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Automatically LOWER your bikes SEAT HEIGHT with Showa’s EERA Heightflex suspension. COMING for 2021?
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First unveiled at EICMA in November last year in prototype form, Showa’s new EERA Heightflex suspension system is a seriously cool bit of kit. And we’ve just heard that it could be available as soon as 2021. In essence, the EERA Heightflex is a shock absorber which (when fitted) will automatically lower the height of…
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VIDEO: Watch Alex Lowes getting to grips with the Yamaha factory 8-Hour R1. New Roberts-inspired helmet design for the Brit, too.
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Here’s the official video from the factory ahead of the Suzuka 8-hour race which runs on Sunday, July 28. Things to take away from this; firstly there’s the uber-cool Tech 21 Shiseido colours and logos on the 2019 R1motorcycle which ape this bike (below), the iconic 1985 FZR750 OW74 and, secondly, Alex Lowes’ Kenny Roberts-esque…
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Husqvarna’s new RACE-READY FS 450 supermoto gets LAUNCH CONTROL and updated SUSPENSION for 2020.
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Husqvarna has just announced the release of its new FS 450 supermoto – and here’s a brief breakdown of what you’ll get if you’ve got ten grand to spend on your next race machine. Husqvarna’s FS 450 is the only factory-built, single-cylinder competition supermoto machine available on the market – and since its inception, it’s…
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So here we go then, here’s the patents for the new BMW F850RS (which looks virtually identical to our spy photos).
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Last year we brought you the first ever photos of a secret 850cc powered BMW roadster that looked like a smaller, roadster version of the German firm’s S1000XR upright superbike. In case you forgot what our exclusive spy shots revealed, here’s one of them again: So, that was that. A few months later we were…
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VIDEO: Dainese’s DAKAR RALLY legends INTERVIEW series. Celebrating the launch of its new DUNES collection.
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To celebrate the launch of its new Settantadue Dunes collection, Dainese has delved into the history of the Dakar Rally, interviewing Italian legends Nico Cereghini and Gigi Soldano. Dainese’s new Dunes collection is inspired by the original Paris-Dakar explorers – and to show off its rally raid roots, the iconic Italian brand asked journalist Nico…
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You know it’s hot and getting hotter? Well…
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Here’s an odd post from the Brandenburg Police force in West Berlin, Germany. According to the officer involved, the man was given a ticket on decency grounds for this pull on Tuesday last week. His reason for scootering au natural was that it was just so damned hot… you can’t reason with this sort of…
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VIDEO: Terrifying tiger scare sees motorcyclists narrowly escape… And we’re not talking about a new Triumph!
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By Adam Rear Shocking helmet cam footage shows the trouser-browning moment a Bengal tiger narrowly avoided pouncing on motorcyclists in India. An adrenaline fuelled video was posted showing the shocking scenes of a tiger charging after motorcyclists at full pelt. The video shows the hair-raising moment a tiger chased two Forest Department officials through the Nagarhole…
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SPY SHOTS: KTM’s 1290 Super Duke R caught TESTING ahead of 2020 release. Click HERE to check out our MEGA gallery of the new HYPER-NAKED.
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Here’s a first look at a production-ready prototype of KTM’s new 1290 Super Duke R, after it was caught on camera undergoing testing in the Alps. At first glance, it might not appear that much is changing for the 2020 model – but looking a little closer, it’s clear that KTM has made a handful…
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£10 billion needed over the next decade to fix pothole ‘scandal’
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By Adam Rear An investigation by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has found that councils need to spend a whopping £2,740,000 A DAY for the next 10 years to rid the UK of its sub-par road surfaces. According to council figures a pothole is fixed somewhere in the UK every 17 seconds. This is a…
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LOOK AGAIN: KTM’s 790 SMC caught out in road tests ahead of 2020 launch – it’s beefier! it’s quicker!
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We were the first to show you these images when we put them up a month ago, but it’s worth you seeing our gallery of spy shots once again – because this is going to be one of the bikes of next year to have a ride on. The KTM roadster is going up in…
