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Kawasaki unveil its new Ninja 400 for 2018
Kawasaki has introduced its new sports model into the highly competitive 400cc market. Notably Ninja in its styling, the new 400 delivers greater performance than its predecessor thanks to an all-new more powerful engine and a significantly lighter chassis. It’s powered by a 399cc parallel-twin engine, which has been tuned to deliver greater performance than…
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New MT-09 inspired Yamaha Niken unveiled
Today Yamaha has unveiled its large-displacement Leaning Multi-Wheeler (LMW), the Niken. It’s powered by a liquid-cooled, in-line, 3-cylinder engine, and is equipped with LMW technology to deliver stability when cornering. The body design makes full use of the unprecedented front-end suspension mechanism, pairing 15-inch front wheels with dual-tube upside-down forks that help accentuate the machine’s…
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Surprises at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum
Earlier this month, the Sammy Miller Museum was the backdrop for a touching wedding anniversary celebration. Taking a trip around the Sammy Miller Museum for their wedding anniversary, Emma Ainsworth had a surprise up her sleeve for her husband Paul. A little Yamaha TY80 with his name on it. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything…
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Video: Honda’s X-ADV adventure/city scooter thing
Here’s our Mikko’s video account of his first ride on the Honda X-Adv during the world launch in Sardinia. You can read his full review below and the film is above, just hit the play button to watch it. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here…
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Suzuki retires from MXGP for 2018
A few weeks ago it was revealed that Team Suzuki Racing MXGP were struggling to find a main sponsor for next year – and today, the factory team has confirmed it will not take part in the 2018 MXGP and MX2 World Championships, or the Japan National. The statement from Suzuki alludes to business restructure…
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FIVE ways to get into motocross (handy) from the upcomingly-BRILLIANT Dirt Bike Show
The mega four-day-long Dirt Bike Show in partnership with MOTUL is now less than a week away – so get your dirt mojo in gear. Thousands of riders and enthusiasts will pack into Warwickshire’s Stoneleigh Park from Thursday to Sunday, October 26-29, for what is Europe’s biggest indoor off-road event.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything…
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Honda’s 2018 big naked. More details emerge from teaser video
https://youtu.be/H6tHYyl5Ki8 Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Honda has released its second video teaser under the ‘Neo Sports Cafe’ banner – and this time there’s a lot more on show of the big retro-styled naked that we’ll see…
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The Super Cub Series hits its 100,000,000 (that’s a hundred million) model mark, today.
Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Now THAT’S what you call a sales success. Honda’s Super Cub has, today, hit the 100 MILLION mark with landmark two-wheeler coming off the production line. To mark this incredible amount of…
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WSB Jerez: The stats that matter
It’s Spain’s turn to host the WSB championship this weekend and here’s a host of statistics that every fan should know ahead of the championship’s penultimate round. Aprilia holds the record for podium finishes around Jerez with nine, all scored from 2013 to 2015. Their impressive performances include a double in 2013 and a double 1-2…
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KTM launches its 2018 FREERIDE E-XC. More power, more capacity and energy capture. Cool.
KTM has unveiled its second generation FREERIDE E-XC at the Red Bull Hangar-7 in Salzburg, Austria.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The 2018 FREERIDE E-XC’s frame uses a unique mixture of steel and aluminum bolted together and for…
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Exchange your full face helmet and receive £100 towards a new Ducati Arai helmet
Ducati UK has launched a new helmet replacement campaign from now until the end of December 2017. Customers can bring an old full face helmet to selected Ducati dealers and trade it in (it does not need to be a Ducati branded helmet) for a new Ducati helmet by Arai and receive a £100 contribution towards…
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2018 Africa Twin going ‘big tank’ and more enduro
Honda’s Africa Twin is getting a more-enduro make over for 2018 with a ‘Big Tank’ version of the popular big Adventure bike. According to top Japanese magazine Young Machine, the new version of the bike – which will be unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in the second week of November – is getting a…
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Video: Honda Adventure Roads 2017 – Oslo to Nordkapp on an Africa Twin
Earlier this year, a group of 40 motorcyclists embarked from Oslo to Nordkapp on the first Honda Adventure Roads ride – and Honda has just released an epic short film documenting the journey. The group of riders travelled from Oslo to Nordkapp, the northernmost point in Europe, winding their way along the twisting roads that line…
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Tony Cairoli blasts around Valencia on a KTM RC16
After being proclaimed MX world champion for the ninth time and recently tying the knot with his wife Jill, Cairoli has been out in Valencia doing some laps aboard a MotoGP spec KTM RC16. Kitted out head to toe in leather, with the numbers ‘222’ on the front of the bike, Cairoli set off around the Spanish…
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‘Official’ images of Kawasaki’s 2018 Z900RS revealed
According to the brilliant Scoop-miesters at Dutch outlet Oliepeil, these are the official images of the 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS. If it turns out to be the case that these images are the actual bike then we can now appreciate, in its final glory, the retro big naked that’s one of Kawasaki’s most important models of…
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Suzuki’s patent shows MotoGP style GSX-RR getting new road-friendly fairing lowers
Suzuki has filed a patent for extensive bodywork changes to a motorcycle that’s the spitting image of the firm’s MotoGP machine. There’s nothing to say that Suzuki isn’t spending money, time and effort putting in patents on a race-only bike. Maybe that’s what the factory is doing. Maybe what it wants to do is make…
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Arai launches limited edition Honda NSR250R anniversary helmet
Arai pays homage to the Honda NSR250R, celebrating the iconic red and white machine’s 30th anniversary. It is not the first time that Arai has launched a helmet in tribute of the Honda NSR250. Last year it launched a limited run of lids commemorating the NSR250 MC28 of 1993 – but in preparation for the…
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Pre-book now for the FREE Experience Adventure feature at Motorcycle Live
Advance booking for the FREE Experience Adventure feature at Motorcycle Live 2017 is now open, with visitors able to pre-book slots to ride one of four machines from Honda, KTM and Triumph. The indoor course is designed to introduce participants to their first taste of adventure riding and will feature sand, mud, logs and rocks,…
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Suzuki launches new 3% finance offer on GSX-R1000
Suzuki has launched a new finance offer on its GSX-R1000; the Japanese firm offering 3% APR over three years with a minimum £1,000 deposit. the factory is also giving customers the choice over whether they opt for a PCP deal or a hire purchase agreement. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading…
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10% more range and six times faster charging for Zero Motorcycles’ 2018 range
Additional upgrades for the 2018 model line-up include improved performance, updated colours and over-the-air firmware updates Zero has boosted its Z-Force battery’s energy capacity by more than 10%. For 2018, Zero introduces three new batteries and the firm claims that the ZF14.4, ZF7.2 and ZF3.6 batteries offer more range and better performance than any two wheel electric vehicle…
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Ducati unveils its updated Monster 821 for 2018
The Monster 821 features many touches from the Monster 1200 including a completely redesigned tank and tail end which Ducati says is inspired by the 1992 machine. A new silencer and headlight are also part of the new design. For a clear, immediately readable view of all necessary information, on the mid-size Monster a…
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Take your Harley and quad it
So you’ve had a Harley-Davidson for a while now… getting a bit bored of it, not entirely sure what to do with the bike. You’d fit a bit of aftermarket kit if it was pretty straightforward and made the bike look different – so what do you do?Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More…
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Genuine Honda Grand Prix two-stroke 500 sells for £32,200 at the Stafford Show
Now that’s what you call a motorcycle and it was bought at the Bonhams’ auction during the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Stafford Show at the weekend for a snip over £30k.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The 1990 machine…
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Actor Gerard Butler in motorcycle smash
News is coming in the Scottish actor Gerard Butler has been rushed to hospital after being run off the road by a car in Los Angeles. The star of the film 300 and Law Abiding Citizen movies has reportedly suffered ‘serious’ injuries and has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.Article continues below… Advert…
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