Street Bikes
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M20 bridge collapse biker: “My first thought was for my crushed MT-07!”
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The biker who was injured when a pedestrian bridge collapsed on to the M20 last Saturday has admitted that in the immediate aftermath of the devastation his first thoughts were for his crushed Yamaha MT-07. Jim Shaw, 73, of Thamesmead, South East London, suffered five broken ribs when the footbridge near Maidstone was hit by a…
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Video: Long term life with Tony and the Triumph Speed Triple R – nearly 5000 miles in
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Over the last couple of months Tony has been busy modifying his long term test bike, the Speed Triple R: new Arrow cans, a funky fly screen, a comfort seat for long rides and plenty of other small adjustments and accessories have added to what was already a fantastic bike. Here’s the video: …
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2017 Kawasaki ZX-10R gets funky white colour scheme
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Kawasaki has announced that the 2017 ZX-10R will get a new colour and alongside the Lime Green/Ebony ‘KRT Replica’ familiar factory colours will be this great Pearl Blizzard White/Metallic Flat Raw Titanium look. No prices announced so far for the 2017 models, we’ll let you know when we hear what those UK costs will be.…
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Video: NEW footage shows off Honda’s City Adventure 750cc super-scooter in MUCH more detail
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We were the first to bring you details of the production version of the Honda City Adventure concept making it to production and now we’ve got this first-look at the latest teaser trailer footage to show you. The City Adventure is powered by the same motor and (largely) the same chassis as the NC750 and…
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Honda OFFICIAL comment: CBR600 is DEAD (for now) and there’s NO Hornet 800 on the way!
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We’ve known for a while that Honda was killing off the iconic CBR600RR from its line-up because the costs to meet Euro4 regulations were too high to consider when compared to the falling sales of the bike – and now we’ve got the first official confirmation of that from a Honda boss. Speaking about the…
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Video: BMW/TVS mini 300cc superbike caught on film testing near Bangalore
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Now, the quality of this video isn’t that great (and there’s not a lot of the target bike in it), but what we have here IS footage of the soon-to-be released TVS Akula mini superbike out on the road. And from the footage you can see that the bike is pretty much the same…
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Here’s the TWELVE main changes to the Kawasaki Versys 650 for 2017 – secret’s out!
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Kawasaki has had to show its hand on what the factory is changing with the 2017 Versys 650 with a new set of patent drawings for the hugely popular middleweight. And whilst at first glance the bike might look the same, it is in fact a much-more closely related copy of the current 1000cc Versys…
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KTM announces huge money-off incentives for Adventure range
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Extra £1000 trade in bonus against any new KTM Adventure Free KTM Touring Case Set worth over £800 Multiple finance packages available, including credit and PCP option KTM UK is offering a promotion across its four-strong Adventure range that could see them benefit from over £1800 in savings as well as the option to take…
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MV reveals F4Z custom superbike a week early
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We’ve been telling you about this bike for weeks now and MV Agusta has just revealed its F4Z custom superbike a week early on the factory’s own Twitter account. The bike, built around the Italian bike firm’s F4 superbike, has been commissioned as a one-off for a Japanese entrepreneur with the design actually being a…
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Honda bringing two radical 650-based super-Scrambler concepts to production – claim
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Now, we’ve not been able to find these patents yet so we can’t vouch for the validity of the claims made elsewhere – but here’s the hot topic of conversation this morning in the emerging markets: Honda has filed two patents for ongoing production purposes and they’re patents for the Honda CB4 and CBSix50, two…
