Retro Classic
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Photos: The Maniac – small capacity cafe racer from India
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Indian bike industry is thriving, with big brands making their presence known, homegrown manufacturing on the up and even a custom scene emerging. The Maniac from Jaipur based The Hustler Moto is a particularly tasty-looking part of the Indian custom trend. The bike that once was a 2004 Bajaj Pulsar 150 has been transformed into a…
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Photos: Kreidler is back with a sweet 125cc café racer
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You might remember the name Kreidler from GP racing in the 70s and 80s. The German manufacturer went out of business in the eighties and things have been pretty quiet since then (with the exception of a few scooters). But now the Kreidler brand is back with a new 125 café racer, the Dice CR 125,…
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Honda bringing two radical 650-based super-Scrambler concepts to production – claim
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Now, we’ve not been able to find these patents yet so we can’t vouch for the validity of the claims made elsewhere – but here’s the hot topic of conversation this morning in the emerging markets: Honda has filed two patents for ongoing production purposes and they’re patents for the Honda CB4 and CBSix50, two…
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Photos: Moto Guzzi V7 II endurance racer from 4H10
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If you like your Guzzis and retro-racers, you’ll love this: The guys from 4H10 in France have been busy turning a ragular Moto Guzzi V7 II Stone into a cool retro-endurance racer. The approach was to use the Moto Guzzi parts catalogue as much as possible to make it easy for anyone to replicate the…
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Video: MV Agusta’s new F4Z superbike REVEALED on film. Looks stunning!
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Video: MV Agusta’s new F4Z superbike REVEALED on film. Looks stunning! https://youtu.be/PcyiXHxr5oc Here’s the latest teaser video from MV Agusta showing it’s upcoming F4Z cafe-racer superbike thing made in association with Italian car stylists, Zagato. This second video teaser from the factory shows considerably more of the bike (it actually shows all of the bike…
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Photos: Custom Ducati Scrambler from Down & Out Cafe Racers
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We’ve seen some cool custom Triumph Bonnevilles from Down & Out Cafe Racers in the past. This time the custom shop has turned its attention to a 2015 Ducati Scrambler. The bike retains the basic Scrambler looks, but gets a custom set of 17-inch wheels, with 180/55-17 TKC80 tyres. Down & Out Cafe Racers have also…
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Rumours: Kawasaki about to launch a new cafe racer
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Our friends from TMC blog in Indonesia have uncovered what looks like an importer’s manifest (image above) that has something very interesting hiding on row 218: Kawasaki ZR900B! This could be a new street bike to sit between the Z800 and Z1000, or it could be a brand new modern cafe racer from the green…
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Indian shows gorgeous FTR750 flat-track racer at Sturgis
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Indian Motorcycle has unveiled its all-new FTR750 flat track racer at the 76th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The Indian Scout FTR750 is Indian Motorcycle’s bid for a strong return to AMA Pro flat track racing (FTR stands for Flat Track Racer). The bike was revealed at the “Motorcycles as Art” industry event at the famed Buffalo Chip in Sturgis.…
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BMW announces facelifts for R1200 range
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BMW has confirmed that model year 2017 will see a number of updates on models that can be ordered from all BMW Motorrad dealers in the new configuration from August 2016. When the new model year starts in August 2016, the engines of the liquid-cooled boxer models will be subject to supplementary technical changes as…
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Video: Yamaha SCR950 walk-around
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Yes, it’s an advert from Yamaha USA, but this video gives all the details about the new Yamaha SCR950 scrambler. We first reported that the bike was being launched for the American market a couple of weeks ago, and there’s still no news about it crossing the Atlantic so we could get our hands on it,…
