Sports Bikes
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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…
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VIDEO awesome GSX-R drifting movie – mad skills
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VIDEO awesome GSX-R drifting movie – mad skills. Check out this awesome video of mega-drifting of a sport bike. We’ll be honest, it’s a bit of a MoreBikes favourite at the moment! This is a rider called Thibaut Nogues properly hanging the back end out of a GSX-R on some pretty gnarly looking mountain…
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MV launches limited edition F3RC in 675 and 800cc
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MV has announced this limited edition F3RC – a very limited edition motorcycle of which only 350 will be made for sale globally. Essentially, the bike is a paintjob with with some race-type blanking plates, levers and reartsets, a new seat unit and race-y rear stand. Each bike is a race replica of the…
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Ducati reveals 2016 Diavel Carbon
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Here’s the second of the updated bikes for the Ducati 2016 range – and it’s the new Diavel Carbon. Basically, the bike has come in for cosmetic touches and little else. So while the feet-forward cruiser option of the Diavel that’s been touted around for ages now may still be an addition to next year’s…
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Yamaha’s Speed Block R1 and second block of R1-Ms announced
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Yamaha has announced that is to sell the awesome R1 superbike in Yamaha North America colours – the iconic yellow and black speed blocks.The 200bhp superbike is also getting a titanium slip-on Akrapovic end can. The Japanese company is also going to sell another production run of the higher-sped R1-M after the initial production cycle…
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Rea wins World Superbike crown
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The Pirelli Spanish Round has gone down in history as the WorldSBK race meeting at which Jonathan Rea was crowned World Champion of 2015. The British rider, standard bearer of the Kawasaki Racing Team, clinched the ultimate goal in Race 1 courtesy of his fourth position. He has been pursuing the title since his first full…
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MV F3 in Solar Beam yellow = coolest paint of the day
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Now then, this bike is nothing more special than a paintjob – but still… it’s pretty cool even though it’s ‘just’ a paintjob! This is what MV is calling the ‘Solar Beam’ livery on it’s F3 800. The bike has been done to celebrate the partnership between MV Agusta and AMG Mercedes (AMG is a…
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VIDEO Tom Sykes rides 2015 H2R and 1974 H2R
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VIDEO Tom Sykes rides 2015 H2R and 1974 H2R! Former World Superbike Champion Tom Sykes has been out and about playing on his 2015 Ninja H2R AND his 1974 H2R, Sykes owns both bikes and jumped at the chance to get them fired up and head out at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire.
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SCOOP 2016 KTM Duke 690 first look – loads of tech and a new motor!
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Here’s the SCOOP first look at the 2016 KTM Duke 690 which gets loads of tech and a new engine! It’s one of the bikes that has undergone major revisions in the Austrian’s range for next year. At first look, it might not seem that the bike is much different from the previous model,…
