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Bonhams Harrogate Sale preview
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This year, the Bonhams Harrogate sale, taking place on November 12, will include a single-owner collection of seventeen iconic Japanese classic motorcycles spanning the 1980s and 1990s. The collection highlights the technological excellence of Japanese engineering, including important models from the stables of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha. The machines have been subject to…
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Mercedes and MV Agusta announce partnership
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Mercedes and MV Agusta have announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement on a ‘long-term partnership’. Back in July, we reported the possibility of US car manufacturer Daimler to purchase a stake in MV Agusta – Mercedes-AMG is the sports-car and performance brand of the Daimler AG. The partnership between the two high-end brands…
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MV Agusta Brutale 800RR review & Dragster 800RR review
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MV Agusta Brutale 800RR review & Dragster 800RR review | From £11,599 | 140bhp@13,100rpm | 63lb-ft@10,100rpm | 798cc liquid-cooled triple Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe to his fantastic YouTube channel – iMotorcycle Video – here. Photos by Milagro MV Agusta…
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MV Agusta Brutale 800 | 2015 new motorcycles
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Using the same retuned three-cylinder 798cc 140bhp engine as the just-announced MV Agusta Brutlae 800 Dragster. Price is £13,980 Euro (£11,045). MV says that a redesigned air box and optimised, more efficient fuel system, as well as tweaks to the fuel injection (two injectors per cylinder now) result in linear power delivery at low revs, and explosive performance at…
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MV Agusta Brutale 800RR Dragster | 2015 new motorcycles
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Thanks to leaked images, MV has released details of its new Butale 800 Dragster ahead of the EICMA show in Milan. The company also announced the new Brutale 800RR. The RR badge is said to be reserved for the company’s best four-cylinder machines, but it’s now found its way onto the triple of the Brutale…
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3 bikes. 40 Countries. One BIG motorcycle touring adventure.
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How a Motor Cycle Monthly reader’s trip to the local bike meet turned into an epic motorcycle touring adventure… I live just five minutes from the Ace Café in London, but it took 16,000 miles to get there in the summer of 2013. I’m James Matthews, a mechanical engineer from New Zealand. I moved to the UK…
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New Peugeot Streetzone scooter | SAVE £200
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New from Peugeot Scooters, the Streetzone is styled for raw urban attitude and is based around the engine and chassis from their market-leading Speedfight.Powered by a 50cc air-cooled 2-stroke motor, this compact scooter is not only light, at 87 kg, but also agile, thanks to its 1256 mm wheelbase and chunky street pattern tyres (120/90-10…
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Dragstalgia: Classic drag racing at Santa Pod
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Visitors to Dragstalgia 2014 can look forward to the best of nostalgia drag racing action on both two and four wheels at this year’s event, held on July 11-13th at Santa Pod Raceway. Now in its 4th year Dragstalgia is Santa Pod’s premiere Nostalgia drag racing event that welcomes any pre 1980 vehicles onto…
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The inside line on MV
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Giovanni Castiglione talks to Motor Cycle Monthly about the current state of MV Agusta… MCM: Are you satisfied with MV’s current position? GC: “We are very happy with MV Agusta’s performance in the market – we are hitting all our targets and positive we can sell more than 10,000 bikes in 2014; a 33%…
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2014 MV Agusta Brutale 800 review
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£10,990 | 125bhp@11,600rpm | 60lb-ft@8600rpm | liquid-cooled inline triple Labelled a ‘second bike, not your main bike’ by MV Agusta boss Giovanni Castiglione, the new Brutale 800 Dragster is built specifically for livening-up Sunday afternoons with its punchy inline triple, short wheelbase handling and distinctive looks. Just don’t take the Dragster near a drag…
