Sports Bikes
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Video: Casey Stoner rides the new Ducati 1299 Panigale S Anniversario
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If you like the look of the new Ducati 1299 Panigale S Anniversario, you’ll love this video of Casey Stoner riding it. With its superquadro engine, top electronics, maximum lightness and racing performance, Ducati says the 1299 Panigale S Anniversario is the perfect celebration of the Ducati passion. It certainly looks like fun! Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/oMxIcFLsaGU…
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Ducati reveals special edition 1299 Panigale S Anniversario
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Ducati certainly knows how to please their fans and celebrate an anniversary. For its 90th anniversary the Bologna-based bike manufacturer decided to provide visitors to World Ducati Week 2016 (1-3 July, “Marco Simoncelli” Misano World Circuit) with a special preview of the new 1299 Panigale S Anniversario. This is a limited edition bike with only…
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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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My bike: 2005 Triumph Speed Triple review
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My bike: 2005 Triumph Speed Triple review. MY BIKE – The details Owner: Matt James Price paid: £5500 Spec: 128bhp/78lb-ft Kerb weight: 207kg Tank: 18 litres Seat: 815mm Miles on clock: 44,000 Average mpg: Around 43mpg Current tyres: Michelin Pilot Road 4 General impressions: Great fun, stonking motor, never fails to put a smile…
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Eskil Suter video interview: The story behind the 195bhp, two-stroke, MMX500
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We got to talk to Eskil Suter about the MMX500, the 195bhp two-stroke motorcycle that Ian Lougher raced at the Isle of Man TT. Eskil talks about the bike, what his thinking was behind creating the current model and how it all came together. There might even be a bigger version coming at some point –…
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2017 Honda Fireblade to get a face-lift
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Japanese journos are expecting the new 2017 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade to have an updated look at the front. In the cover of Japanese Young Machine magazine Honda’s new litre-beast has sharper looking headlights, although the difference is not huge and most of the design has not been altered from the current model. The appearance of…
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New Husqvarna FS 450 Supermoto for 2017
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Husqvarna has just unveiled its new 2017 FS 450 Supermoto bike. According to the company, the new 450cc machine features updated and top-of-the-line components (including WP’s AER 48 forks and a composite subframe made from 30% carbon fibre), further advances in engine management (launch control, new handlebar map switch, traction control) and a fresh design…
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Video: Suter MMX500 – Riding the 195bhp two-stoke BEAST…
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In a world that’s becoming increasingly sanitised, Suter Motorcycles has defied convention by producing a 576cc, V4 two-stoke Grand Prix motorcycle. Having just been nailed around the Isle of Man TT by Ian Lougher, we got a chance to try out this 127kg, 195bhp beast first hand at Lausitzring in Germany. To learn more about…
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REVEALED! Ducati CEO’s designs to re-invent the wheel (and cure chatter at the same time)
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REVEALED! Ducati CEO designs to re-invent the wheel (and cure chatter at the same time). Claudio Domenicali is the Chief Executive of Ducati. A man with lots on his plate. But when he’s not steering one of the world’s strongest motorcycle brands to bigger and better things, the guy is still an engineer and inventor.…
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Video: BMW’s South African TV ad splashes stooges superbike style
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Check out this amusing bit of video that’s running as an advertising campaign in South Africa. It’s to push the S1000RR superbike and it’s a combination of Candid Camera (remember that?) and good old outrageous speeding past a bus stop (remember doing that?). BMW Motorrad SA is behind the ad where the road alongside a…
