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10% more range and six times faster charging for Zero Motorcycles’ 2018 range
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Additional upgrades for the 2018 model line-up include improved performance, updated colours and over-the-air firmware updates Zero has boosted its Z-Force battery’s energy capacity by more than 10%. For 2018, Zero introduces three new batteries and the firm claims that the ZF14.4, ZF7.2 and ZF3.6 batteries offer more range and better performance than any two wheel electric vehicle…
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Ducati unveils its updated Monster 821 for 2018
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The Monster 821 features many touches from the Monster 1200 including a completely redesigned tank and tail end which Ducati says is inspired by the 1992 machine. A new silencer and headlight are also part of the new design. For a clear, immediately readable view of all necessary information, on the mid-size Monster a…
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Take your Harley and quad it
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So you’ve had a Harley-Davidson for a while now… getting a bit bored of it, not entirely sure what to do with the bike. You’d fit a bit of aftermarket kit if it was pretty straightforward and made the bike look different – so what do you do? How about turning you Harley into…
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Genuine Honda Grand Prix two-stroke 500 sells for £32,200 at the Stafford Show
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Now that’s what you call a motorcycle and it was bought at the Bonhams’ auction during the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Stafford Show at the weekend for a snip over £30k. The 1990 machine came complete with a factory Honda motor and hand-built aluminium chassis. And that sales price isn’t what you’d call pricey (if…
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Actor Gerard Butler in motorcycle smash
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News is coming in the Scottish actor Gerard Butler has been rushed to hospital after being run off the road by a car in Los Angeles. The star of the film 300 and Law Abiding Citizen movies has reportedly suffered ‘serious’ injuries and has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The 46-year-old has…
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Meet Yamaha’s MOTOROiD concept. Funky stuff.
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WE’re rapidly heading towards this year’s Tokyo Motor Show and, as such, there’s a lovely glut of the weird and the wonderful starting to appear – and the Yamaha MOTOROiD concept looks absolutely top of the future-ideas. It’s one of those concept bikes that we’d like to have a ride on tomorrow, if we could. According…
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Video: Triumph Tiger Explorer takes to the sand
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Triumph has taken its Tiger Explorer to one of the UK’s most challenging sand-based MX tracks, showing the capability of its go-anywhere adventure motorcycle. Martin Craven, a former British Trials champion and finisher at the notorious Erzberg Rodeo, put the Tiger Explorer through its paces at FatCat Motoparc MX track in Doncaster. Powered by…
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Interesting (lo-res) shot of 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS appears
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This really caught our collective eyes – it’s a somewhat blurry image (yeah) but it’s still right on the money for what promises to be an important motorcycle of next year. The excellent Aspahaltandrubber website has posted this – much better – look at the upcoming Z900RS from Kawasaki. The image looks pretty much…
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More pics of the 2018 Gold Wing
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The chaps at both Oliepiel and MaxxMoto have been grabbling a host of lo-res images of the upcoming Gold Wing from Honda (the one expected to be launched at EICMA in Milan early next month). It gives us a much better idea of how the bike is going to be in both usual, big-boy Wing…
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WSB: Camier switches to Honda for 2018
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Leon Camier has signed to switch to the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team for 2018, taking on the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship with the Dutch-based squad after three full seasons with MV Agusta. Currently sitting in eighth place in the world championship standings, the former BSB Champ has seen his season begin to improve…
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