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Oi, Ducati! Wanna race? Here’s Harley-Davidson’s brutal looking NEW Streetfighter 975
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Planned to launch at the beginning of 2020, this is Harley’s meaty new Streetfighter 975 – powered by the same modular, water-cooled V-twin motor that’s at the heart of the newly-announced Pan America 1250, the bike is light on details from the firm right now, but big on looks. “The bold actions we are…
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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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Photosensitive visor from Shetters. CHANGES COLOUR dependant on weather.
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Shetters has created a photosensitive screen with a built-in microchip that’s able to darken and lighten in tenths of a second. Admittedly, these kind of photochromic visors have been kicking about for a few years now – but, previously, the technology hasn’t quite been up to scratch. The main problem was the time it took…
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EWC: Yamaha Factory Racing Team claims fourth win at Suzuka – F.C.C. TSR Honda France, the first Japanese team World champion
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Yamaha Factory Racing Team has claimed its fourth consecutive Suzuka 8 Hours win despite stiff competition from Red Bull Honda with Japan Post and Kawasaki Team Green. Another Japanese squad also stepped into the limelight: F.C.C. TSR Honda France, the first Japanese team in the championship’s history to win the FIM EWC title. The 41st…
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EWC: A Kawasaki Team Green–Yamaha Factory duel in the lead
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After a start in the rain dominated by Red Bull Honda with Japan Post, Kawasaki Team Green and Yamaha Factory Racing Team are putting on quite a show in the lead at the Suzuka 8 Hours. After a very disturbed night caused by the passage of a typhoon, it started raining again just as the…
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EWC: Kawasaki Team Green on pole at Suzuka
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Kawasaki Team Green has claimed pole position for the Suzuka 8 Hours following a qualifying session in lieu of the Top 10 Trial, which had to be cancelled due to rain showers this morning. Red Bull Honda with Japan Post moved up to 2nd place on the grid, ahead of Yamaha Factory Racing Team. Rain…
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EWC: Kawasaki Team Green pulls off double coup at the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance
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Kawasaki Team Green has picked up provisional pole at the Suzuka 8 Hours and Jonathan Rea has set a new Endurance lap record with a 2:05.168. Kawasaki Team Green rider Jonathan Rea has smashed the lap record in qualifying set by Pol Espargaró (a 2:06.000) in the 2015 Top 10 Trial. The FIM Superbike triple…
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Want to ride a Yamaha NIKEN? Then get to Matlock tomorrow and Sunday for a go on the three-wheeler
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We reckon you’ll have to move fast to book your place on this because the spaces available for a go on the MT-09-powered funkster aren’t going to hang around for long. The NIKEN Tour truck carries a large fleet of NIKEN bikes and customers will be taken for a test ride lasting almost one hour…
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Spy Shots: KTM’s front and rear radar bikes caught during tests
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Here’s this week’s spy shots of the next generation big KTM 1290 Adventure just after a batch of secret tests using the Austrian firm’s front and rear radar systems. KTM announced in April that is would have working radar systems looking after vehicular distance and early-warning electronic programmes on its bikes by 2020, and based…
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Team Classic Suzuki shows this one-off GSX-R1000R in super cool colours
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Team Classic Suzuki has applied its eye-catching and standout retro livery to the latest in Suzuki superbikes, creating a replica GSX-R1000R. It’s a one-off at the moment – but if Suzuki gets enough feedback from interested parties… well, we’ve been told that it wouldn’t be out of the realms of possibility that something like this…
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