Street Bikes
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2017 Kawasaki H2 GT drawings from Japan confirm Morebikes patent story from February
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2017 Kawasaki H2 GT drawings from Japan confirm Morebikes patent story from February. Top Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine has just appeared with this amazing illustration on the cover of the next generation Kawasaki H2 – called the GT. The H2 GT is the latest on our story from February 9 this year when we uncovered…
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Track time at Misano ramped up at World Ducati Weekend 2016
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The countdown to the great Ducati get-together World Ducati Week 2016 has begun. For weeks now preparations have been under way for an event that will draw thousands of Ducatisti from all over the globe, seeing them arrive at the Adriatic Riviera and the “Marco Simoncelli” Misano World Circuit which, from 1to 3 July, which will host…
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BMW unveils supercharged retro 500cc custom ‘special’
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BMW has unveiled this air-cooled 500cc boxer twin as a part-concept/part-tribute bike to the firm’s legendary R 5 motorcycle from 1936. It was shown to the public for the first time at the Italian event, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at the weekend. BMW says it’s a concept bike, but the supercharger unit – specially…
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Video: 6kg, 3D printed frame bike unveiled by plane giant Airbus
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6kg, 3D printed frame bike unveiled by plane giant Airbus. Check out this 3D printed bike that might look like a super-funky mountain-bike/motorcycle crossbreed but is actually the first step by Aeronautic giant Airbus into the world of two-wheelers. Called Light Rider, the bike is the world’s first 3D printed bike and is capable of…
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Test ride an Indian – get a limited edition Chief Dark Horse poster
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Bikers test riding any Indian Motorcycle at their local dealership this month will walk away with a free limited edition Chief Dark Horse poster (while supplies last). The poster was created by stencil artist Mathew Curran who sliced and diced card into various stencil layers to create the outline of the Chief Dark Horse and then spray painted…
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Video: Rossi’s helmet painter Aldo Drudi has moved to bikes – and he’s designed this!
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Rossi’s helmet painter Aldo Drudi has moved to bikes – and he’s designed this! So here’s Drudi’s first motorcycle – the Burasca 1200. Made in collaboration with bike builders Air Garage and Honda Italia, the bike is – essentially – a Honda VFR1200F with Ohlins NIX 30 forks and TTX GP 36 rear shock. The…
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Video: biker misses truck by inches – but bike gets mashed in head-on crash!
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Check out this amazing bit of video that’s appeared on the LIVE leak feed – it’s a biker who’s got to rate as one of the luckiest on the planet. Although the original footage appears to be from last December (you can see the origin’s date in the top right corner of the screen), this…
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Victory to race at this year’s TT! All-new bike AND William Dunlop riding it in the Zero TT race
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Victory Motorcycles is returning with the Victory Racing team to compete in the Isle of Man TT Zero race with an all-new electric race bike called the Victory RR. The Victory RR electric motorcycle has been developed over the past year using data gathered during last year’s TT Zero and will be ridden by…
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Video: A few Spanish corners on the Yamaha MT-10
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Here’s a nice little video of a few corners with Yamaha’s new MT-10, the R1-powered big naked 2016 model. Not much more to say about this other than it’s the sort of video that has no yabbering on but in a few corners tells you a bit about how the bike goes about its business…
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French mini-Tenere illustration and article reveals crucial numbers for 2017’s bike
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French mini-Tenere illustration and article reveals crucial numbers for 2017’s bike. French motorcycle publication Moto Revue has printed this computer-made image of the MT-07 Tenere, a bike which it says now won’t be with us until later next year. The illustration is based on the spy-shot images that we brought you a month ago, here’s…
