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Honda’s hybrid-powered scooter plans for 2017 appear
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Honda’s hybrid-powered scooter plans for 2017 appear. This is Honda’s latest design for its upcoming hybrid-engined scooter. The patent drawings have just been published for a super-mpg scooter that’s going to be part of the 2017 line-up. Details on the bike are pretty scarce but what we can see is a motor that’s part…
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SCOOP Video: Samsung debuts first ‘Smart Windshield’ on Yamaha scooter
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SCOOP Video: Samsung debuts first ‘Smart Windshield’ on Yamaha scooter! There’s no mention yet of when you can buy this sort of thing – but Samsung has revealed a live, smart-phone enabled heads-up windshield for motorcycling, and the set-up has been shown on a Yamaha Tricity scooter in Milan. We’ve got the first look at…
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SCOOP Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!)
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Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!) Here’s a walkaround video of the Hondas at the Osaka Motorcycle show 2016. The show happened at the weekend and really there wasn’t much there other than a dressed up Africa Twin, the City Adventure high-legged suspension, the CRF250 prototype (again…) and the…
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SCOOP: Honda’s ‘Super Blade’ revealed! OFFICIAL drawings from Honda!
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SCOOP: Honda’s ‘Super Blade’ revealed! OFFICIAL drawings from Honda! Here’s the secret Honda drawing for the V4 ‘SuperBlade’ that we’ve been telling you was on the way for nearly ten months now. This patent from Honda has just landed on our desk and it tallies with reports we started bringing you back at the start…
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VIDEO: Guy Martin’s Wall of Death TV programme trailer
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We told you months ago about Guy Martin doing his Wall of Death programme live on Channel Four and here’s the trailer from the TV station for it. The show is going out on Channel four on Monday, March 28 at 7.15pm. Guy has been getting in some training under the watchful eyes of Ken…
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Video: Intelligent Cranium helmet run through… is this the ultimate helmet near-future?
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Intelligent Cranium Helmets is an American company that’s developing a prototype helmet for what looks like being the daddy of this sort of thing. With more functionality than any other smart helmet seen so far, the iC-R features twin full-color heads-up displays, twin rear-facing cameras, a LiDAR rear collision alert system that warns you when a…
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VIDEO: Remove a pushbike off the road – get your bike taken whilst your back is turned
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Be aware of this scam for stealing a bike (apparently) that’s happened to a british motorcyclist. A biker stops to remove a pushbike from the road and whilst his back is turned someone tries to push his motorcycle away. Daniel James MacArthur posted this video on his facebook page which showed a video shot from…
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AMG to take over MV? Rumours surface in Italian press
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There’s rumours kicking around the Italian press that has German car builder AMG Mercedes eyeing up a full takeover of MV Agusta. Reports in Italian publication Il Sole claim that MV is being looked over by AMG in a very serious way, this comes in spite of earlier comments made by Daimler CEO Dieter Zetzche…
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Kawasaki’s plan for new 800 naked appear with adjustable bodywork and more sporty aspirations
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Kawasaki has pushed through another update for it’s big naked model range with an as-yet-specified model getting updated bodywork and a more sporty riding position. The model is likely to end up in the 2017 model range and the drawing has just been filed with details of an updated air intake into the motor (although…
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Ducati’s Diavel gets the ‘Mad Max’ treatment
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Check out what you can do with a crashed Ducati Diavel and loads of time (plus a serious amount of cash) – should you be a bit ‘Mad Max’. This Diavel special started when Arun Sharma, the General Manager at Ducati’s US dealer, Motocorsa, picked up a damaged Diavel two years ago. Sharma teamed up with…
