Honda
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Take a virtual tour of the Honda museum collection
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Take a virtual tour of the Honda museum collection. DO you fancy killing a bit of time with a virtual tour of the Honda Museum? Yeah, we do too, so we’re posting up this link to the site on Google. It’s great. You can virtually walk around all three floors and have a look at…
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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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Honda and Hitachi announce partnership company to build electric vehicles! Now, this electric stuff is seriously targeting mass markets.
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Honda and Hitachi announce partnership company to build electric vehicles! Now, this electric stuff is seriously targeting mass markets. Honda is teaming up with Hitachi to develop the next generation of electric motorcycles – and the agreement is being underwritten with a substantial £35 MILLION of what will be, effectively, start-up cash. Both business yesterday…
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Launch ride: 2017 Honda CBR1000RR / SP
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WORDS: John Milbank, Editor Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine PHOTOGRAPHY: Zep Gori, Francesc Montero, Felix Romero How hard could it be? Don’t lean over too far and don’t run on; the electronics will take care of the rest, surely? APS, ABS, HESD, TBW, HSTC… so many acronyms (I counted 14) that there must be enough…
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Honda’s secret SUPERCHARGED engine patents REVEALED
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Honda is planning a new, supercharged motorcycle that will have the power-boosting unit mounted on the left-hand side of the engine. And the new kit will power a host of new motorcycles over the next few years. These are the patent drawings for the new motor with the supercharger system in place. Don’t be…
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2017 Fireblade prices slip out – rumour at the moment – but it sounds pricey if true
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2017 Fireblade prices slip out – rumour at the moment – but it sounds pricey if true. Honda’s prices for the new Fireblade have slipped out – and it seems as though the SP1 and SP2 versions of the bike are going to cost a bit more than first thought. Here’s the prices that we’ve…
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Awesome Bobber made from a Honda CBX – it’s a six cylinder work of chop-shop art!
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Awesome Bobber made from a Honda CBX – it’s a six cylinder work of chop-shop art! Check out this lovely chunk of metal – it’s a particularly sweet Bobber (and the first bike) from the Swiss bike builder / customiser pb33. The bike started out as a 1981 Honda SC06 CBX Prolink (pictured below). Part…
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Video: AMAZING self balancing Honda REVEALED at Las Vegas tech show – check this out! It’ll blow your mind!
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Video: AMAZING self balancing Honda REVEALED at Las Vegas tech show – check this out! It’ll blow your mind! We’re loving this from Honda – a self balancing prototype that’s just been unveiled at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Honda isn’t saying when (or indeed, if) this ‘Riding Assist’ will be seen on…
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Japanese journo says NAKED version of Honda CBR250RR is DEFINITELY on the way…
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Japanese journo says NAKED version of Honda CBR250RR is DEFINITELY on the way… Here’s the mac-up illustration straight off the cover of top Japanese magazine YoungMachine (above) and another (below) from MotoBlast.org – the news about the naked CBR250RR is certainly grabbing some imaginations around the globe. We’re willing to bet that loads of…
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Honda’s filed a funky front end set-up for a scooter (and something bigger, so the rumour-mill has it)
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Honda’s filed a funky front end set-up for a scooter (and something bigger, so the rumour-mill has it). Check out these patents filed by Honda for new front-suspension system that’s (so far) been shown in place on a scooter. They’re pretty much out there in terms of the scooter but we’ve heard on the…
