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SCOOP: Updated livery for 2016 Royal Enfield range leaked before launch
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The updated livery for 2016 Royal Enfield bikes has been leaked before the official launch. This is according to sources in India where the bikes are produced, and we have the annotated images to show you exactly what’s new. For 2016 Royal Enfield will be updating the colours and graphics of the Classic, Electra and…
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s hot Ninja 250RR – another image appears overnight
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Another image of the coming Ninja 250 (also being called the Ninja25RR – which we much prefer as a name for this sort of thing) has surfaced overnight. It’s just a computer-generated image based on details coming out of Japan, and doesn’t show anything more than we already now – but in terms of…
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SCOOP: BMW greenlights fully-faired G310R mini-superbike for later this year (rumour)
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Many rumours are doing the rounds today that BMW has just greenlit a fully-faired, more racey version of its G310R single cylinder roadster. As you’d expect, there’s nothing official from BMW about this – and there’s not likely to be anything official until the bike is launched with a fairing (probably later this year). But…
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AMAZING new Honda ‘Live’ computer instructor system for beginners revealed in patent drawings
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AMAZING new Honda ‘Live’ computer instructor system for beginners revealed in patent drawings. Here’s Honda’s latest idea for making new riders smarter riders – a live computer ‘pillion’ rider that analyses each ride and then tells a rider how to do it again straight away, but better. In a patent filed by the…
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Jorge Lorenzo and Shark Helmets confirm partnership in MotoGP
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Spain’s triple MotoGP World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo, and Shark, the French helmet manufacturer, have announced the signature of a three-year partnership in MotoGP. Lorenzo will be wearing the Race-R PRO, SHARK’s flagship product, in all races. According to Shark, this model is acknowledged to be one of the safest on the market. It features unrivalled optical…
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Special Edition Triumph Street Triple Rx Black announced
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Triumph has launched a limited ‘black’ edition of its Street Triple Rx. Drawing inspiration from the Daytona 675R and unveiled at Motorcycle Live last month (NEC Birmingham, 28th November – 6th December), the Street Triple Rx Black will be available through Triumph dealerships from early January 2016. Here’s what the Hinckley firm says about the…
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Marc Maquez backflip video: NOT real, here’s how they did it!
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OK, we we’re pretty confused by this video of Marc Marquez doing a backflip on a motocross bike – and we reckon you’ll be a bit confused too if you’ve not seen it before. But this bit of Marquez mentall-ness on a crosser actually IS a fake. It’s not real. Boo. Marquez posted this…
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VIDEO: Alvaro Bautista on Aprilia RSV4
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Aprilia has just released a video of its RSV4 in action. In the video Aprilia’s GP rider Alvaro Bautista rides and talks about the bike and the thrill you get from more than 200bhp. The video has a tag line ‘designed for racers, built for riders’ which pretty much sums up this V4 beast. Here’s…
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Top tips for wet weather riding
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Nobody particularly enjoys riding in the rain, but most of us end up spending some time on wet roads. Here’s some advice from Mark Lewis , director of standards at the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) on how to make your riding experience in wet weather a safe and enjoyable experience. Always begin with pre-ride…
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2016 Kawasaki Ninja 250R mini-superbike pictures appear
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This is the next-generation, hot-to-trot Kawasaki Ninja 250 – a high-tech, high-spec version of the current soft-commuter/beginners bikes currently filling out the quarter-litre sector. The bike has been posted on Warungasep.net, and the side-on image shows the bike with some photo-shopping to clean up the bodywork. According to their source, the bike will either be…
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