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MoreBikes
There’s a fresh new look for the world’s biggest motorcycle monthly… and we’re making it even easier for new riders to get on two wheels too.
From this month the new publication MoreBikes combines the very best of Motor Cycle Monthly as well as its sister title On Two Wheels – the paper made specifically for those who want to get into motorcycling, return to it, or stay on smaller capacity machines. Subscribe here.
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PATENTS confirm Harley-Davidson’s working on a NEW air-cooled V-TWIN engine.
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Patents filed by Harley-Davidson confirm that the iconic American factory is working on the successor to its Milwaukee Eight power plant. Harley-Davidson has long since relied on traditional, air-cooled V-Twin engines – and it doesn’t look like things are going to change too much, with the American factory filing patents for a new air-cooled V-Twin…
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VIDEO: The BEST film you’ll see for a while. Full Trail Fever – Retro KTM Enduro with a kick. Watch this, it’s AWESOME.
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We’re loving this video this morning, and we reckon you’ll love it too. AORC and ISDE winner Tom Mason (a man with a hugely impressive off-roading skill set) larking about in full-on 1980s mode with a 1981 KTM 250 Enduro bike. Look, it’s just a bit of a laugh and it’s done really well. Treat…
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VIDEO: Rippin’ Mykonos with Aaron Colton and Robbie Maddison. Stunts, jumps and riding on water.
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Red Bull has just released a brilliant video which shows Aaron Colton and Robbie Maddison blasting round the Greek island of Mykonos, showing off their eclectic mix of two-wheeled tricks. It’s well worth a watch if you’ve got a few minutes to spare.
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BMW files patent for electric front wheel drive on motorcycles. Ripe for the next big Adventures from the German factory?
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The drawings show an all-in-one unit mounted around a front wheel hub that is used to drive the front wheel when needed in particularly gnarly off-road conditions or up steep inclines. There’s only a couple of drawings of the mechanism but in the patent’s description BMW clearly stated that the electric drive can…
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It’s OFFICIAL! Ducati CONFIRMS the V4 Multistrada is coming for 2021.
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While celebrating the Ducati Multistrada’s sixteenth birthday and announcing that it’s built 100,000 units of the bike in its various guises, the Italian factory’s dropped some big news – confirming that the widely rumoured Multistrada V4 is happening. And we’ll get to see it for 2021. To celebrate the massive milestone, Claudio Domenicali himself was…
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Oh wow! German magazine Motorrad has come up with THIS awesome GS 800 X motorcycle illustration. Want this bike to happen?
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It’s a bit of a silly-season in the new bike world at the moment and with all the spy shots and teaser videos leaking out, it’s easy to miss a big future bike – but Motorrad in Germany have set their sites on this beauty – the GS 800 X. It’s an uprated version of…
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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…
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VIDEO: Here’s the self-balancing bike that stays upright, parks itself and comes back to you when you say it’s name.
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Liger Mobility from India may be a small start-up company that you’ve probably not head of, but it’s produced something on par with the latest thinking from Honda and Yamaha. The firm’s gyroscopic system keeps a (so far) electric scooter upright with the set-up sending self-correcting pulses along the chassis to stop the bike falling…
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Tyga’s endurance RACER for the road. YOU could do this to your Honda VFR400.
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The Tyga team has got to work revamping a Honda VFR400, creating a super cool custom endurance racer for the road. Inspired by Ukawa and Ito’s Suzaka 8 Hour winning Honda RVF750 from 1997, Tyga has created its own version of the Horipro-painted bike. But instead of using an RC45 as a base, the Thai…
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SPORT BIKE TO SPORT TOURER: Honda’s PATENT which lets you change your RIDING POSITION.
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Honda has filed a patent for a clever piece of technology which will allow you to change your CBR1000RR from out and out sport bike to a tourer. Have you ever tried touring on a sport bike? While it’s not impossible – it’s hardly the most comfortable way to cover some serious miles. Presumably, that’s…
