Street Bikes
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Triumph launching Street Twin at special dealer’s night this Thursday
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Triumph is holding a nationwide dealer launch night for its amazing Street Twin baby Bonnie. The event is being held at all Triumph dealers this Thursday, February 11. That means that up to 50 official Triumph dealerships across the UK are taking part and will be giving you the chance to get up close to…
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SCOOP: Suzuki’s OFFICIAL patent drawings for its ‘wing’ framed 2017 GSX-R250
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SCOOP: Suzuki’s OFFICIAL patent drawings for its ‘wing’ framed 2017 GSX-R250. These are the first patent drawings and details of Suzuki’s next-generation GSX-R250 – the hot quarter-litre machine set to arrive at the end of the year and the first shot across the bows of Suzuki’s rivals in what looks to be the most…
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VIDEO: Ducati XDiavel world launch review
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Check out this video of the Ducati XDiavel world launch review. So what’s the feet-forward muscle cruiser thing actually like to ride? If you want to know then now you can with this film – this is our mate John Milbank’s world launch review of the hugely-changed big bike from Ducati. The ride happened…
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Triumph launches limited edition America cruisers
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Triumph has unveiled two limited edition cruisers. The short-run production of just 25 Americas (available from mid-February) and 25 America LTs (available from late February) will be sequentially numbered and willc arry Triumph boss John Bloor’s signature on the Certificate of Authenticity. Produced in association with custom paint shop, 8 Ball, who will be putting…
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SCOOP VIDEO: Honda’s concept CX-02 mini-Crosstourer walkaround
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Here’s the first video of the CX-02 concept bike that’s being shown at the Delhi show right now. Honda says that this is just a concept bike, a follow on from the CX-01 that we sw at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, but in effect this is likely to be a dressed up version of…
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SCOOP: Honda launches new Navi bike – with Adventure styling, no less! Cute!
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Honda has just launched the 110cc Navi scooter – a funkier, younger-market appeal bike to rival the established bikes in its own small bike range. It’s got the cutest mini-Adventure styled model in the range, too. Aimed squarely at the Indian market for now (the launch has just happened at the Delhi show), the…
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Yamaha XSR900 world launch review
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For Mikko’s video review of the Yamaha XSR900, click here. Price: Matt grey and rock slate £7,849 / 60th Anniversary colour scheme £ 7,999 Engine: 847cc, three-cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, DOHC, four-valve Power: 113bhp at 10,000rpm Torque: 87.5Nm at 8,500rpm Tested by: Mikko Nieminen Whether you’re a fan or not, there’s no escaping the fact that…
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Ducati XDiavel world launch review
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Price: XDiavel £15,795,XDiavel S £18,395 // 154bhp @ 9,500rpm // Tested by John Milbank I find it hard to call this bike a cruiser. It’s not particularly heavy, it’s full of extremely advanced technology, it handles, and it’s very, very fast. But it does have the cruiser trademark feet-forward riding position and wide, raked-back…
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G310R BMW/TVS sportster with full fairing appears at Delhi show
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This is the clearest idea yet of what a fully-faired G310R BMW could end up looking like when it gets launched later this year. Called the Akula, the bike is from TVS and has been unveiled at the Auto Expo show in Delhi. It’s basically a G310R (pictured below) – TVS designed and built the…
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VIDEO: New 2016 Triumph Speed Triple
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Here’s a lovely little video from Triumph, showing the new 2016 Speed Triple turning the scenery into a blur: The new Speed Triple S and Speed Triple R have1050cc triple engines producing more torque and more power than the previous generation. The Speed Triple S retails from £10,200(OTR) and the Speed Triple R from £11,500(OTR).…
