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2017 Yamaha R6 to be ‘virtually identical to R1’ looks – claim
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It’s another claim by the top Japanese magazine YoungMachine and it features a serious bit of information about the next generation middleweight from Yamaha. According to the publication, the Yamaha is going to be a virtual lookalike of its bigger capacity sibling. The new bike’s face in the mock-up image on the cover of the…
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Japanese magazine claims ‘Super Blade’ to appear in 2018 line-up
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Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine has put a date on the Super Blade from Honda, saying that the uber-version of the bike will appear in 2018, a year after a suped-up version of the current Fireblade makes its debut. In the latest issue of the magazine, the lads in Japan say that the 2017 version of…
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Meet the HARLEY-DAVIDSON Adventure bike! Yeah!
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Meet the HARLEY-DAVIDSON Adventure bike! Yeah! This is the big surprise of the Bangkok Motor Show – with awesome coverage by the chaps at the Rushlane website – and it’s is happening right now, it’s a 2016 Street 750 Harley-Davidson that’s been converted into an Adventure bike. And although the official word is that this…
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UK traffic congestion 14% worse than five years ago
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Traffic congestion in the UK’s biggest cities is 14% worse than it was just five years ago, according to a major new report out today (March 22). Across the rest of Europe, average congestion is actually 3% down over the same period. The annual Traffic Index from TomTom shows average UK journeys in 2015 took…
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Scoop: Mugen Shinden Go snapped during Japanese tests
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Scoop: Mugen Shinden Go snapped during Japanese tests. Ahead of it being shown officially at the upcoming, pictures have emerged of the Mugen Shinden Go electric racebike being tested in Japan. The images were taken at the Sodegaura Forest Raceway and the Tsukuba Circuit as test rider Hikaru Miyagi put miles under the wheels. Outwardly…
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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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SCOOP video: Suzuki SV650 Rally Concept walkaround film
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Check out this video walkaround of the Suzuki SV650 Rally Concept. Basically this is little more than a bolt-on bitsa from Suzuki which was shown at the Osaka motorcycle show at the weekend. Under the additional bodywork bits, new seat and odd-looking backside is a piggyback Yoshimura exhaust (nice) and the new SV650 from the…
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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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SCOOP Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!)
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Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!) Here’s a walkaround video of the Hondas at the Osaka Motorcycle show 2016. The show happened at the weekend and really there wasn’t much there other than a dressed up Africa Twin, the City Adventure high-legged suspension, the CRF250 prototype (again…) and the…
