Street Bikes
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NEWS BITE! Marzocchi’s new factory
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Marzocchi has just announced that it’s joining forces with Zheijang Mazhuoke Machinery Manufacturing (the parent company of QJ Motors, which in turn is the parent company of Benelli). The two firms will set up a new production plant just south of Shanghai in China with the intention of manufacturing forks and struts for the domestic…
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Legal Q&A: Hire bike hell…
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Question Twelve months ago, I was filtering between lanes two and three on the M25. A van just pulled out from lane three into two and took me out. I went down like a fat kid on a seesaw. Thankfully, I bounced pretty well and after six months my broken wrist has healed. Liability has…
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SPY SHOTS: Royal Enfield SCRAM 411 spotted testing
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The more road-focused version of the Indian factory’s much-loved Himalayan has been caught out during final road tests ahead of its expected launch early this year. The lads and lasses over at Royal Enfield are nothing if not busy. Hot on the heels of its new Classic 350 and Meteor 350, alongside rumours of the…
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New CB300R from Honda
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The new CB300R from Honda promises ‘a bare-boned attitude that is guaranteed to turn heads’ as the new 22YM joins its siblings to complete the Neo Sports Café naked family. Launched today (24 January 2022), it rejoins the Honda line-up alongside the CB1000R, CB650R and CB125R – offering young and new riders their first ‘biggish’…
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Kawasaki celebrates 50 years of the ‘Zed’
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The Japanese factory is celebrating 50 years of its now iconic ‘Z’ models, with the launch of a small range of special-edition versions of its much loved Z900 and Z650. It shouldn’t necessarily come as a big surprise. Kawasaki’s been teasing its plans to celebrate the anniversary of its original ‘Z’ range, which was introduced…
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Ladies Who Ride: Danielle Darcy!
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A while ago we caught up with Danielle Darcy to find out what makes her life on two wheels tick. She’d forgotten about this, we hadn’t! So, when we posted her photo last night on MoreBikes social media, she got ribbed by her friends and associates! Without further hesitation, here’s Danielle and what she told…
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Keep an eye on your bike with this tracker!
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Monimoto 7 Tracker, £169,00 / www.monimoto.com Protecting your bike is more important than ever and a alongside a serious lock there’s one bit of kit that is well worth the investment. A tracker. The Monimoto 7 is a smart GPS tracker for motorcycles, mopeds and scooters that’s compact and easy to install. It uses LTE-M…
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Video: California Superbike School, Level 3
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California Superbike School, Level 3 training is all about body positioning. Why? Well, there’s more to riding a motorcycle than just jumping on and zooming off. How you position your body on the bike plays a major part in how stable, safe and, ultimately, fast you are. Mikko and Maja from Motorcycle Sport & Leisure…
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CFMOTO’s 700CL-X – Tested!
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You’d have never bought a big bike from China 15 years ago. The little bikes from there had such a bad reputation, that even now you’d be hard pressed to find anyone with something positive to say about the machines imported from the most populous country in the world. That’s all changing though. They’re getting…
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Got some cash for Chrimbo? Hood jeans for the win…
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We’re big fans of the biker denim from Hood Jeans. Over the years we’ve trusted the British brand to look after our legs when we’re out on the road – and its latest AAA rated SK11 jeans are about as good as it gets when it comes to comfort and protection. The SK11’s are a…
