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Africa Twin breaks altitude riding record for twin-cylinder bikes by riding up a volcano to 19,570ft!
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Honda’s Africa Twin has reached new heights (guffaw) by breaking the record for the highest altitude reached by a twin-cylinder motorcycle. The scene of the record was the world’s highest active volcano, the Nevado Ojos del Salado – situated between Argentina and Chile – on which a team of five riders rode the Africa…
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KTM CONFIRMS production, fuel-injected 2-stroke enduro bikes being launched this MAY!
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The KTM 250 EXC TPI and KTM 300 EXC TPI models will be introduced to the market as part of the model year 2018 line-up. KTM has said that it will unveil the world’s first production fuel injection 2-stroke Enduro bikes at an official launch in just two months. We’ve told you many times before that KTM’s…
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Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L Rally revealed
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Honda has revealed a new version of its top-selling Africa Twin CRF1000L, the lightweight and Dakar-inspired Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L Rally! It’s based on the Africa Twin Enduro concept first displayed at the Eicma show in Milan, Italy, last year. The new Rally model was on display at the Moto Days exhibition in Rome, Italy –…
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Winter tyres for motorcycles – really?
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We might be heading towards the warmer months, but this story from Canada about winter tyres for motorcycles caught our eye this morning. The tyres themselves are Turkish, made by company called Anlas, and they look purposeful, even if we can’t comment on how they work (if we get some to test we’ll let you…
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Video: Super slo-mo shows how to trials like a boss (yes, that’s how you say it… we think…)
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If you’ve got 30 seconds to spare then watch this. This is how you ride a bike! https://www.facebook.com/extremeenduroeurope/videos/1223323297783087/ Check this out, it’s a slo-mo video showing trials/enduro man Pol Tarres getting a motorcycle over a series of obstacles with a load of skill and a sprinkling of panache.
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Video: Adventure rider has to leap for his life when he falls off in front of a speeding train!
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If you’re going to try and ride across a railway line, make sure you can manage it before the giant train comes along and you end up leaping for your life! Watch this! So you’re out and about with your mates when you try to ride across the V/Line railway somewhere near Melbourne, Australia. It…
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Launch ride: Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled
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Words: Alastair Fagan Photography: Milagro Just days after Ducati announced another record-breaking year for the Bologna factory in 2016, we were riding a new version of its pivotal sales success in Almeria, Spain. The Scrambler family has sold 32,000 units during the first two years of existence (roughly 16,000 each year) and ensured Ducati featured…
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Touratech unveils super-lightweight BMW R 1200 GS Rambler
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Think the BMW R1200 GS is too big and clumsy for real world adventure riding? Think again! Touratech has just released details of the R 1200 GS Rambler, a bike that weighs less than 200kg and looks like a proper enduro weapon. At this stage it’s a concept bike, but one that has been developed…
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2 wheel drive, huge torque electric bikes launched in Italy (and they look this trick)
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2 wheel drive, huge torque electric bikes launched in Italy (and they look this trick). Check out these two-wheel-drive electric off-roaders that are now on sale in Italy. Called the Due (nothing to do with the Benelli or Bimotas of the same name), the bike is available in both X (for off road) and R(on…
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SPY SHOTS: Gotcha! KTM’s 2018 390 Adventure caught out and about on the road
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SPY SHOTS: Gotcha! KTM’s 2018 390 Adventure caught out and about on the road. Hot on the heels of our first look at the KTM 800 (read: 790-named) Adventure bike a week ago comes these great pictures of the Austrian company’s ‘other’ secret Adventure bike – it’s new 390! Caught out by our spy…
