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Gorgeous Honda CBX900 illustrations appear in Japanese magazine (not real, yet, but these are sweet drawings)
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Check out these illustrations from Japanese magazine YoungMachine – they are based on rumours in the Japanese motorcycle market of some sort of modern, naked/half naked six cylinder-powered behemoth on the cards. We’ve brought you these rumours some time ago but our Japanese friends have added some flesh on the considerable bones and come…
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BMW boss: We will launch 14 new models this year and you’ll be able to choose between drive trains
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It’s good news for BMW fans – in a new statement by Harald Kruger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW, the factory boss says that there’s a load of new bikes slated to appear this year. Here’s what Kruger says about the next 12 months from the German factory: “There will also be…
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Suzuki files 13 new patents for its turbocharged roadster. Designs getting close to finished machine now!
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Our ongoing story of the soon-coming turbocharged Suzuki roadsters (one in particular) has received a boost (arf!) with the latest lump of production-protecting patents filed from the Japanese factory. Suzuki has been granted protection on 13 separate patents filed with the USA patent office. The drawings are further, more detailed versions of the…
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Rumour: Top tech, new Suzuki GSX-R600 on the way for 2019
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Just rumours and chat on the wind at the moment, but the American outlet Asphalt & Rubber is running a story about a GSX-R600 coming from Suzuki for 2019. According to the site, sources it uses told it that the bike is getting traction control, ride-by-wire and ABS brakes. You can see the article…
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BMW Italia: We’re going to develop one of these designs into a production bike!
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Check out these designs for the BMW G310R – mostly they’re a bit ‘OK’ but one in particular has really jumped out and, according to a BMW guy from Italy, one of these funky designs WILL eventually go on sale. Our favourite of the group is this one, the old-style Adventure GS that’s a bit…
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Here’s Yamaha’s production plans for its mass-production TWO WHEEL drive bike. Conventional motor at the back, electric motor at the front.
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The patents on the designs have just been granted and by registering them Yamaha has given away one of the bikes that is likely to make up part of a future range. There’s no indication of when this motorcycle will see the light of day (to be fair, the designs themselves have been registered…
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FIFTY new models are on their way from Harley-Davidson (yeah, 50) according to the big boss
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And you might have thought that Honda puts out a lot of bikes! The American bike builder’s plans have surfaced in an interview with H-D CEO Matt Levatich who outlines what’s happening for the next five years in the land of very heavy metal. The Milwaukee Business Journal has reported that Harley-Davidson is planning to introduce…
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REVEALED! Here’s the OFFICIAL design drawings for Honda’s V4 superbike. It’s got a rear ‘wing’. Single seat and looks like a suped-up Blade.
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It’s real. It’s the V4. It’s real. That truly was worth saying twice. The reason? These actual, finished drawings of the bike from Honda itself. Real designs, real details, really want to ride it. Oh boy… Here’s the official patents filed by Honda for its 2018 V4 superbike. Yeah, the V4. Cleverly, Honda…
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REVEALED: Honda’s secret plans for automatic braking on motorcycles!
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REVEALED: Honda’s secret plans for automatic braking on motorcycles! Honda is working on an new electronic braking system that will automatically slow you down once the bike detects a collision is imminent. Judging by the very recent patent that has been filed by the factory, the system is some way off – we’ve been…
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Revealed: Kawasaki’s plans for a more aggressive muscle cruiser – is this the Japanese Diavel?
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Revealed: Kawasaki’s plans for a more aggressive muscle cruiser – is this the Japanese Diavel? Kawasaki has filed a new set of patents for a future model that bears a striking resemblance to the Ducati Diavel. Well, it does in a Kawasaki kind of way. The image above is directly from the patent office where…
