bike has a more R1-esque look and if the video is anything to go by, it’s blisteringly fast! We can’t wait to test…

  • Yamaha 2017 R6 – specs are HERE (no power figures yet though)

    Yamaha 2017 R6 – specs are HERE (no power figures yet though)

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      OK, so we’re rushing this out a bit – but that’s because we want to give you this information as quickly as we’ve got it off Yamaha – so here’s the actual detail document from Yamaha about its new 2017 R6. The bike is 190kg (wet) but there’s no power figure for it yet.…

  • Early pics of 2017 Yamaha R6 arrive!

    Early pics of 2017 Yamaha R6 arrive!

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    Early pics of 2017 Yamaha R6 arrive! Well… we think they’re real… We’re less than an hour away from the official launch of the 2017 Yamaha R6 (we think) so imagine our surprise when these pictures just popped up in our inbox… Yep, we’ve only been sent these and no details. These pictures haven’t come…

  • World launch: This afternoon. Yamaha’s 2017 R6. We think. Here. Yeah. Here.

    World launch: This afternoon. Yamaha’s 2017 R6. We think. Here. Yeah. Here.

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    Yamaha is launching a new R series bike at 3pm today. We think it’s going to be the 2017 R6 model. We’re being sent the information from Yamaha when the new model is unveiled and we’ll bring you everything that’s sent out form the factory, right here. We love the way the millions of you…

  • SPY SHOT! Ducati’s 939 Multistrada caught! In garage. Finished. Yep

    SPY SHOT! Ducati’s 939 Multistrada caught! In garage. Finished. Yep

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    Here’s one of the bikes that we’re expecting to surface officially at the Milan motorcycle show next month – this is the Ducati 939 Mutlistrada. We’ve been sent these shots by someone who has found their way into a garage ahead of the new bike getting its screen options and panniers fitted. Caught in an…

  • Kawasaki giving the H2R bigger wings. Design drawings point the way to proper downforce increase

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    These drawings from inside Kawasaki show how the factory is having to up the amount of downforce on its next-generation of the brutal H2R to MotoGP levels, just to keep the front wheel of the coming-version of the bike on the floor during top-end acceleration. There’s no details about an increase in the bike’s power…

  • Kawasaki Versys 250 documents surface in Indonesia

    Kawasaki Versys 250 documents surface in Indonesia

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    There’s been talk about a 250cc version of Kawasaki Versys for some time now, but the story just got more credible with the publication of Kawasaki Indonesia documents on tmcblog.com The documents show that Kawasaki Indonesia has registered two codes: Kawasaki LE250B and KawasakiLE250C. Since the code for the 650cc Versys is LE650C, it’s quite likely that…

  • Video: When Adventure riding goes bad. Held at gunpoint on the edge of Area 51 in the USA!

    Video: When Adventure riding goes bad. Held at gunpoint on the edge of Area 51 in the USA!

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    WARNING: The sound on this video is NOT safe for work (not that our warning will stop you, of course, it’s just that we should warn you. OK?)   How about this for a dramatic, nerve-raking moment when out doing a bit of gentle ‘Adventure’ riding? Video of two armed security men getting right up…

  • Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots.

    Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots.

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    Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots. Ooooh, yah bugger! Check out this sequence from the US launch of the BMW RnineT Scrambler of a wheelie going ever-so-much off the straight and narrow with some serious metal breakage…

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