Sports Bikes
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Polaris joining MV Agusta? Italian financial minds say the deal is on and could save MV
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Polaris joining MV Agusta? Italian financial minds say the deal is on and could save MV. Much talk going on at the moment about the future of MV Agusta with sectors of the Italian financial quarter saying that a possible link-up with Polaris is on the cards. MV have kept the courts at bay for…
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KTM recalls 2015 and 2016 1290 Super Adventure
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KTM recalls 2015 and 2016 1290 Super Adventure. We’ve just had this come through from KTM: KTM has issued a recall of the 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE from model years 2015 and 2016 in order to review the semi-active shock absorber and update its software. Market investigations by KTM have established that the semi-active shock…
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Now THIS is what you can do with an R nine T! Check this out!
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No THIS is what you can do with an R nine T! Check this out! Dear BMW… if you want to see what we’d like to come next in the R nine T range then how about something along these lines? This amazing looking bike has been put together by two design firms based in…
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer. Suzuki’s annual All-Star track day returns to Silverstone for 2016, with this year’s event taking place on the prestigious Grand Prix circuit on August 11. The event has become a key feature of Suzuki’s event calendar, and will again be attended by a…
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World launch report: Yamaha MT-10
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By Bruce Wilson In the two years since Yamaha’s launch of its MT-09 triple, over 65,000 MTs have rolled off the Japanese brand’s production lines. It’s an impressive number which is surely set to rocket following the release of the family’s flagship MT-10. New bike, borrowed tech The MT-10 is the fifth addition to Yamaha’s…
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Meet the Tamburini T12 Massimo superbike. 230bhp and exquisite loveliness.
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Two years ago Massimo Tamburini – the father of iconic motorcycles like the Ducati 916 and the MV Agusta F4, died. But before Tamburini passed he had one last design to give the tw-wheeled world and it’s now debuted in the flesh. The Tamburini T12 Massimo is a BMW S1000RR powered superbike which is…
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This is the Optimus Praëm – it’s the best BMW S1000RR special we’ve seen yet. Check this out!
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This is the Optimus Praëm – it’s the best BMW S1000RR special we’ve seen yet. Check this out! Now THIS is what you can do with a cafe racer/retro racer mindset and a modern superbike. We absolutely love this hunk of metal. This is the latest bikes from Praëm. Based around a BMW S1000RR the bike…
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Akula BMW/TVS 300 concept IS going into production – as the Apache RTR300
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Our friends at the excellent Rushlane website in India have dug up a great bike of info on the Akula 310 concept – the fully-faired sportbike based around BMW’s G310R naked (pictured below). The Apache RTR300 gets the G310R’s 34bhp liquid-cooled single-cylinder motor and a 6-speed gearbox. The best news is that the…
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Japanese journo’s Honda CBR250RR finished form image appears – and it looks trick
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Top Japanese motorcycle magazine Young Machine has just released it’s latest edition’s cover – and pride of place on it is a fully-finished computer Mac-up of the upcoming CBR250RR Honda. The bike shares a lot of bodywork styling from the already-seen CBR125 – but in terms of colourscheme etc it’s a safe bet that this…
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You can buy Guy Martin’s ACTUAL TT Fireblade for the same price as a new Blade!
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How do you fancy owning Guy Martin’s TT Honda Fireblade? Well you can at the upcoming Bonhams auction at the Stafford show on April 23-24. The bike has a reserve price of £12,000 – £16,000, so it’s not the out of the reach of quite a few bike fans out there who are after a…
