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BMW files patent for electric front wheel drive on motorcycles. Ripe for the next big Adventures from the German factory?
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The drawings show an all-in-one unit mounted around a front wheel hub that is used to drive the front wheel when needed in particularly gnarly off-road conditions or up steep inclines. There’s only a couple of drawings of the mechanism but in the patent’s description BMW clearly stated that the electric drive can…
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It’s OFFICIAL! Ducati CONFIRMS the V4 Multistrada is coming for 2021.
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While celebrating the Ducati Multistrada’s sixteenth birthday and announcing that it’s built 100,000 units of the bike in its various guises, the Italian factory’s dropped some big news – confirming that the widely rumoured Multistrada V4 is happening. And we’ll get to see it for 2021. To celebrate the massive milestone, Claudio Domenicali himself was…
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Oh wow! German magazine Motorrad has come up with THIS awesome GS 800 X motorcycle illustration. Want this bike to happen?
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It’s a bit of a silly-season in the new bike world at the moment and with all the spy shots and teaser videos leaking out, it’s easy to miss a big future bike – but Motorrad in Germany have set their sites on this beauty – the GS 800 X. It’s an uprated version of…
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BMW files PATENT for a new flexible TANK. HYBRID motorcycle on the way?
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Patents have been filed by BMW for a new flexible fuel tank, which all but confirm that there’s a hybrid motorcycle on the way from the German giant. Of course, this isn’t the first we’ve heard about the Bavarian factories forays into the hybrid world. Remember Wunderlich’s BMW R 1200 GS which was powered by…
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VIDEO: Here’s the self-balancing bike that stays upright, parks itself and comes back to you when you say it’s name.
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Liger Mobility from India may be a small start-up company that you’ve probably not head of, but it’s produced something on par with the latest thinking from Honda and Yamaha. The firm’s gyroscopic system keeps a (so far) electric scooter upright with the set-up sending self-correcting pulses along the chassis to stop the bike falling…
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Tyga’s endurance RACER for the road. YOU could do this to your Honda VFR400.
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The Tyga team has got to work revamping a Honda VFR400, creating a super cool custom endurance racer for the road. Inspired by Ukawa and Ito’s Suzaka 8 Hour winning Honda RVF750 from 1997, Tyga has created its own version of the Horipro-painted bike. But instead of using an RC45 as a base, the Thai…
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SPORT BIKE TO SPORT TOURER: Honda’s PATENT which lets you change your RIDING POSITION.
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Honda has filed a patent for a clever piece of technology which will allow you to change your CBR1000RR from out and out sport bike to a tourer. Have you ever tried touring on a sport bike? While it’s not impossible – it’s hardly the most comfortable way to cover some serious miles. Presumably, that’s…
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2019 in review: Top stories of the year
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As the year winds down, it’s time to reflect on a year of new releases and exclusive snap shots on of new and upcoming motorcycles. Here’s the stories of 2019 that you have read the most.
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VIDEO: Could Kawasaki be hinting that there’s a new GPZ900R for 2020?
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Kawasaki’s just released a video which shows the journey of its GPZ900R over the years. Could it be the first hint that we’re going to see a new version for 2020? Rumours have been swirling for a while now about the possibility of Kawasaki releasing a new version of its iconic GPZ900R – and the…
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Gas Gas to start building ROAD bikes as part of partnership with KTM. And there are THREE on the way for 2020.
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Leaked documents from a KTM management meeting have revealed that there will be three new road bikes in the Gas Gas range for 2020. Based around bikes from KTM’s current range, the presentation slide indicates we’ll see a 250cc and 800cc naked, as well as an 800cc adventure bike. Pretty cool. It’s more than likely…
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