2020
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VIDEO: Dubai cops on flying motorbikes to be a reality by 2020
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OK, so we weren’t expecting to be living a Bladerunner existence just yet, but surely what we have here is the start of it. Dubal Police has begun officer training on how to ride flying drone-powered motorcycles and the force says it wants two officers on patrol within a couple of years. Reports have confirmed…
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CONFIRMED: There’s FOUR new Kawasakis coming for EICMA. And here’s what the Japanese experts reckon is on the way.
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So we know that there are FOUR new bikes coming from Kawasaki and that these 2019 models will be unveiled at the upcoming EICMA motorcycle show in Milan on November 5/6. What we don’t know for sure is exactly what these new bikes will be. But our friends at top Japanese motorcycle magazine Young Machine…
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SPY SHOT: KTM 1090 Adventure CAUGHT while testing.
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It’s been a quiet year for KTM so far. At Intermot, the Austrian factory unveiled its new 1290 Super Duke GT, and we’re expecting its hotly anticipated 790 Adventure to be revealed at EICMA in just a few weeks’ time – but it looks like there’s more to come after all, with its new 1090 Adventure…
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Honda’s secret designs for a 650 (possibly… Hornet-ish… ) exposed in new patent file.
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So this is a NEW set of patents from Honda for a new motorcycle that’s heading our way. There’s no mention of when we’ll see this bike, or exactly what capacity the motor it uses is – but here’s the drawings. Now, we might be adding up a bit too much here. But there’s a…
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Yamaha’s plan for airbags on scooters revealed
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We all know that you can’t fit airbags to sportbikes, largely because of the almost-prone riding position that the sporty motorcycles sit the rider in – an airbag can’t be sited under the chest of the rider for obvious reasons. So where can you fit an airbag in the modern motorcycling world? We’ve had one…
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Say WHAT? Here’s Harley-Davidson’s NEW Pan America 1250 Adventure bike. Yep. It’s real.
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Talk about turning your motorcycle world upside-down! Harley-Davidson has just revealed it’s huge plans for the future with a raft of new motorcycles ranging from 500 to 1250cc – with this, the firm’s new Pan American Adventure bike dropping jaws around the globe. The Pan America is powered by a new water-cooled motor which is…
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Spy Shots: KTM’s front and rear radar bikes caught during tests
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Here’s this week’s spy shots of the next generation big KTM 1290 Adventure just after a batch of secret tests using the Austrian firm’s front and rear radar systems. KTM announced in April that is would have working radar systems looking after vehicular distance and early-warning electronic programmes on its bikes by 2020, and based…
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Honda’s planning a Rebel cruiser with a 1000cc Africa Twin motor inside. Plus some nice prototype – type styling touches
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Honda has filed designs for an Africa Twin-powered big Rebel cruiser. The plans for the upcoming easy rider aper have been uncovered by our friends at YoungMachine in Japan who took the designs and photoshopped up what the bike will end up looking like. The Rebel 1000 shares most of its styling queues with…
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Ducati: We’ll have a motorcycle with FRONT and REAR radar soon. It’s in the pipeline for 2020!
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Ducati has just made this announcement about a double-radar motorcycle which is OFFICIALLY on its way. Yeah! Here’s what the factory has just said: Ducati brings forward some of the innovations from its “2025 Safety Road Map”, the strategy aimed at introducing new safety systems and technologies. Phase one already started: ABS Cornering to…
