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WSB: Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista launch their 2020 campaign on factory Honda Fireblades
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Here’s a fine selection of images (and a video) from the Honda launch of its WSB assault on 2020. It’s very corporate, this colour scheme for this year, and ties in directly with the scheme of the new Fireblade for 2020. It kinda works though – trick and aggressive. Should look great in the middle…
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Triumph teases launch of NEW Street Triple R. And it’s happening on February 11. Save the date.
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Triumph has just announced that there’s a new Street Triple R on the way – and we’re only going to have to wait another week to get our hands on all the details. Over the last couple of months, Triumph has released its Street Triple RS and S – so it’s not come as a…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT
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WORDS: Mikko Nieminen – Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine / PHOTOGRAPHY: Suzuki We can all agree that Suzuki’s flagship adventure bike has been in need of a bit of an update for a while now. What’s unlikely to be agreed quite so universally is whether the new V-Strom 1050XT now has all the bells and…
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Harley-Davidson has launched a 2,147cc motor kit with 123hp at the wheel!
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The new Big Bore V2 is now out under the firm’s performance label ‘Screamin’ Eagle’. The stage IV 131ci kit boosts size and power output over current motors in the range. The official US Harley-Davidson shop is offering the Milwaukee-Eight Stage IV kit for the company’s 114 or 117ci engines. The boost in power doesn’t…
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Triumph launches NEW 2020 Tiger 1200 Desert and Alpine Special edition motorcycles
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The Tiger 1200 Desert Edition will cost £15,500RRP and the Alpine option will cost £14,700RRP. Here’s the actual release from Triumph (below) with every bit of info about the bikes that you could possibly want to know: Inspired by some of the world’s most thrilling motorcycle adventures from all over the world, these new motorcycles…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Triumph’s Bonneville Thruxton RS for 2020. FIRST impressions.
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Escaping the grey, dreary skies of Great Britain in January is always nice. And it’s even nicer if you get to experience some sunshine in Portugal aboard the new Triumph Thruxton RS. While the Thruxton has been a model name in the Hinckley factory’s line-up since 2004, it is only since the 2016 version was…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Triumph Rocket 3 2020
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Motorcycle Sport and Leisure editor, Mikko, has recently been out to the launch of the new Triumph Rocket 3 for 2020.
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WORLD LAUNCH: Here it is. Our (brief) FIRST RIDE report on Yamaha’s NEW TMAX Tech MAX super scooter for 2020.
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We’re out in Portugal for the launch of the new Yamaha TMAX for 2020 – and we’ve just got back from a full day’s riding on the top of the line TMAX Tech MAX. And to give you the inside scoop on the new machine, here’s our (very brief) first riding impressions… Just for context,…
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WORLD LAUNCH: First RIDING impressions. Yamaha’s TMAX Tech MAX 560
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We’re out in Portugal for the launch of the new Yamaha TMAX. Currently, we have reached the halfway point through today’s ride and while we grab a quick bite to eat, I thought I’d share my brief first impressions of the latest generation machine…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Rise and shine, it’s riding time for the Yamaha TMAX!
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We’re up early today and heading out to ride Yamaha’s brand new 2020 TMAX at its world launch in Portugal. It’s exciting stuff! We’re spending the day on the tricked Tech MAX version of the A2 licence 562cc, 220kg super scooter which goes on sale this December in the UK. Will it be any good?…
