Sports Bikes
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New Ducati teaser video: ‘This is style’
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New Ducati teaser video: ‘This is style’ Ducati has released a new teaser video ahead of the EICMA show where the Italian manufacturer promises to reveal more. In all honesty, the video doesn’t show much, but at least there is definitely a bike in the video, which isn’t always the case with these teasers. This…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Suzuki bikes from GSX concept to powered bicycle
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Suzuki bikes from GSX concept to powered bicycle Suzuki is showcasing an impressive selection of concept and production motorcycles at the Tokyo Motor Show. Suzuki will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020 and the theme for it’s booth at the show is “Suzuki next 100”. We’re not convinced that the…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Honda concepts unveiled
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Honda concepts unveiled Honda has announced some interesting concept models at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015, under the slogan ‘The Power of Dreams’. Honda says that at the show it will exhibit a broad range of items including innovative mobility products that are useful in people’s daily lives as well…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Yamaha’s three-wheeler in more detail, 850cc three-cylinder motor in ‘sport riding’ weirdness
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Yamaha’s three-wheeler in more detail, 850cc three-cylinder motor in ‘sport riding’ weirdness. Here’s Yamaha’s tilting three-wheeler concept machine in much more detail, it was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show today. Called the MWT-9 (although it has a cute name of ‘Cornering Master’) the bike has an MT-09-based 850cc…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Kawasaki shows new supercharged engine (and what will become the S2 in a sketch)
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Kawasaki shows new supercharged engine (and what will become the S2 in a sketch). Months ago we brought you the first look at a raft of new supercharger patents from Kawasaki and said how these were going to be used in future bikes ranging from big tourers to everyday sporty…
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SCOOP: First pictures of finished 2016 Triumph Speed Triple R
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SCOOP: First pictures of finished 2016 Triumph Speed Triple R. These are the first pictures of the finished, new Triumph Speed Triple – an updated version of the bike for 2016. Outwardly there isn’t too much that look radically different to the standard 1050 we have now, but this is a heavily revised model which…
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Philippines kid makes own ‘Panigale’ – and does a good job of it
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Philippines kid makes own ‘Panigale’ – and does a good job of it! So what bike would you think this was, if you walked past it parked up? Yep, we didn’t realise this either, but this is actually a 150cc Yamaha SZ-R. Built up by a kid to look like a Panigale. The owner is…
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SCOOP: Video of the 2016 H2 Kawasaki hyperbike
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Kawasaki’s stunning H2 Ninja is getting tweaked further for 2016 – and here’s the video about it that shows next year’s model in all it’s new-colour glory. The new version of the bike gets a new screen, new colour and what looks like a revision to the exhaust, we’ll have to wait for…
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Free Motorcycle Live tickets for GSX-R owners
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Free Motorcycle Live tickets for GSX-R owners Great news if you have a GSX-R in the garage: Suzuki is giving GSX-R owners free tickets for this year’s Motorcycle Live, as part of the GSX-R 30th anniversary celebrations taking place over the course of the show. If you are a GSX-R owner, just head to www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/gsx-r…
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SCOOP: Shaft-driven Aprilia on the way! Patents show radical plan
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SCOOP: Shaft-driven Aprilia on the way! Patents show radical plan. We have been sent a new patent drawing that shows that Aprilia is planning a new SHAFT-DRIVE bike. Info is scarce at the moment and the only details we have is that the patent is callled: Homokinetic Motorcycle Transmission and Motorcycle Comprising Said Transmission, the…
