Street Bikes
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Video: Keanu Reeves talks about lapping at Suzuka
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We told you last week that film mega star Keanu Reeves was going to ride at the Suzuki 8 hour event, doing display laps on his company’s KRGT-1 motorcycle. Well, he went and did just that and after his laps the star of films like Speed, The Matrix and Point Break gave a quick…
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Keanu Reeves going to Suzuka 8 hour… to ride… apparently
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Here’s a thing that’s like, totally gnarly dude. Keanu Reeves is going to do laps of Suzuka this weekend at both ends of the Suzuka 8-hour! The Canadian actor, famous for star roles in films including The Matrix, Speed, the fabulous – yeah, it is, no arguing – Point Break and Bill and Ted’s Bogus…
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Kawasaki France rumour: Er7 naked on the way
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Now, this is something that’s been sent to us a fair bit out of the blue today so all we can do is basically pass on what we’ve been told – but this is the hot rumour for today – and it’s that Kawasaki is going to turn out an Er7 naked bike as…
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Suzuki GSX-S1000 World Launch report
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Ridden by: Bruce Wilson//Photos by: Suzuki Price: £8,999 (£9,499 with ABS) It’s lighter than Kawasaki’s Z1000, will outsprint BMW’s S1000R and is cheaper than Honda’s CB1000R. This is the GSX-S1000 – a bike with a family lineage that means it has a lot to live up to. That’s because the most talked about…
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The motorcycle jeans destruction test
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With high-street supermarkets now selling motorcycle jeans, John Milbank finds out if you really do ‘get what you pay for’… Photos Joe Dick Here at MoreBikes we don’t like to look at the negatives of biking, but having fallen off a bike myself (ermm, a few times), I’ve got to admit that it does happen.…
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2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 review
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2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 review | From £12,995 | 160bhp@9500rpm | 100lb-ft@7500rpm | 90° V-twin with variable desmodromic valve timing Tested by John Milbank Photos by Milagro With 8lb-ft more torque and 15bhp more than a Monster 1200 S, the Multistrada could be a daunting proposition; a howling beast, bristling with pent-up aggression, just…
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2015 Zero electric motorcycles review
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2015 Zero electric motorcycles review | From $9845 | 67bhp | 106lb-ft | Permanent high-temp magnet brushless motor Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Kevin Wing The American electric motorcycle industry, (and so by definition the world’s), is on the brink of attaining critical mass, with the unveiling last year of Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire concept E-cruiser,…
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2015 BMW F800R review
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2015 BMW F800R review | £7595 | 90bhp @ 8000rpm | 63lb-ft @ 5800rpm | 798cc water-cooled inline two-cylinder Tested by: Simon Roots With the launch of the new BMW F 800 R, the German manufacturer has addressed the looks, ergonomics and technology of the previous model to create its next evolution; a machine…
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2015 Yamaha XJR1300 review
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2015 Yamaha XJR1300 review | From £8,5999 | 98bhp@8000rpm | 80ft-lb@6000rpm | 1,251cc air-cooled inline four-cylinder Tested by: Tony Carter Big machines from years ago are all the rage these days, but Yamaha could never be accused of jumping on a bandwagon – the XJR1300 is now in its 20th year, so giving this…
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Used buying guide: 1992-2001 Honda CB750
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Honda’s 1969 CB750 is quite rightly regarded as the first modern superbike. This one machine turned the world of motorcycling on its head, but, Honda was guilty of sitting on its laurels and letting the opposition catch up. By the mid 1970s the bike was beginning to show its age, and by the end of…
