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Here’s the TWELVE main changes to the Kawasaki Versys 650 for 2017 – secret’s out!
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
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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Video: Hells Angels Forever
This video is NOT safe for work, so don’t play it loud if you’re doing a bit of watching-on-the-side but it is still fascinating and available on YouTube. We featured this ages ago but it’s worth pointing you in the direction of Richard Chase and Leon Gast’s interesting documentary ‘Hells Angels Forever’ from 1983.Article continues…
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Kawasaki developing artificial intelligence for motorcycles – CONFIRMED
Kawasaki has announced that it IS working on as artificial intelligence system that will let your bike communicate and adapt to your needs as your ride. The artificial intelligence system will not only actually be able to ‘talk’ and respond to a rider’s commands but can change a bike’s set-up, power and handling character exactly…
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Major city planning to BAN motorcycles from its streets by 2025
How many motorcycles in a major city is too many motorcycles in a major city? In excess of 7 million is the answer – if you were wondering. And after hitting this projected number one massive city in the world is looking into a plan to ban motorcycles from its road completely.Article continues below… Advert…
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BSB: Cadwell Park review
By Philip Wain The three class acts of the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship – Shane Byrne, Leon Haslam and Jason O’Halloran – all excelled at the recent round eight at Cadwell Park and it’s hard to look past one of these three to be the eventual champion. Byrne and Haslam have now secured their…
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Alex Lowes takes over Bradley Smith’s Tech 3 ride for British AND San Marino MotoGP rounds
A week after guest-riding the Tech 3 Yamaha in a private MotoGP test, Alex Lowes has been drafted into the squad for the next two rounds of the championship as a temporary replacement for the injured Bradley Smith. Smith has been confirmed as having to miss his home race at Silverstone this weekend coming and…
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MV reveals F4Z custom superbike a week early
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. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The bike, built around…
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Video: Roundabout speedway in Poland
Here’s something awesome to watch before the weekend: roundabout speedway! Yep, these guys are having a proper speedway race around a roundabout in Lublin, Poland. The stunt was organised by Red Bull and involved three riders, Maciek Janowski, Piotr Pawlicki and Przemyslaw Pawlicki battling for roundabout glory.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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Honda bringing two radical 650-based super-Scrambler concepts to production – claim
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…
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Video: meet Livemap – the Russian answer to the helmet of the future
Check out this video for an in-helmet live display system that looks great – and where the Skully system failed this might actually make it to market. The Russian inventor, Andrew Artishchev, has now made a second, working prototype of the system which broadcasts essential motorcycle and route data onto two areas on the inside…
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Want to own one of the James Bond: Skyfall motorbikes? This one is going up for sale next weekend
How do you fancy owning an iconic piece of modern film motorcycling memorabilia? Well, you’ll be able to from next week because one of the James Bond Skyfall bikes is going up for sale.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online.…
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Meet Cyclotron, the self-riding motorcycle
You still ride your bike yourself? How old-fashioned! In the recent months it seems to have become a bit of a trend to design motorcycles that can do the riding by themselves, with inventors seemingly determined to remove the rider from motorcycling. An interesting example was the Motobot, the superbike riding robot from Yamaha, and…
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Sam Lowes completes Aprilia MotoGP test at Misano
Aprilia has completed two days of testing at Misano World Circuit with a line up of current Aprilia Racing Team Gresini riders Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl as well as the two development team RS-GP machines, which will be contested next year by our own Sam Lowes, currently contesting Moto2 and former 125 world champion…
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Moto2: Alex Rins’ surgery a success
Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) suffered a break to his left collarbone during an accident whilst riding a 100cc slide bike yesterday (Wednesday) with surgery happening this morning (Thursday) to fix the injury ahead of the British GP. Rins’ surgery was carried out by Doctor Xavier Mir at the Hospital Universitario Quirón Dexeus in…
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Bradley Smith crash: UPDATE – NO broken bones CONFIRMED
PHEW! it looks as though reports of a broken femur for Bradley Smith during a crash in Free Practice for the Oscherlseben 8 Hour race were premature and the rider has just confirmed that he has NOT broken a bone – it’s a cut leg and then injuries will be further assessed. This tweet update…
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BSB: Cadwell Park this Bank Holiday Weekend – going to be a MEGA-event so get yourself along to it
This weekend has been tagged ‘Festival Weekend’ across the country and in British motorcycling there’s nothing bigger than the British Superbike round at Cadwell Park. So if you’re not sure what you’re up to over the Bank Holiday then get alone and let’s see if we can all jam up Lincolnshire with the biggest bike…
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Ducati boss speaks out about Marco Melandri’s latest WSB test
We told you first that Marco Melandri was being considered for an Aprilia ride in WSB, then we told you first that he was signed to the team alongside Chaz Davies, we then got you the first image of Marco on the bike during at the start of the three day-long test at the Misano…
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Ventura releases performance pack luggage for KTM’s Super Duke GT
The new Ventura Bike Pack System for the KTM Super Duke GT has the best of both worlds: a sturdy rack-mounting system designed to hold the load safely and securely, and a range of bike packs that are light, easy to handle off the bike and can be easily rolled up and stashed away…
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Signed Akrapovič exhausts up for auction at the British MotoGP round – Chance for fans to get limited edition exhausts in ‘Day of Champions’ auction
You can bid to buy some very special Akrapovič exhausts made to celebrate the firm’s 25th anniversary, which have been donated to various charities and partners to raise much-needed funds. The first six exhausts of this limited run of 25 will be auctioned off at the Official MotoGP charity “Day of Champions” at Silverstone, during…
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Moto2 man Alex Rins has broken his collarbone
Moto2 title contender Alex Rins has broken his collarbone. The Spaniard Apginas Amarillas HP 40 rider snapped his left collarbone reportedly during a normal training session yesterday. He fell off a small dirtbike whilst slide-training off-road.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read…
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Here’s the awesome King of the Mountain trophy for this weekend’s Cadwell Park BSB round
Check out the trophy for this year’s King of the Mountain competition. Sponsored by Monster Energy the trophy is awarded to the highest points scorer across BSB races this weekend at Cadwell Park. We like this trophy a lot. Very cool.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click…
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Skidmarx launches three new screen options for Honda CBR650F
British bodywork specialists, Skidmarx, are now offering a choice of three screen upgrades for Honda’s popular CBR650F. The standard screen is a direct replacement for the original item and is designed to be rigid at speed. Manufactured in the UK from 3mm cast acrylic, it fits onto the CBR’s four existing mounting points – no…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso twists knee in fall during testing
Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone were back to work yesterday as the factory squad put in a day of private testing at Misano circuit. Not taking part in the official post-Brno test, the team instead focused on some preparations for the upcoming Misano round of the championship on September 11. Both Dovizioso and…
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