Street Bikes
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SCOOP Atlantic Metals buys up Erik Buell Racing for $2.25m
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The second half of the deal over Erik Buell Racing has now gone through after an auction yesterday – in which Altlantic Metals acquired all of EBR’s bike-making equipment. That means the machines, parts, tools and associated bits and parts of EBR PLUS the company’s trademarks, patents and databases are now owned by the American…
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Our latest FREE weekly MoreBikes app is now LIVE
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The latest issue of our FREE weekly MoreBikes app is out now. Full of the stories, kit reviews, features and news that matters – and some silly stuff and videos that don’t really matter but will make you smile. Doesn’t cost a penny and you can get it from here: Here’s the app! At…
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Meet Honda’s funky Hornet 160R. About to go on sale.
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What do reckon to this little beauty then? This is the Honda CB Hornet 160R, a bike that’s going on sale in the Indian market. Powered by a 162cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine that makes 14.5bhp @ 8,000rpm, maximum torque is 14.61Nm @ 6,000rpm and the bike gets a five-speed gearbox – top end on the…
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SCOOP Kawasaki 2016 colours and stuff (so far)
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Kawasaki has just sent us these updates for the 2016 range so we thought we’d let you read what the factory itself is saying about the changes to the range. Mostly just colours at this stage, new models like the new ZX-10R and possibly the new junior supercharged bike, both of which we scooped a while back,…
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Motorcycle Live 2015 tickets on sale today
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Tickets for Motorcycle Live 2015 go on sale today. This year’s show gets underway on Saturday November 28 at The NEC, Birmingham and run for nine days until Sunday 6 December 6, with four halls jam-packed with features that will see modern motorcycling come to life. Top of every visitor’s list is new metal and…
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Cool concept BMW ‘Lightburner’ sketch is reeeaal purty!
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We like this. A lot. Oberdan Bezzi is a designer who’s worked for a lot of major places in motorcycling and he’s been doing some designs for ‘concept’ ideas. This one, the BMW S1000 Lightburner looks amazing to us. According to Bezzi’s blog, the bike is based around the S1000R but sits on a tiny…
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Erik Buell Racing ‘acquired’ by Indian company Hero for $2.8m
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The ongoing saga of Erik Buell Racing continues with news that the Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL) filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has agreed a settlement with Erik Buell Racing which has the American segment of HMCL acquire a ‘project’ from EBR for a fee of $2.8 million. Buell had been working on…
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VIDEO: BMW S1000RR big screen action from M:I film. Uber cool.
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That there new Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation film that’s out now (or soon, depending on where you are) has some real nice BMW S1000RR action in it. Here’s a rather jolly nice clip from the film that makes cool bikes look even cooler. Nicely done, Mr Cruise – you talented sod. https://youtu.be/ha-MGEXS81k
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All Year Biker: Cleaning with meaning
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By Chris Moss A lot of us aren’t fans of cleaning our bikes. All Year Biker is though. And they have a specific treatment plan to remedy years of neglect. Keeping a motorcycle clean and in good cosmetic shape can be quite a science. Doing it really well requires the correct procedures and appropriate…
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Honda’s recall over fire worries
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We’re hearing reports of a mass recall of Hondas because of concerns about the starter relay switch on a range of models. According to our friends in Germany and the USA, certain Honda models there have been singled out as having the problem – which could see the relay burn and cause a fire. So…
