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Video: Motorcycle Live! A 2017 thing to see: Honda’s new Fireblades!
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With 192bhp on tap and a host of new electronics the new Fireblades from Honda are definitely worth a stop-off as you go around Motorcycle Live! next week. Honda has built a great display showing the history of the iconic superbike which takes you from the humble 1992 beginnings right up to the newly-released Fireblade…
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Video: Motorcycle Live! A 2017 thing to see: BMW’s R nineT Pure, Racer and Urban G/S
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If you like the retro feel and want the BMW ease-of-use-tech-touch then check out these three absolute stunners at the NEC next week. If you fancy a bit of old-school roadster then there’s the 2017 Pure option, for café racers it’s the… err… Racer take and for the even more retro Adventure bike fan there’s…
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Video: Motorcycle Live! A 2017 thing to see: Husqvarna’s Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401s!
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Taking the prize for some of the whackiest-looking motorcycles you’ll get close to at the show, the Svartpilen and Vitpilen from Husqvarna are pretty much a must-check-out at the NEC. Built around the firm’s 375cc, 44bhp single-cylinder, twin overhead camshaft motor the funky roadsters get Bosch 2-channel ABS, WP suspension and a slipper clutch as…
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Video: Mannequin challenge has made its way to bikes. Best one yet is this motocross mannequin video
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So the Mannequin craze that’s cropping up everywhere has found its way to our two-wheeled world and whilst we would usually not bother with this sort of thing, this video has made us smile. Just a bunch of kids doing the set-still thing whilst out at the track. Good work, dirt monkeys!
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Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor
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Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor. Check this out – a full-on naked hyperbike that’s been created with a 3d-printed chassis. Called The Dagger the bike looks awesome and as the main bits are wrapped around a supercharged Kawasaki H2R motor (yep) it’s going…
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MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet
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MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet. Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – above) is settling into his new home well – fastest on day one at the Valencia test and then repeating the feat on day two for an amazing debut. A 1:29.975 in the afternoon saw…
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Video: What a grade A dickhead. Watch right to the end to see why he’s the biggest moron of the day.
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Video: What a grade A dickhead. Watch right to the end to see why he’s the biggest moron of the day. No need to say anything about this video other than: If you’re going to do this then you can’t complain. Watch right to the end to see the final bit of pay-off for this…
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MotoGP: UPDATE – Alex Rins diagnosed with damage to vertebrae after crash, will miss a month
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MotoGP: UPDATE – Alex Rins diagnosed with damage to vertebrae after crash, will miss a month Earlier today we brought you news that Suzuki MotoGP rider has crashed out on his fifth lap of the second day of testing in Valenica. The Spaniard was taken to hospital after being assessed in the circuit’s medical centre…
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Motorcycle Live! NINE ways you can ride at the show this year – and each one is FREE!
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Motorcycle Live 2016 is all about the bikes – not just seeing the shiny new models on display, but actually climbing on board and riding a bike in one of nine FREE live features, every one of which is included in the ticket price. The world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers will be making a range of…
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Revealed: Yamaha’s first full patent drawings for its production all-electric off-roader (just appeared)
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Revealed: Yamaha’s first full patent drawings for its production all-electric off-roader (just appeared). These designs for a fully electric motocross-styled bike have just appeared at various registry offices around the world and they show that Yamaha has worked out exactly how its long-standing off-road electric ambition is to be realised. There’s not much detail…
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