2020
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PATENT: Honda’s 2020 CRF250L and CRF250 Rally getting twin-spark engine design and internal upgrades
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Patents from Honda show that the factory’s quarter-litre off-roaders (with some pretty decent on-road manners too) are moving to twin-spark tech for next year. Outwardly, the bikes look pretty much the same as the current models but will come with two spark plugs instead of one and a new mechanical fuel pump and direct injection.…
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Pikes Peak cancels ALL motorcycle racing for 2020
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Pikes Peaks organisers have taken the decision to suspend all motorcycle racing at America’s prestigious hill climb in 2020, following the death of rider Carlin Dunne at this year’s event. Motorcycles have been a fixture at The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event for the last 29 years – but the board that runs the…
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SPY SHOTS: Triumph’s NEW 2020 Rocket III caught on camera. TECH SPECS revealed.
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Triumph’s new Rocket III has been caught out testing in Spain ahead of its 2020 release – and from what German magazine Motorrad says on its website the new bike is all-new with a lump of weight lopped of it and a bigger engine to kick out more power and torque than ever before. …
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VIDEO: Honda unveils ADV 150 adventure scooter. The X-ADV’s little brother is coming…
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Honda has confirmed it’s set to release a new, smaller capacity version of its X-ADV adventure scooter. Called the ADV 150, we’ve been telling you there’s a baby X-ADV on the way for ages – and now we’ve been proved right after it was revealed at the Gaiikindo Indonesia International Auto Show in Jakarta, Indonesia…
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LAUNCH REPORT: Harley’s LiveWire is a game changer – but don’t thrash it for long
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After a few hours of riding the production-ready LiveWire from H-D in Portland, Oregon – I’m converted. This is a motorcycle for the generation not aware of how a two-stroke motor feels on song, it’s a bike for the kids who may one day be convinced that this is for them and their cleaner- quieter-polar-bear-hugging…
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SPY SHOTS: Ducati’s 2020 Panigale V2 caught out in secret test… oh yes…
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What we have here is a HEAVILY revised and facelifted Ducati Panigale 959 which shares it’s brakes, front forks, subframe, face and seat with the hot-to-trot Panigale V4 R track-weapon-sibling. Factor on the bike making around 170bhp when it appears officially at the end of this year. The Panigale V4 face that’s grafted onto the…
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2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M will make European debut at BSB Snetterton
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The 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M will make their European debut at the Snetterton round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship July 19/20/21 Yamaha’s all-new flagship Supersport models will be on display in a special Yamaha village throughout Saturday and Sunday at the Bennetts BSB event for fans to get a close-up look at the…
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Harley-Davidson to offer TWO YEARS of FREE charging for its LiveWire.
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Ahead of the official release of Harley-Davidson’s new electric LiveWire, the Milwaukee-brand has announced that customers will get two years of free charging at participating dealers in the US. Harley-Davidson’s first electric motorcycle is set to hit the roads soon, and with a claimed 140 miles of city driving on a single charge, you’re going…
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Look again! SPY SHOTS: Triumph’s NEW Rocket caught testing in finished form. Check out our MEGA gallery.
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We were the first to show you these photos of the next generation Rocket III from Triumph and it’s worth showing you these excellent spy shots once again. We told you Triumph was working on something special behind the scenes after leaked images of a new cruiser emerged from its international dealer conference back in…
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RUMOUR: According to das Germans… they’ve SEEN the 2020 Ducati Multistrada V4 out on test (but didn’t get a photo)
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We’ve been banging on about the V4 Strada from the Italians for a while now, the gossip grapevine out of Italy has had the bike under development for well over a year now, but it’s been a slippery beast to try and pin down. Until now. The fellas over at top German magazine Motorrad are…
