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So you take a Yamaha FZ16 and build this…
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No, we don’t know why you’d do this sort of thing either – but it’s been done. For stylistic reasons apparently… Anyway, what we’re looking at here is a Yamaha FZ16 that’s been turned over by Pune-based Indi Custom Garage in India. The bike has been overseen by Arghadeep Sarma and started out as one…
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SCOOP video: Suzuki SV650 Rally Concept walkaround film
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Check out this video walkaround of the Suzuki SV650 Rally Concept. Basically this is little more than a bolt-on bitsa from Suzuki which was shown at the Osaka motorcycle show at the weekend. Under the additional bodywork bits, new seat and odd-looking backside is a piggyback Yoshimura exhaust (nice) and the new SV650 from the…
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Honda’s hybrid-powered scooter plans for 2017 appear
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Honda’s hybrid-powered scooter plans for 2017 appear. This is Honda’s latest design for its upcoming hybrid-engined scooter. The patent drawings have just been published for a super-mpg scooter that’s going to be part of the 2017 line-up. Details on the bike are pretty scarce but what we can see is a motor that’s part…
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SCOOP Video: Samsung debuts first ‘Smart Windshield’ on Yamaha scooter
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SCOOP Video: Samsung debuts first ‘Smart Windshield’ on Yamaha scooter! There’s no mention yet of when you can buy this sort of thing – but Samsung has revealed a live, smart-phone enabled heads-up windshield for motorcycling, and the set-up has been shown on a Yamaha Tricity scooter in Milan. We’ve got the first look at…
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SCOOP Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!)
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Video: Osaka Show Hondas walkaround (check out the CB Type II concept!) Here’s a walkaround video of the Hondas at the Osaka Motorcycle show 2016. The show happened at the weekend and really there wasn’t much there other than a dressed up Africa Twin, the City Adventure high-legged suspension, the CRF250 prototype (again…) and the…
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Kawasaki announces date for Silverstone K-World Live 2016
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Kawasaki’s annual live event is back with a new name – K-World Live 2016 will take place at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire on Saturday 18 June and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. The event is completely FREE and open to all two-wheeled fans, Kawasaki owners or otherwise. Those who pre-register their…
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MotoGP Qatar – press reaction
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So by now you’ve seen that Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP opening round with Yamaha at Qatar, Andrea Dovizioso on the Ducati was second and Honda’s Marc Marquez was third (we’ve put the results at the bottom of this article if you’re interested in times and the full finishing order) – but there’s some interesting…
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SCOOP: Honda’s ‘Super Blade’ revealed! OFFICIAL drawings from Honda!
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SCOOP: Honda’s ‘Super Blade’ revealed! OFFICIAL drawings from Honda! Here’s the secret Honda drawing for the V4 ‘SuperBlade’ that we’ve been telling you was on the way for nearly ten months now. This patent from Honda has just landed on our desk and it tallies with reports we started bringing you back at the start…
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VIDEO: Guy Martin’s Wall of Death TV programme trailer
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We told you months ago about Guy Martin doing his Wall of Death programme live on Channel Four and here’s the trailer from the TV station for it. The show is going out on Channel four on Monday, March 28 at 7.15pm. Guy has been getting in some training under the watchful eyes of Ken…
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Video: Intelligent Cranium helmet run through… is this the ultimate helmet near-future?
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Intelligent Cranium Helmets is an American company that’s developing a prototype helmet for what looks like being the daddy of this sort of thing. With more functionality than any other smart helmet seen so far, the iC-R features twin full-color heads-up displays, twin rear-facing cameras, a LiDAR rear collision alert system that warns you when a…
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