Sports Bikes
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Here’s how to get your hands on Paper Craft’s 2017 Yamaha MT-10 plans for FREE. Download, get printing and enter the big-bike fold… (sorry)
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Here’s how to get your hands on Paper Craft’s 2017 Yamaha MT-10 plans for FREE. Download, get printing and enter the big-bike fold… (sorry). We’ve seen plenty of great paper models of modern superbikes that you can download, print out and make – but this is probably our most favourite so far. It’s the new…
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Video: Kawasaki Z900 top speed run
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Video: Kawasaki Z900 top speed run. https://youtu.be/HiKRdHG8TGY Kawasaki unveiled its Z900 at the end of last year. Japanese publication Over Ride took it upon themselves to get one, put it out on the road at night and see what it’d do. The answer was that it topped out at 253kph. That’s 157mph. Seems pretty OK…
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Rumour: MV Agusta USA about to be sold?
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Rumour: MV Agusta USA about to be sold? Reported on American motorcycle web outlet Asphalt & Rubber by the excellent Jensen Beeler comes this interesting nugget about the troubled Italian brand, MV Agusta. Whilst there’s virtually no other comment or news about this to be found elsewhere, we’re inclined to believe Beeler’s reports because his…
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Japanese journo says NAKED version of Honda CBR250RR is DEFINITELY on the way…
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Japanese journo says NAKED version of Honda CBR250RR is DEFINITELY on the way… Here’s the mac-up illustration straight off the cover of top Japanese magazine YoungMachine (above) and another (below) from MotoBlast.org – the news about the naked CBR250RR is certainly grabbing some imaginations around the globe. We’re willing to bet that loads of…
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Get your hands on a piece of racing history: 1992 Yamaha Harris YZR500 OWC1 Screamer on eBay
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Oh boy! Look what we just spotted on eBay: a pukka 1992 Yamaha Harris YZR500 OWC1 Screamer. This is a proper Grand Prix factory bike, built for the teams that raced at the top level back in the day. Tipping the scales at 130kg and pumping out around 155bhp, the Harris-framed two-stroke YZR500 is a…
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Oh boy! Yamaha’s plans for an XSR300 (the NEW RD350 retro) revealed in Japanese magazine!
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Oh boy! Yamaha’s plans for an XSR300 (the NEW RD350 retro) revealed in Japanese magazine! Here’s a story from our friends in Japan that’s going to get the motorcycle world hopping around in New Year excitement – a return of the RD350! Kind of! What this story surrounds is news from our friends at Japanese…
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Video: Final episode of Yamaha’s Master of Torque (MT series of bikes based animation) is now live
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Video: Final episode of Yamaha’s Master of Torque (MT series of bikes based animation) is now live. Umm… we’ve shown you previous episodes of this series before, it’s a Japanese animation from Yamaha that’s you’re usual Japanese motorcycle cartoon fare – but this stuff is centered around riding bikes from the MT series of…
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Suzuki Turbo AND Supercharged AND big-twin 2016 patents wrap-up
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It’s been over a year since we brought you the scoop on those Suzuki patents showing the firm’s plans for a turbo, supercharged and new big-twin for 2017 (possibly). So we thought we’d remind you of what’s coming. On July 6 2015, we were the first to bring you these production drawings of the Suzuki…
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Suzuki issues recall on V-Strom 650 over stator failure fears
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Suzuki issues recall on V-Strom 650 over stator failure fears. Suzuki has issued a recall on it’s 650 V-Strom because of a potential fault with the wiring. The recall is has – so far – only been made in the States and affects some 8,613 bikes which were made between August 30 and October 12,…
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Video: MEGA onboard comparison TT laps – Superbike v Superstock v Supersport
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Video: MEGA onboard comparison TT laps – Superbike v Superstock v Supersport. We’re loving this video from the Isle of Man TT lads which pits John McGuinness on his Superbike Fireblade, Dean Harrison on his Kawasaki ZX-6R Supersport bike and Ian Hutchinson on his BMW S1000RR Superstocker. It’s excellent and really shows how the different…
