Scooters
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LA BELLA VITA: Vespa GTS 300
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I love Italy. I love Italian food, Italian drinks, Italian people, Italian cities, Italian bikes and Italian riding. Now I can add Italian scooters to the list, because Vespa’s GTS 300 is bloody brilliant. Yes, I might spend most of my time riding motorcycles – but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the simple, stylish…
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Yamaha new BW’s 125 trail scooter for 2021
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Yamaha’s just revealed a new version of its knobbly-tyred BW’s 125 for 2021 – and it looks fantastic. With Honda’s eagerly anticipated CT125 not coming to the UK, there’s a gap in the market for an off-road ready small capacity scooter. Maybe Yamaha’s BW’s 125 could be just the machine we’ve all been looking for.…
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Honda reveals Forza 750 for 2021. Will it knock Yamaha’s TMAX from its maxi-scooter throne?
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The Japanese factory has just launched its new Forza 750; and it’s the largest capacity scooter on the market right now. Honda’s new Forza 750 is essentially an evolution of the long-standing Integra. It shares plenty of kit – but some clever changes mean that it stands apart. As you’d expect, Honda’s made use of…
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Honda teases new Forza 750 for 2021
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A recently released teaser video confirms that Honda’s preparing to unveil a new Forza scooter for 2021. But this one will be bigger than ever before.
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New motorcycle sales surge again in August
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The statistics show a 31.2% boost in motorcycle sales in August – equivalent to around 9,087 PTWs compared to 6,924 units last year.
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New motorcycle sales sees another surge in July
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July saw a surge in motorcycle sales, with all kinds of motorcycles seeing a spike in sales compared to July 2019, according to figures released by MCIA.
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PATENTS: BMW’s bringing back the C1. But this time it’ll be electric.
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Designs filed with the European Patent Office show an electric BMW scooter with a removable roof, seat belts and airbags. A scooter with a roof? Haven’t we seen one of them before? Wasn’t that a BMW too? Correct on all counts, the short-lived BMW C1 was pitched as the scooter of the future at its…
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LAUNCH RIDE: First impressions of Yamaha Tricity 300
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We’ve been out on the Yamaha Tricity 300, the latest three-wheeler; putting it through its paces on a mix of Leicestershire and Rutland’s finest roads. We’ve seen the lot, from single track B-roads covered with gravel through to fast sweeping A-roads and a bit of dual carriageway for good measure. We’ve just got back, and…
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Is Yamaha working on an OFF-ROAD capable TMAX?
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Yamaha Europe’s Marketing Manager, Paolo Pavieso has hinted that there’s a chance we could see a Yamaha TMAX off-roader in the next two years. Is Yamaha getting ready to challenge Honda and its X-ADV? It certainly sounds like it. Our pals at Motociclismo.it have been speaking to Paolo Pavieso, Marketing Manager at Yamaha Motor…
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PATENT: Honda’s TELESCOPIC side stand.
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Honda’s thinking outside the box again, filing patents for a new telescopic side stand system which is made up of three sections that fit into each other. We all know how a motorcycle side stand works. It’s a tried and tested design that’s been unchanged for many years – and there’s a reason for that;…
