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  • Image appears of what CB250X mini-Adventure bike will look like

    Image appears of what CB250X mini-Adventure bike will look like

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      We brought you the news about a Honda CB250X mini-Crossrunner type of bike that a Honda boss had let slip about a few days ago and now this image has appeared. The emerging markets of Indonesia and Malaysia have been buzzing with the news that the little Adventure bike is on the way and…

  • SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017

    SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017

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      SCOOP: Honda boss talks about possible 250X Crossrunner for 2017 . There’s loads of rumours circulating in Indonesia and Japanese markets this morning about a Honda 250x Adventure/road bike that’s likely to appear for 2017. The hubbub (good word!) has happened after comments made by one of two marketing directors of Astra Honda Motor…

  • 2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets

    2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets

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    2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets. Indonesian website Peysblog has fired up this computer image of what it think the facelifted Yamaha R15 is going to look like. This image certainly tallies with the blurry snapshot of a Yamaha being ridden at the firm’s Indonesian plant that we brought you a…

  • Fuzzy footage of 2017 Yamaha hidden in Indonesian factory emerges (you’ll need to squint to make it out though…)

    Fuzzy footage of 2017 Yamaha hidden in Indonesian factory emerges (you’ll need to squint to make it out though…)

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    It’s barely more than a few pixels clubbed together from a very secret squirrel bit of videoing, but this is a next-generation Yamaha and it’s got the emerging markets buzzing. The footage comes from inside Yamaha Indonesia in Karawang, the identity of the person who took the footage is being kept secret – which usually…

  • Japanese journalists confirm ‘Super Blade’ will take lots of details from RCV213V-S

    Japanese journalists confirm ‘Super Blade’ will take lots of details from RCV213V-S

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      We’ve been banging on about the ‘Super Blade’ that’s on its way from Honda for a while now and another Japanese magazine has put out its latest batch of info on the upcoming project. The half-way, high-tech bike sited between the current Fireblade and the RCV213V-S has been doing the rounds for a few…

  • SCOOP: Hotter, more sporty Ninja 250R pictured on test

    SCOOP: Hotter, more sporty Ninja 250R pictured on test

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    Here’s the first picture of the new, suped-up Kawasaki Ninja 250R out in early-days testing in Indonesia. The two images snapped by an on-the-ball punter out and about aren’t the best quality in the world (in truth, he’s barely got any of the bike in question, but he’s got enough for now), but they do…

  • Dodging lizards in Indonesia on a January morning

    Dodging lizards in Indonesia on a January morning

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    The next time you’re out riding in Blighty, be thankful that we don’t have to put up with this sort of thing – a bloody big lizard roaming across the racing line! This was snapped from a test rider’s helmet camera whilst on the launch of the TVS Apache 200. That’s the bike that’s staying…

  • SCOOP: Order details for new Blade hint at new name for Honda’s updated superbike

    SCOOP: Order details for new Blade hint at new name for Honda’s updated superbike

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    An importer in Indonesia has left part of a manifest form open for long enough to get photographed, and it shows a new code name for a top-end version of the 2016 Fireblade. On the order form – placed on December 30 – the bike is called the CBR10. We’ve been told that this is…

  • Suzuki GSX-R250 headed for Indian launch next February

    Suzuki GSX-R250 headed for Indian launch next February

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    News is doing the rounds in Indonesia and elsewhere amongst asian markets this morning that Suzuki’s GSX-R250 will now be launched in India in February. The small sportster was widely expected to be launched at the recent Tokyo and Milan motorcycle shows. According to the inside information from the emerging markets the bike is now…

  • SCOOP: Honda’s CBR250RR concept to get green light for production

    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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