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  • New Arais go on sale in Japan (Crutchlow gets a RX-7X replica in the 2017 range)

    New Arais go on sale in Japan (Crutchlow gets a RX-7X replica in the 2017 range)

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    Three new models have appeared in the Arai range in Japan – no news about when they’ll arrive in Blighty, but here’s the first look at what’s happened in the land of the rising sun. The three models are a Cal Crutchlow replica RX-7X: Then there’s the Aegerter Quantum-J:   And adding into the mix…

  • Batpod sells at auction for £312,000! Holy custom 750!

    Batpod sells at auction for £312,000! Holy custom 750!

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    Batman’s Bat Pod, the super hero motorcycle that made it’s debut in The Dark Knight has been sold for a staggering £312,000! The huge amount of cash was the winning bid for the iconic bike at film and TV memorabilia auction yesterday in London and Los Angeles. The bike, part designed and fully ridden in…

  • BMW launches FIRST airbag textile jacket packed with Alpinestars MotoGP tech!

    BMW launches FIRST airbag textile jacket packed with Alpinestars MotoGP tech!

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    BMW Motorrad is launching the BMW Motorrad Street Air by Alpinestars, an advanced airbag system built into a jacket similar to the tech used by MotoGP stars. Adopted from the current Alpinestars Tech-Air street airbag system – a set-up needing no motorbike-mounted sensors – the kit uses a sophisticated algorithm that detects imminent danger and…

  • Video: Scooter rider comes off worse after row with Ford Fiesta

    Video: Scooter rider comes off worse after row with Ford Fiesta

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    Check out this video of a white Ford Fiesta that appears to deliberately knock a scooter rider off their bike. The footage was captured by the son of Katie Levett-Allen who posted the shocking footage on her Facebook page. The coming together was caught on camera on the A23 in Coulsden, Surrey. Levett-Allen said: “They had…

  • Video: 2017 Yamaha Tracer 900 – new colours and graphics on film

    Video: 2017 Yamaha Tracer 900 – new colours and graphics on film

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    So we know the score – if you, like us, really like the Tracer 900 from Yamaha and fancy getting some of the accomplished sport tourer funtime cracker then this video will warm your soul. Essentially, it’s just running the bikes in their new colours for 2017. But it’s worth a watch.

  • World Supersport 300 championship announced – and it’s not limited to 300cc machines. So that’s clear, then…

    World Supersport 300 championship announced – and it’s not limited to 300cc machines. So that’s clear, then…

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    In a bid to attract the lost fans of WSB, organisers of the dwindling championship have announced that a Supersport 300 World Championship is being added to the series for next year. It’s going to be a proddie-based class that will allow riders to compete on Honda CBR500R (so, not a 300), a Kawasaki Ninja…

  • 2017 Sport Heritage range gets cosmetic tweaks and colours for next year

    2017 Sport Heritage range gets cosmetic tweaks and colours for next year

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    Yamaha’s XV950R, XSR900 and XSR700 get a new colour for each 2017 model range – the XV950R gets a Tech Graphite grey, the XSR900 gets a Tech Black option and the XSR700 also gets the Tech Black. The previous colours remain with the XSR700 also getting a newly-black radiator finish on the Forrest Green and…

  • Super Tenere goes all black and Yamaha blue for next year

    Super Tenere goes all black and Yamaha blue for next year

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    It’s two new colours for Yamaha’s XT1200Z/ZE Super Tenere bikes come 2017 and those are the new Yamaha Blue and Tech Black ranges. Here’s how the bikes are going to look come the new year:

  • Yamaha’s 2017 MT-125 gets all-blue for the new year (and black too)

    Yamaha’s 2017 MT-125 gets all-blue for the new year (and black too)

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    For 2017 the Yamaha MT-125 is staying virtually the same but does come in for two new colours along with the Night Fluo that was so popular for this year. The tiny MT gets a new Tech Black and Yamaha Blues colour set for next year. Here’s how it’s going to look in the new…

  • 2017 Yamaha MT-07 goes white, blue and funky grey for 2017. Pictures here

    2017 Yamaha MT-07 goes white, blue and funky grey for 2017. Pictures here

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    In the Hyper Naked class for 2017, Yamaha’s ever-popular MT-07 is getting THREE new colours which will run alongside the continuing Night Fluo scheme. The news colours are: Tech Black, Yamaha Blue and Compeition White. Along with the updated Night Fluo scheme, here they are:  


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