Sports Bikes
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2015 Yamaha Dealer Built Winners Unveiled
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2015 Yamaha Dealer Built Winners Unveiled. This summer kicked off with the first ever Yamaha Dealer Built competition. The initiative follows from the massive success of Yamaha’s Yard Built campaign that has seen the world’s top customizers collaborating to create stunning builds based on the Sport Heritage range. The activity saw European Yamaha Dealers create…
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2016, 207bhp Kawasaki ZX-10R revealed – official pictures
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Power is a claimed 207bhp with ram-air with 84ftlb or torque @11,500rpm. The extra few BHP is largely down to new cam profiles and a redesigned combustion chamber. The motor also gets large-diameter valves, head ports and there’s a bigger volume airbox. But it’s how the power is delivered that makes this motorcycle…
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Honda’s CBR500R gets updated for 2016
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Honda has released details of updates to the CBR500R for 2016. Here’s what the factory itself has said about the bike, which will be at various motorcycle shows over the next couple of months before joining the firm’s range at the end of the year: Upgrades for 2016 include: – A complete new look…
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VIDEO H2 at the Nurburgring
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Check this video out of an H2 being put through its paces at the Nurburgring. There’s not a huge amount to say about this other than the rider, Tim Rhötig, from Bridgestone-Deutschland is really trusting that front tyre in a lot of places. The bike sounds great on the pipe and the ‘ring is remarkably quiet…
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Yamaha issues recall on R3
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Yamaha issues recall on R3. Yamaha has issued a recall in the USA to do with its R3 mini-superbike. Units of the R3 have an incorrectly manufactured upper triple clamp that may crack whilst riding. Affected bikes were made between January 1, 2015 and August 31, 2015. The recall has been filed with the NHTSA,…
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SCOOP Ducati super cruiser 2016 in final road tests
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SCOOP Ducati super cruiser 2016 in final road tests. Pictures have surfaced of the feet-forward Ducati Diavel out road testing. The bike gets the more cruiser-style feet -forward riding position, new exhaust system, longer fuel tank and revised seat unit. Recently, Ducati announced that the updated Diavel Dark Carbon was part of the firm’s nine-new-bikes…
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SCOOP Ducati’s 2016 959 Panigale AND Hypermotard 939 confirmed
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SCOOP Ducati’s 2016 959 Panigale confirmed! Ducati is bringing out a 959 Panigale for next year, repalcing the current 899 Pan. The new bike has been revealed in an executive order released by the California Air Resources Board, certifying it for sale in the state. The new 959 Panigale will be one of the nine…
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Suzuki to restore original GSX-R750 at Motorcycle Live
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Suzuki will again be providing one of the main attractions at this year’s Motorcycle Live, with the restoration of an original GSX-R750F on its stand over the course of the show. As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the iconic range of sportsbikes, which will also see a display of some of the classic…
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VIDEO Ducati Diavel Carbon 2016 in action
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Here’s a little promo video of the new-for-2016 Ducati Diavel Carbon in action. There’s not much to the bike in reality, it’s a largely cosmetic exercise with a new seat unit and exhaust to keep the interest in the ‘dark’ range of the muscley-cruiser going. But it’s a nice video to watch, all the…
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Honda’s CBR250RR – supercharged weapon on the way?
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Honda’s much-wanted CBR250RR is the rumoured-bike that seems to be refusing to go away and this month there’s a raft of even more rumours about the screaming quarter-litre bike appearing in next year. As you’d expect, the little sportster is far more track-oriented than any of the road-based, easy-going motorcycles we’ve seen recently from…
