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SURVEY: Should car drivers be able to ride bikes? FEMA wants to know what YOU think.
The Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) is asking bikers if car drivers should be allowed to ride two wheelers without taking an additional test. And you can get involved. In some European countries, car licence holders are allowed to ride an A1 licence (125cc) motorcycle or scooter – but that’s not the case in…
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Royal Enfield trademarks two new model names – Sherpa and Hunter (anyone else expecting more enduro bikes to arrive?)
The Indian company’s Himalayan – 410cc, single-cylinder with 25hp and 32Nm – has been a sales success for the resurgent firm and there’s much speculation that the names will be attached to a 250cc single (this is likely to be the Sherpa) and a two-cylinder 650cc with 48hp and 52Nm (the Hunter). According to Indian…
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VIDEO: Listen up! Here’s the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R motorcycle running to its 17,000rpm redline – LISTEN to this thing…
One of the hottest small bikes for 2020 is going to be the Kawasaki ZX-25R and here’s a video from the Japanese factory of the bike going through the revs. It’s worth a watch (make sure you’ve got the volume turned up) and with the more revvy nature of the motor it does point a…
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VIDEO: 1,000 miles down the Baja Peninsula on TWO Honda Monkeys. WATCH the full EPIC roadtrip HERE.
MotorTrend has recently released a brilliant half hour film showing American bike journos Ari Henning and Zack Courts attempting an epic 1,200-mile road trip down the Baja Peninsula on 125cc Honda Monkeys. It’s a brilliant piece of film, that’s well worth finding a bit of time to watch in full over the long Bank Holiday…
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Check this out. Gorgeous CGI from Japan of a ‘super’ Katana 1135R that’s rumoured to be on the horizon!
The rumour-mill in Japan is that Suzuki is planning a limited-edition ‘Super Katana’ that is effectively a ‘R’ version of the bike that was launched by the Japanese factory earlier this year. What’s being said in Japan and being shown here in this illustration from top Japanese outlet YoungMachine is this: the supposed new bike…
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Bosch is working on a 3D dash (and it’ll probably end up the next generation of bikes).
Bosch has just announced it’s working on technology to introduce 3D displays into the automotive world – and although it’s primarily thinking of cars, Bosch’s track record suggests we won’t have to wait too much longer to see it on a bike. Bosch were the first brand to create a digital gauge for the automotive…
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VIDEO: The BEST film you’ll see for a while. Peter Fonda and Evel Knievel’s SAFETY tips for BIKERS.
We’ve just stumbled across this brilliant Public Service Announcement starring Peter Fonda and Evel Knievel. And it’s the epitome of 70’s cool. With Fonda doing most of the talking, the film offers riding tips, demos, and a look at some awesome old AMF Harley-Davidsons in action. And best of all, Evel Knievel’s on hand to…
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VIDEO: Watch this guy do a 52m jump on a jacked up GSX-R1000 with dirtbike suspension… you’ll LOVE this film!
One of the best films we’ve seen this year. FMX star Juha Ruokolainen and his team have slapped full-on dirtbike suspension to a 162bhp Suzuki GSX-R1000. The result, a brilliant video and a nutty Ruokolainen pushing the bike through a forest at insane pace. We’re loving everything about this video – and you will too.…
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Got a Yamaha R3? Fancy turning it into THIS?
Check out this new fairing kit for the brilliant roadbike that turns the popular small Yam into something that looks like Kenny Robert’s legendary YZR500 GP machine. The Rocket kit is being sold by Californian company GG Retrofitz and costs $1,198 for the Race (track) version and $998 for the Street (road) set-up. Fitting the…
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Honda patents Artificially Intelligent suspension
How about this then? It’s Honda’s plans to put a suspension system on a bike that actually knows and PREDICTS the type of surface need you’ll want in the next split second! The designs uses both passive (reactive) and adaptive suspension equipment that respond to the range and frequency of the terrain under and in…
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Flippn’ eck! The Kramer GP2 R is now on sale. 130bhp, 140kg, 74ftlb and costs £27K
We’ve just had spec confirmation through from Markus Kramer himself, telling us that the pretty stonking 890cc (an 850cc version is available for the USA racer’s needs) racebike is now available to buy. Called the GP2 R, the bike uses the KTM LC8 engine and is specced-up for track use. Think of it like a…
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CUSTOM KIT now in red, white and black. Turn your Kawasaki Z900 into a ZXR 900.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Kawasaki ZXR, Spanish custom specialists Japan Legends has created an awesome conversion kit for the Z900. And it’s now available in several different colour schemes. Last year we showed you Japan Legends Kawasaki ZXR 900 kit in the classic green-blue-white colour scheme – but now, the Spanish brand…
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Honda files patents for the CB125X and CB125M funky future roadsters.
Last winter a lot of the world’s biking press (us included) opined that Honda’s small-capacity prototypes shown at Milan should make it to the road. What we were treated to was a pretty upright roadster and a small Adventure-styled bike. More of a styling exercise than a real presentation of a future bike or two…
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PATENT drawings confirm BMW’s working on supercharged S1000RR.
Patents have emerged which suggest that BMW’s developing its own supercharged sportbike. And it could be the first production motorcycle to use an electric motor to power the supercharger. The German factory’s not the first to give supercharging a go – with Kawasaki recently releasing three supercharged H2’s and Honda and Suzuki quietly working on…
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LOOK AGAIN: HOT RUMOUR: The return of the Honda Deauville for 2020! According to the French, it’s up to 998cc and it’s on its way…
We showed you this first a couple of weeks ago, but in case you missed this article – well, we figured you’d appreciate seeing it again. After all, it’s a really good bit of gossip going on at the moment, weeks after it first broke… The fellas over at Moto Station in France have filed…
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PATENTS confirm Harley-Davidson’s working on a NEW air-cooled V-TWIN engine.
Patents filed by Harley-Davidson confirm that the iconic American factory is working on the successor to its Milwaukee Eight power plant. Harley-Davidson has long since relied on traditional, air-cooled V-Twin engines – and it doesn’t look like things are going to change too much, with the American factory filing patents for a new air-cooled V-Twin…
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VIDEO: The BEST film you’ll see for a while. Full Trail Fever – Retro KTM Enduro with a kick. Watch this, it’s AWESOME.
We’re loving this video this morning, and we reckon you’ll love it too. AORC and ISDE winner Tom Mason (a man with a hugely impressive off-roading skill set) larking about in full-on 1980s mode with a 1981 KTM 250 Enduro bike. Look, it’s just a bit of a laugh and it’s done really well. Treat…
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VIDEO: Rippin’ Mykonos with Aaron Colton and Robbie Maddison. Stunts, jumps and riding on water.
Red Bull has just released a brilliant video which shows Aaron Colton and Robbie Maddison blasting round the Greek island of Mykonos, showing off their eclectic mix of two-wheeled tricks. It’s well worth a watch if you’ve got a few minutes to spare.
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BMW files patent for electric front wheel drive on motorcycles. Ripe for the next big Adventures from the German factory?
The drawings show an all-in-one unit mounted around a front wheel hub that is used to drive the front wheel when needed in particularly gnarly off-road conditions or up steep inclines.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. There’s…
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It’s OFFICIAL! Ducati CONFIRMS the V4 Multistrada is coming for 2021.
While celebrating the Ducati Multistrada’s sixteenth birthday and announcing that it’s built 100,000 units of the bike in its various guises, the Italian factory’s dropped some big news – confirming that the widely rumoured Multistrada V4 is happening. And we’ll get to see it for 2021. To celebrate the massive milestone, Claudio Domenicali himself was…
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Oh wow! German magazine Motorrad has come up with THIS awesome GS 800 X motorcycle illustration. Want this bike to happen?
It’s a bit of a silly-season in the new bike world at the moment and with all the spy shots and teaser videos leaking out, it’s easy to miss a big future bike – but Motorrad in Germany have set their sites on this beauty – the GS 800 X. It’s an uprated version of…
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BMW files PATENT for a new flexible TANK. HYBRID motorcycle on the way?
Patents have been filed by BMW for a new flexible fuel tank, which all but confirm that there’s a hybrid motorcycle on the way from the German giant. Of course, this isn’t the first we’ve heard about the Bavarian factories forays into the hybrid world. Remember Wunderlich’s BMW R 1200 GS which was powered by…
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VIDEO: Here’s the self-balancing bike that stays upright, parks itself and comes back to you when you say it’s name.
Liger Mobility from India may be a small start-up company that you’ve probably not head of, but it’s produced something on par with the latest thinking from Honda and Yamaha. The firm’s gyroscopic system keeps a (so far) electric scooter upright with the set-up sending self-correcting pulses along the chassis to stop the bike falling…
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Tyga’s endurance RACER for the road. YOU could do this to your Honda VFR400.
The Tyga team has got to work revamping a Honda VFR400, creating a super cool custom endurance racer for the road. Inspired by Ukawa and Ito’s Suzaka 8 Hour winning Honda RVF750 from 1997, Tyga has created its own version of the Horipro-painted bike. But instead of using an RC45 as a base, the Thai…
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