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BMW talks tech and reveals details of its R18 motorcycle engine – here’s the spec from the factory direct. 90hp on tap.
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So we know that this is the motor that’s going to be at the heart of a family of motorbike from the German factory and whilst some people have been guessing at what’s going into the lump – we’ve now got the actual spec of the R18 motor from the factory. Here’s what you really…
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Suzuki reduces RM-Z450 price by £750
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Suzuki has reduced the price of its MX1 machine by £750 until the end of the year. It means the championship-winning bike now sells for an RRP of £6,249. The RM-Z450 – which won the British Motocross Championship in 2018 – benefitted from an all-new chassis last season; a new frame and swingarm reduced weight…
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BMW joins the FIM Endurance World Championship for 2020. And it’ll be racing factory-backed S1000RR’s.
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BMW Motorrad has announced its intentions to race a factory-backed BMW S1000RR in the 2020 FIM Endurance World Championship. Of course, BMW’s have been competing in the FIM EWC for years – but they’ve never had a proper factory supported team. But that’s all set to change, with BMW Motorrad announcing it’s set to get…
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VIDEO: Listen to this – the Ducati Panigale V4 R going quick around Jerez. Onboard loveliness!
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Now this is lovely stuff. It’s an onboard from the top of the 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R as it’s being blatted around Jerez circuit in Spain by Alessandro Valia. The fella he’s having some fun riding with is our own Chaz Davies. Safe for work (providing ‘work’ doesn’t mind the sound of the…
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REVEALED: Want to see the 2019 TRIUMPH Speed Twin before it’s unveiled on Dec 4th? Here you go, then
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Oooooh, so we thought this bike from Triumph was going to be at EICMA this week. But the SPEED TWIN is so far a no-show on Italian soil from Triumph. What we do now know – thanks to a very non-showy teaser video put out by the factory – is that the SPEED TWIN will…
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VIDEO: Two new bikes, the Adventure Pan American, the Streetfighter and more teased in official film from Harley-Davidson
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Here’s the official film from H-D showing off the ‘More Road to Harley-Davidson’ initiative which is bringing us a load of new models from 2020. On top of that is the production version of the all-electric LiveWire project, which is going on sale in 2019 – here’s the first photo of how the bike…
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FINAL production drawings for Suzuki’s Katana / Recursion are filed by the factory. Supercharged (yes), Turbocharged (no). CONFIRMED
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Here’s what looks like the final designs of the upcoming Suzuki Recursion project which will join the factory’s line-up either at the end of 2018 or 2019 (depending on who’s telling tales out of the factory). And what we can be absolutely sure about, having seen these latest drawings from inside the factory, is that…
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Fancy a factory KTM look? Get it sharpish for 2018 direct from the factory
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KTM has just released its factory PowerWear Casual and Accessories 2018 collection which covers every KTM fan from tiddler to full-on Sunday hero. Men, women and children are served by the STYLE, REPLICA, ORANGE, MECHANIC or KINI collections and there’s an addition to the line-up with the new EMPHASIS collection, for use whilst training off…
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Meet the 2017 Honda you might not know about (yet) – it’s the FACTORY kitted CR450 Supermoto! Wibble… etc…
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Meet the 2017 Honda you might not know about (yet) – it’s the FACTORY kitted CR450 Supermoto! Wibble… etc… Here’s the 2017 Honda you’ve probably not heard of yet – but we reckon that you, like us, would really, really like to have a ride on it just to see how mad things can get…
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Intermot show: Aprilia unveils two Tuonos – the 1100RR and the Factory versions
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Intermot show: Aprilia unveils two Tuonos – the 1100RR and the Factory versions. Aprilia has taken the wraps off two updated Tuonos that will be part of the Italian firm’s 2017 line-up; the Tuono V4 1100RR and the Tuono V4 1100 Factory. They also come with a joystick to let you toggle through the…
