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Early pics of 2017 Yamaha R6 arrive!
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Early pics of 2017 Yamaha R6 arrive! Well… we think they’re real… We’re less than an hour away from the official launch of the 2017 Yamaha R6 (we think) so imagine our surprise when these pictures just popped up in our inbox… Yep, we’ve only been sent these and no details. These pictures haven’t come…
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World launch: This afternoon. Yamaha’s 2017 R6. We think. Here. Yeah. Here.
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Yamaha is launching a new R series bike at 3pm today. We think it’s going to be the 2017 R6 model. We’re being sent the information from Yamaha when the new model is unveiled and we’ll bring you everything that’s sent out form the factory, right here. We love the way the millions of you…
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SPY SHOT! Ducati’s 939 Multistrada caught! In garage. Finished. Yep
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Here’s one of the bikes that we’re expecting to surface officially at the Milan motorcycle show next month – this is the Ducati 939 Mutlistrada. We’ve been sent these shots by someone who has found their way into a garage ahead of the new bike getting its screen options and panniers fitted. Caught in an…
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Video: When Adventure riding goes bad. Held at gunpoint on the edge of Area 51 in the USA!
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WARNING: The sound on this video is NOT safe for work (not that our warning will stop you, of course, it’s just that we should warn you. OK?) How about this for a dramatic, nerve-raking moment when out doing a bit of gentle ‘Adventure’ riding? Video of two armed security men getting right up…
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Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots.
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Ouch! When a wheelie goes so, so wrong. On a BMW launch. In front of a photographer. Who gets a BRILLIANT sequence of shots. Ooooh, yah bugger! Check out this sequence from the US launch of the BMW RnineT Scrambler of a wheelie going ever-so-much off the straight and narrow with some serious metal breakage…
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MotoGP: Bradley Smith is refreshingly honest about KTM’s chances in the premier class next year
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Bradley Smith has been pretty honest about what he sees are the actual chances for front-running success on the new KTM MotoGP bike next year. The 25-year old who is back in action this weekend at Motegi after missing two rounds of the MotoGP championship following a fall during practice for an endurance race…
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Video: BMW reveals its motorcycle future. Pretty wacky ideas from the German bike builder
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The future of motorcycling is – according to BMW – going to be based on three essential factors. They are: 1: No need for helmets or leathers because bikes are going to be self-balancing and super safe 2: Frame-assisted super steering that automatically adjusts as required 3: Looking like a cross between the Batpod and…
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Stoner offered Motegi MotoGP Ducati ride for this weekend! Yep!
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Stoner offered Motegi MotoGP Ducati ride for this weekend! Yep! Ducati says that it offered former MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner the ride on the Ducati for this weekend’s Motegi round. The factory has made the shock admission after news emerged that the injured Andrea Iannone is still not fit following a small fracture to…
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Honda Fireblade 2017: USA source says cheaper, ‘basic’ version of the new superbike is on the way
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Honda Fireblade 2017: USA source says cheaper, ‘basic’ version of the new superbike is on the way. There’s going to be a cheaper, lower-spec Honda Fireblade launched at the Milan motorcycle show next month. That’s the claim being made by American website Asphalt and Rubber which attributes the information coming from American Honda. According to…
