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  • Hybrids and upgrades for Kawasaki

    Hybrids and upgrades for Kawasaki

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    Kawasaki was fairly quiet at Milan: it had already released its interesting new Ninja 7 hybrid model, and the ZX-4RR and ZX-6R models were also already out. We did get a new Z7 naked version of the new hybrid bike, which looks a little less chunky than the Ninja, and uses exactly the same cunning…

  • 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid motorbike

    2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid motorbike

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    It’s the world’s first hybrid motorbike – and here’s my first impressions I’m just back from the launch of the new Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid bike in Barcelona. And it’s fair to say that I’m very impressed with it. It’s one of the most interesting bikes I’ve ever ridden, with an intriguing technology set-up, and…

  • PATENTS: Kawasaki’s two-stroke engine for a HYBRID motorcycle

    PATENTS: Kawasaki’s two-stroke engine for a HYBRID motorcycle

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    Kawasaki’s filed patents for a two-stroke engine, which’ll generate energy to power an electric drivetrain. What is motorcycling going to look like in the future? Are ever stricter emissions laws going to put a stop to petrol-powered fun – meaning we’re all going to end up going electric? Kawasaki’s come up with a plan to…

  • BMW files PATENT for a new flexible TANK. HYBRID motorcycle on the way?

    BMW files PATENT for a new flexible TANK. HYBRID motorcycle on the way?

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    Patents have been filed by BMW for a new flexible fuel tank, which all but confirm that there’s a hybrid motorcycle on the way from the German giant. Of course, this isn’t the first we’ve heard about the Bavarian factories forays into the hybrid world. Remember Wunderlich’s BMW R 1200 GS which was powered by…

  • Detachable motorcycle wins Department for Transport funding. Extends range of electric planes.

    Detachable motorcycle wins Department for Transport funding. Extends range of electric planes.

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    A motorcycle that attaches to planes to increase their range was among a range of ambitious projects that received a share of £700,000 to improve UK transport. The Department for Transport has pledged to spend a third of its procurement budget with small- and medium-sized enterprises by 2022, aiming to provide inventive solutions to transport…

  • BMW Boss: “The electric motorbike does not interest us, we are betting everything on the scooter”

    BMW Boss: “The electric motorbike does not interest us, we are betting everything on the scooter”

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    Our friends at Motociclismo Italy have been speaking to Stephan Schaller, Managing Director of BMW, about the Bavarian brand’s green future. Schaller said; “Two-wheeled electric vehicles will increase, but I believe that their diffusion will be limited to vehicles that will move in the city, basically will be scooters like our C Evolution or the…

  • TVS Zeppelin Hybrid unveiled at Auto Expo 2018

    TVS Zeppelin Hybrid unveiled at Auto Expo 2018

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    TVS, India’s third largest two-wheeled manufacturer and partner to BMW, has unveiled its all-new Zeppelin Hybrid concept at Auto Expo 2018. In short, it’s a belt-driven hybrid motorcycle, driven by a 220cc single-cylinder endothermic engine, which kicks out 20bhp at 8,500 rpm and 18.5 Nm of maximum torque at 7,000 rpm – to which its…

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