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Honda CBR500R and CB500F world launch review
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Honda CBR500R and CB500F world launch review Tested by: Mikko Nieminen Engine: 471cc liquid-cooled, parallel twin Power: 47bhp at 8500rpm Torque: 43Nm at 7000rpm Price: CBR500R £5,599 / CB500F £5,099 The A2 licence category is a veritable minefield for bike manufacturers in many ways. Any machine that wants to succeed here must be easy for…
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VIDEO: 2016 Honda CBR150R on track
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We have just been sent the new video of the Honda CBR150R taken to the limit on track and roads – and it looks great! Honda’s MotoGP star Marc Marquez provides comments on the new bike that looks like it would be enormous fun to ride. This looks like a fantastic low-displacement racer that has…
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Softly, softly, catchee (Honda) Monkey
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Remember the Monkey bikes from Honda? They’re not sold in the UK anymore but you can still sometimes see packs of them on the roads (usually in somewhat modified form). The 50cc bikes are tiny by modern standards, but they still have a faithful following and in Japan they are still on sale. In fact,…
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SCOOP: Honda’s CBR250RR concept to get green light for production
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Honda introduced its CBR250RR concept bike at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show a couple of months ago, and now Asian motorcycle journalists reckon it will go into test production in March 2016. The news comes from Indonesia, where the bike is rumoured to be built. What we have heard is not official but it makes…
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Honda’s ‘other’ concept CB500F breaks cover in Bangkok
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Honda has shown this concept Scrambler at the Bangkok Motor Show. We’ve seen similar-looking concepts from Honda over the past few weeks but this is a tweaked update on those. There’s no information on it from the show directly, so what we show you with this punter’s pic is pretty much what we know. The…
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New mega-off-road school unveiled by legend Dave Thorpe (and it uses Africa Twins!)
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An all-new Honda Adventure Centre is to open in South Wales next March and it’s going to be stocked with the new Africa Twin adventure bike. The news follows today’s much-anticipated UK unveiling of the new CRF1000L Africa Twin at Motorcycle Live. Offering customers a two-day riding experience on some of the UK’s most varied,…
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Honda world launch: 750cc New Concept series upgraded for 2016
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Honda has revealed details of its so-called ‘New Concept’ trio of 750cc bikes which are upgraded for 2016. All three – NC750S roadster, NC750X upright and Integra (the large scooter) – are now EURO4 compliant and each bike gets the firm’s DCT system including three levels of the riding ‘S Mode’ power delivery. The revised instrument…
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Honda world launch 2016, the 500s middleweights revealed
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Honda has launched a range of motorcycles in Milan at the EICMA event including the naked CB500F, the CBR500R and the CB500X. Upgrades across the middleweight range include LED lights, adjustable pre-load on the front suspension, adjustable brake levers and larger fuel tanks with a new, hinged fuel cap and something called ‘wave’ style ignition…
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SCOOP: Pictures of the new 2016 Honda CB500F, NC750S and Integra
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Honda has just announced updates for three of its mid-sized commuter models. We have been sent the latest pictures of the new bikes and a few words from Honda describing the updates: The CB500F street bike is given a hard-edged makeover for 2016, adding further desirability to its punchy all-round performance. Upgrades include: A new…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Honda concepts unveiled
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Honda concepts unveiled Honda has announced some interesting concept models at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015, under the slogan ‘The Power of Dreams’. Honda says that at the show it will exhibit a broad range of items including innovative mobility products that are useful in people’s daily lives as well…
