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EICMA 2018: Here’s the new-for-2019 Ducati Multistrada 950 and 950S
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Ducati has just launched it’s new Multistrada 950 and, alongside the stock model, is the Italian firm’s first ever higher-tech ‘S’ version of the model (below). For 2019 the new Multistrada 950 comes with a 6-axis Bosch IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), Bosch Cornering ABS, Vehicle Hold Control (VHC) for easier uphill starts (especially when…
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EICMA 2018: Ducati unveils it’s new Hypermotard 950. Back to the hooligan ways
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We’ve been telling you about this bike for months now, even bringing you our spy snaps of the Hypermotard in action on road tests a couple of months ago – here’s one of those exclusive shots: Nice. And given that Ducati has just officially unveiled the new Hypermotard in all its glory at the EICMA…
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Honda’s secret designs for a 650 (possibly… Hornet-ish… ) exposed in new patent file.
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So this is a NEW set of patents from Honda for a new motorcycle that’s heading our way. There’s no mention of when we’ll see this bike, or exactly what capacity the motor it uses is – but here’s the drawings. Now, we might be adding up a bit too much here. But there’s a…
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INTERMOT: KTM unveils updates and new kit for the 2019 1290 Super Duke GT and Super Duke R
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KTM has just unveiled the changes to the range-topping 1290 Super Duke GT and Super Duke R. There’s very little changed with the R other than cosmetics and graphics whilst the GT does get some tweaks to make it easier to use. Here’s what KTM says it’s done to the bikes for 2019: KTM 1290…
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VIDEO: Suzuki releases new teaser for 2019 model (it’s the start of the Katana campaign)
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Here’s the first in the upcoming line of teaser videos for a major new model for Suzuki’s 2019 model line up. As you’d expect, the video isn’t giving a whole lot away about what this bike is – but we’ve heard from our people in Japan that this is the start of a campaign…
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Yamaha’s plan for airbags on scooters revealed
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We all know that you can’t fit airbags to sportbikes, largely because of the almost-prone riding position that the sporty motorcycles sit the rider in – an airbag can’t be sited under the chest of the rider for obvious reasons. So where can you fit an airbag in the modern motorcycling world? We’ve had one…
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Honda boss goes public on Hornet rumours: ‘We’ve got TWO new 650s coming! One will be funky, one will be mainstream.’
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How about this for all you Hornet fans out there? Great news coming to us in the shape of a top interview with Fabrice Recoque, director of the motorcycle division of Honda France (below). The interview was carried out at the recent Forza scooter launch by top French magazine Moto Revue and is a real…
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Say WHAT? Here’s Harley-Davidson’s NEW Pan America 1250 Adventure bike. Yep. It’s real.
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Talk about turning your motorcycle world upside-down! Harley-Davidson has just revealed it’s huge plans for the future with a raft of new motorcycles ranging from 500 to 1250cc – with this, the firm’s new Pan American Adventure bike dropping jaws around the globe. The Pan America is powered by a new water-cooled motor which is…
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KTM has officially REVEALED it’s 2019 790 Adventure R motorcycle! It’s AWESOME. It’s HERE!
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So enough with the spy shots of the 790 Adventure bike from KTM, here’s the official unveiling of one of the hottest bikes of next year. The Austrian factory of fun unveiled the motorcycle at its European Adventure Rally last weekend. And here’s photos of the bike being finally shown in action. The all-new parallel-twin powered…
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GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.
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And it’s a throwback to the early 1980s! These designs from Honda that show a new bike on the way which bears more than a bit of styling DNA with the original Adventure motorcycle, the 1980 BMW R80GS (pictured below). Although the bike is very similar to the firm’s Bulldog 400cc concept it showed in…
