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2017 model: Honda’s made a new A2 friendly Rebel 500. Here it is
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2017 model: Honda’s made a new A2 friendly Rebel 500. Here it is. It’s not the most earth-shattering news in the motorcycle world, but that doesn’t mean that Honda won’t sell a shedload of these bikes. This is the new 2017 Honda Rebel. It’s an A2 licence-friendly 471cc 500cc parallel-twin that can kick out…
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Ducati UK announces average 4.8 % price increase from the 1st January 2017 (so if you’re buying, get in at Motorcycle Live! from TOMORROW)
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Ducati UK announces average 4.8 % price increase from the 1st January 2017. Following the announcement of prices for the new 2017 models unveiled recently at EICMA, Ducati UK has just announced that a price increase on the remainder of the Ducati and Ducati Scrambler ranges is happening. That means that, as a rough…
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Motorcycle Live! Meet Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam at the Carole Nash stand TOMORROW!
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Motorcycle Live! Meet Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam at the Carole Nash stand TOMORROW! Newly crowned World Superbike Champion, Jonathan Rea (above), and British Superbike rider, Leon Haslam (Leon) will be representing one the UK’s favourite motorcycle insurance brokers, Carole Nash at stand 2C15 at this year’s much anticipated Motorcycle Live Show. Rea said:…
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WSB Aragon tests: Day two of testing sees quick times and race simulations aplenty
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WSB Aragon tests: Day two of testing sees quick times and race simulations aplenty. The sun shone on MotorLand Aragon as the WSB riders were eager to get out on track for Day 2 of 2017 testing yesterday. Former MotoGP rider Stefan Bradl (Honda WorldSBK Team, pictured above) was the first rider to exit pit…
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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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