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30th Anniversary GSX-R colours revealed
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It’s the 30th anniversary of the production of the GSX-R, a bike that changed the motorcycle world. To mark the occasion Suzuki is painting the 1000cc bike in special colours that ape the original scheme. We’ve been sent the pictures and the bike looks very coo. Here’s what Suzuki itself says about the historic…
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Guzzi Le Mans Radical to take on R-nine-T
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Made by a small engineering workshop not far from the Czech republic, this is the awesome Radical Guzzi cafe racer. The engine is a Guzzi Griso V-twin lump, taken from 1200 to 1450cc and kicks out 135bhp at the rear wheel. Builder, Stefan Bronold says he was so keen for some genuine character with the…
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Launch report: Suzuki GSX-S1000FA
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Tested by: John Milbank Pictures by: James Wright and Ula Serra £9,999//143.5bhp @ 10,000rpm//78.2lb-ft @ 9,500rpm//214kg//www.suzuki-gb.co.uk The new GSX-S1000FA has been carefully targeted by Suzuki – its typical buyer is expected to be an experienced forty-plus rider with an above-average income. They previously owned a sportsbike and they’re expected to be using this for weekend rides without…
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SCOOP: Naked, supercharged version of the new Suzuki!
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By Leon Rose and Tony Carter SCOOP: Naked, supercharged version of the new Suzuki! So we’ve now seen the patent drawings published in the States for what is very likely to be the production version of the Recursion Suzuki shown as a concept bike a while back, and now we’ve been sent more…
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SCOOP: That Suzuki new-bike, MORE info!
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SCOOP: That Suzuki new-bike, MORE info! We’ve been trawling the archives at MCM and we found this, the Recursion – one of the concept Suzukis shown at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. That concept was touted as having a 588cc in-line twin-cylinder motor with an intercooler turbo providing a power boost. It’s got the single-sided…
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SCOOP: New Suzuki 500 turbocharged bike!
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SCOOP: New Suzuki 500 turbocharged bike! By Leon Rose and Tony Carter Here’s new patents files by Suzuki that show the factory is working on a 500cc parallel twin with a tubocharger. The drawings clearly show the tubocharger mounted on the exhaust downtubes whilst the side-on drawings show that the bikes will have a…
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New Rider Offer from BMW
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New Rider Offer from BMW. The New Rider Offer from BMW gives you everything you need to get on two wheels– including a F 800 R, £2680 worth of riding gear and a 7-day Direct Access course. BMW Motorrad UK’s ‘New Rider Offer’ at a glance: Customer initially puts down a £1,000 deposit at their…
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Around the world in under 100 days on a Victory Cross Country
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Around the world in under 100 days on a Victory Cross Country. A Swiss endurance rider is aiming to break the ‘all continents’ world circumnavigation record by motorcycle aboard a Victory Cross Country – the standard record stands at 120 days and two hours. Swiss biker, Urs Pedraita – aka Grizzly, is aiming to complete…
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Kawasaki France rumour: Er7 naked on the way
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Now, this is something that’s been sent to us a fair bit out of the blue today so all we can do is basically pass on what we’ve been told – but this is the hot rumour for today – and it’s that Kawasaki is going to turn out an Er7 naked bike as…
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Honda to launch new CB400Four classic cafe racer
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Honda to launch new CB400Four classic cafe racer. Forget any old stories re-doing the rounds about bigger bikes, the hottest bike on Honda’s rota right now is a new version of the CB400Four retro bike that will be based around the CB400F nc36 (pictured), the new bike is based on the model which…
