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  • Switch Motorcycles eScrambler concept. Coming for 2022.

    Switch Motorcycles eScrambler concept. Coming for 2022.

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    Switch Motorcycles has just unveiled its first electric bike; the eSCRAMBLER. And if all goes to plan, it’ll be available to buy in 2022. Built by the bloke behind bike builders Shanghai Customs, the Switch eSCRAMBLER could be the best looking retro-styled electric bike we’ve seen yet. It’s been designed by former Yamaha designer and…

  • Is Harley-Davidson working on a sportbike? Could it look like THIS?

    Is Harley-Davidson working on a sportbike? Could it look like THIS?

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    Harley-Davidson’s been mixing things up of late. Later this year it’ll release its new adventure and streetfighter machines for public consumption – and rumours are swirling that there’s a sportbike on the way too. Could it look like this? H-D’s been in a bit of a slump recently. It’s not selling their same old bikes…

  • VIDEO: Always cover your clutch. Little b***** causes crash – and it’s hilarious. Watch this!

    VIDEO: Always cover your clutch. Little b***** causes crash – and it’s hilarious. Watch this!

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    Even if you’re sat still in the street, you’ve got to stay vigilant when you’re on two wheels. Here’s the reason why. It’s a video from the lads at Dutch site olipeil – and it’s made us laugh out loud, so we thought you’d enjoy it too. https://www.facebook.com/Oliepeil/videos/949263238794057/ It shows a bloke revving a little…

  • Hero MotoCorp boss says yes to possible partnership with Harley-Davidson

    Hero MotoCorp boss says yes to possible partnership with Harley-Davidson

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    This could be some significant news in the future of Harley-Davidson and publicly at least one of the big bosses involved says he’s up for it. Indian company Hero MotoCorp is being widely rumoured to be joining up with the iconic American brand for a range of small and mid-capacity motorcycles. Speaking to the Times…

  • Sparks fly! Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle go to war. Sort of.

    Sparks fly! Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle go to war. Sort of.

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    Harley-Davidson has (unofficially) bitten back at Indian Motorcycle – following the resurgent brand’s recent marketing campaign, which pits its new Challenger against H-D’s Road Glide. To show off the Challenger’s 122hp V-twin engine, Indian’s filmed it going up against Harley-Davidson’s Road Glide in a drag race and a taco truck tow-off. And it’s even offering…

  • Flying Flea and Roadster – two new model names registered by Royal Enfield

    Flying Flea and Roadster – two new model names registered by Royal Enfield

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    It looks like there’s two more new bikes coming from Royal Enfield which has registered two names with the European Union Intellectual Property Office: Flying Flea and Roadster. ‘Flying Flea’ isn’t a new name for Enfield though, the original flea was a 125cc bike made from the early 1930s to the 1960s. During the second…

  • And here’s the official photos of the Zero SR/S

    And here’s the official photos of the Zero SR/S

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    When we brought you the scaled up screenshots of the Zero SR/S short-lived teaser video earlier this week, we said that the tech for the newly-dressed bike was likely to be the same as on the SR/F naked version that had been on sale for some time. And that’s turned out to be the case…

  • VIDEO: So you’ve got a load of cardboard and too much time on your hands…

    VIDEO: So you’ve got a load of cardboard and too much time on your hands…

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    In the cold light of day, there’s not a lot you can say about this lovely thing that’s happened other than: three lads in Vietnam got a ratty 125cc engine, bodged a frame and a car-tyred back wheel then dressed their creation in cardboard so that it looks like a BMW S1000RR superbike. Watch the…

  • This is Indian Motorcycle’s Appaloosa V2.0 a straight-line ice-racer that’s right out of Mad Max

    This is Indian Motorcycle’s Appaloosa V2.0 a straight-line ice-racer that’s right out of Mad Max

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    Indian Motorcycle and Workhorse Speed Shop have announced the comeback of Appaloosa at the 2020 Baikal Mile, an extreme test of rider and machine on the ice surface of Lake Baikal, Siberia. Appaloosa v2.0 will make its 2020 racing debut in Russia from February 25 to March 1. The Baikal Mile first took place in…

  • VIDEO: Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss take to a Ducati Scrambler motorcycle for Matrix 4

    VIDEO: Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss take to a Ducati Scrambler motorcycle for Matrix 4

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    It’s a brief bit of filming from the side of the road, but it does confirm that the Matrix 4 is featuring Ducatis. In the footage Reeves is harnessed to an overhead rig whilst Moss fakes riding the bike, the whole set-up is locked into a Process Trailer which lets the film crew do it’s…


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