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SCOOP: workshop picture of the 2016 Brutale 800. Stripped bike
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Here’s the first picture of the 2016 MV Agusta Brutale 800. OK, so it’s on a workshop bench. And yes, it doesn’t have wheels. Or bodywork. So that’s not quite a finished bike. But what we can see is how different the rear section, light assembly and exhaust shielding is from the current bike. We’re…
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VIDEO: 2016 Triumph Bonneville range explained in detail
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Here’s another video from the chaps at Moto.it. This time the film concentrates on the new Triumph Bonneville range. All the mechanical points across the three models are explained by Rob Morrison, Senior Team Leader for the project. There’s also some as-yet unseen footage of the bikes being ridden. With the largest team ever…
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VIDEO: 2016 Triumph Speed Triples walk around, details and interview
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If you’re in the market for a video look at the 2016 Triumph Speed Triple 1050 R and S models then here’s a good one. Filmed for the chaps at Italian publication Moto.it, the film gives a really good look at the new models. It also features interviews with key Triumph personnel including Stuart…
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SCOOP: First glimpse of Moto Guzzi V9 streetster
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We’ve just been sent this image taken of a computer screen showing the first image of the all-new V9 Moto Guzzi. It’s not a great shot, but it does give us a good idea of what the new bike will look like. Details about the bike are scarce ahead of next week’s EICMA show in…
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SCOOP: Ducati teaser shows the new feet-forward Diavel
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Ducati has released another teaser video just before the EICMA show kicks off in Milan. The video, titled ‘More than red: black, wild and pop’, gives us a glimpse of the new feet-forward cruiser in action. You have to be quick to spot it, but it’s there. The video also features the real Bart and…
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Ducati’s bizarre online cartoon strip getting more weird ahead of the Scrambler 400 launch
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Here’s another few excerpts from the quite frankly puzzling Bart and Betty cartoon series that’s leading up to the launch of the Ducati Scrambler 400. The smaller Scrambler is due to be officially unveiled next week in Milan at the EICMA event and so it is that Ducati is ramping up the episodes of it’s…
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BMW shows first proper electric superbike protoype
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Following on from the announcement of electric bikes from BMW comes this electric-engined S1000RR. The bike, called the Konzept eRR, has an entirely electric powerplant set into a pretty conventional chassis. Details about the bike relating to speed, charge times, longevity etc are yet to be released by BMW but according to Head of…
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SCOOP: ‘electric drive train’ BIKES on the way from BMW – the big boss confirms
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It’s coming thick and fast from BMW right now and here’s another bit of info from the big boss, Head of BMW Motorrad Stephen Schaller. It was only part of a statement from BMW, but the single line could have huge influence on the next wave of BMW motorcycles that we see. Talking about releases…
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SCOOP: BMW confirms RnineT Scrambler for production and 2016 model line up
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Hot on the heels of the firm’s new G310R single cylinder coming to dealers in time for the start of the 2016 model year is more new-model info from BMW – and this time its to confirm that the RnineT Scrambler is also going into production. Launched in 2014, more than 8,600 RnineTs have been…
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BMW reveals new G310R roadster
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The new BMW G310R is the first sub-500cc roadster from the Bavarian manufacturer. The G310R has a completely newly developed 313 cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder engine with four valves and two overhead camshafts together with electronic fuel injection. The bore is 80 millimetres and the stroke 62.1 millimetres. The engine has its backward-tilted cylinder in open-deck design…
