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Suzuki confirms price for new SV650 – £5,499 all-in
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Suzuki has confirmed pricing for the new SV650 and announced its inclusion on the Suzuki Finance PCP scheme, with the sporty, naked middleweight coming with an RRP of £5,499, and available for £95 per month. Unveiled at EICMA in November, the SV650 has 60 changes to its V-twin engine and 70 new chassis components, increasing…
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KTM 1290 Super Duke GT review
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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine’s editor – John Milbank – tests the new Austrian sports tourer. Mark this day as the rebirth of the sports tourer. Maybe even the turning point of the adventure bike’s dominance. The best adventure machines can take their passengers almost anywhere, and reward many riders who crave comfort, practicality and…
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1000cc Carberry Enfields to be made in India – super special going more mainstream
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1000cc Carberry Enfields to be made in India – super special going more mainstream The 1000cc Carberry Enfield Bullet special (essentially, two 500s bolted together) is going to go on sale to the general public. The plan is for Australian specials builder Paul Carberry to begin building the bikes in India. Carberry is backed by…
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Victory’s new 1200cc Octane revealed: most powerful production Victory bike ever
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Victory’s new 1200cc Octane revealed: most powerful production Victory bike ever. Here’s the details about Victory’s new bike – the Octane. It’s a 1200cc, liquid-cooled V-twin, making this Victory’s first-ever liquid-cooled engine with dual overhead cams and four-valve heads to rev beyond 8,000rpm and kick out 103bhp. That’s more horsepower than in any production Victory motorcycle ever built. Victory…
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Ducati Scrambler Sixty2 world launch review
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Price: £6,450 Engine: 399cc, air cooled V-twin, 2 valves per cylinder Power: 40.4bhp @ 8,750rpm Torque: 34.3Nm @ 7,750rpm Tested by: Mikko Nieminen Ducati hit gold when it introduced the 800cc Scrambler in 2014. For Ducati, the Scrambler range is a fun, easy and accessible entry point into an exclusive brand, better known for serious…
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Prescott Bike Festival to feature real life Wacky Racers
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Prescott Bike Festival will be held on Sunday 17th April 2016 at Prescott Hill Climb, near Cheltenham. It sounds just like a sort of thing we like here at MoreBikes: wacky bikes and competitions and a few biking celebrities throuwn in for good measure. And with the world’s fastest shopping trolley also making an appearance,…
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Pictures: Moto Guzzi enduro custom
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Moto Guzzi produces stylish bikes as standard, but this one-off custom bike caught our eye as something a bit special. It’s based on Moto Guzzi V50 and features the iconic V-twin engine, but most of the rest has been modified to turn this into a proper enduro bike. The results are pretty impressive. Here’s all…
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Victory Motorcycles reveals last 1200cc concept series bike
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This concept, called ‘Combustion’, is powered by the new production engine that made its debut last month at EICMA in Milan, and was built by Zach Ness of Arlen Ness Motorcycles in Dublin, California. It’s the unit that powered the Project 156 Pikes Peak project motorcycle seen earlier this year. “Our family has a long-standing…
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World launch review – Honda’s 2016 Africa Twin
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World launch review – Honda’s 2016 Africa Twin. Stepping back into the adventure bike sector, Honda’s reincarnated Africa Twin blends real-world competence with off-road pedigree. A little history It was just over a year ago that Honda unveiled its off-road capable True Adventure concept at the EICMA Show, in Milan. A motorcycle with a…
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Guzzi says it will launch the MGX-21 bagger 1400 for 2016
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It’s been a long time coming, but Moto Guzzi has said that it WILL be putting the MGX-21 Flying Fortress super cruiser into production. We saw the bike at last year’s EICMA show and back then it was just a prototype, but now the bike will add to the Guzzi range for 2017. Basically, the…
