2020
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Honda’s refined the Gold Wing for 2020
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There’s not a huge amount of things that are different on the Japanese firm’s premier tourer, but what has been changed makes life on the big bike that bit easier. For 2020 the Gold Wing now gets revisions to its fuel injection and DCT updates to improve slow-speed manoeuvrability and in the ‘Tour’ versions the…
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Kawasaki launches the SUPERCHARGED Z H2 at Tokyo! The first Hypernaked motorcycle of 2020 is GO
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So here we go then, the first of the ‘hyper nakeds’ has appeared at the Tokyo Motor Show. Kawasaki has smashed it with the 197bhp (200hp), 239kg supercharged monster. Showa BPF forks and quality rear suspension plus the comparatively low weight (1kg more than the Ninja H2 and 20kg less than the H2-SX) will keep…
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The ZX-25R baby Ninja motorcycle gets unveiled at Tokyo – gets trick bits.
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When we showed the first images of this bike caught in Indonesia six weeks ago, we also said that there’s rumours about there being TWO versions of this bike – an A2 friendly, 45bhp bike and an all-screaming, all-dancing 60bhp version. And now we’ve got the official unveil of this 2020 model from Kawasaki. Well,…
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The Ultraviolette F77 ELECTRIC motorcycle from India. 34bhp and 450Nm.
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Alongside Emflux’s yet to be released electric motorcycles, there’s another Indian-built bike to watch out for. The Ultraviolette F77. Set to be released on November 13, the Ultraviolette F77 is being tipped as the first naked electric motorcycle out of India. While there’s still very little information available about the new machine, there are a…
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KTM releases THIRD motorcycle teaser video for the 2020 Super Duke R bike
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Due to be shown at EICMA in Milan on November 5, the uprated and updated 2020 KTM Super Duke R is getting plenty of hype from the factory. Here’s the third teaser video (shot in Almeria, Spain, that keeps the actual image of the motorcycle under the usual tight wraps – but that’s OK because…
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LOOK AGAIN: SPY SHOTS of BMW’s new R18 motorcycle for 2020. TWO models caught out ROAD TESTING.
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BMW’s new R18 cruiser motorbike has been caught on camera as it undergoes final testing on the road. And there are TWO of them. Following on from the spy shots of BMW’s new R18 being shifted around under a tarpaulin last week, two versions of the 1800cc cruiser have been caught on camera out…
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LOOK AGAIN: Design drawings for the 2020 BMW F850 R motorcycle have surfaced.
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This is the final part of the 2020 BMW 850 puzzle, revealed by some spot-on design patents released in Brazil. The F 850 R is joining the stable next to the F 850 RS that we first told you about last November. These designs were posted on the Italian outlet Moto.It. What you can see…
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FIVE new bikes coming from Kawasaki. TWO at Tokyo. THREE at EICMA.
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Ahead of the big bike shows in the coming weeks, Kawasaki has hinted that there are FIVE new models on the way for 2020. The graphic on the Kawasaki website suggests that there are two new bikes set to be unveiled at the Tokyo Moto Show on October 23, before another three new machines are…
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WORLD LAUNCH: First RIDING impressions. Honda’s Africa Twin Adventure Sports
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We’re out in Sardinia for the launch of Honda’s three new Africa Twins. Today we’ve been riding the top of the range Adventure Sports with Showa semi-active suspension. Straight off the bike here are our first impressions of Honda’s new flagship adventure machine from our man on the ground. Touted as a sports tourer rather…
