Electric Bikes
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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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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer
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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer. Check out this really quite lovely bit of film which is a teaser for a film called Electric Powered Odyssey. The idea is that rider Thomas Tomczyk (pictured) is riding an electric bike from Philadelphia in America to Patagonia in Argentina – a distance of 12,000 miles. He’s documenting the…
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VIDEO: World’s first electric KTM backflip caught on film
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Here’s the world’s first backflip on an electric bike. The jump was performed by Frenchman Julien Dupont on an electric KTM Freeride last month and Dupont made the video public last week. The film was made by street-sports film-maker Fabien Didelot and is safe to watch at work, the music’s a bit Tron-ish but take…
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Energica Eva bike launched at the Milan motorcycle show
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This is the Energica Eva, a 95bhp PMAC motored electric streetfighter that’s being show at the Milan show. Essentially, this is the same bike as we first saw last year as a prototype, but this year’s version is different in that whilst 95bhp is nothing to be sniffed at – it is considerably lower than…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Suzuki bikes from GSX concept to powered bicycle
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Suzuki bikes from GSX concept to powered bicycle Suzuki is showcasing an impressive selection of concept and production motorcycles at the Tokyo Motor Show. Suzuki will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020 and the theme for it’s booth at the show is “Suzuki next 100”. We’re not convinced that the…
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Honda concepts unveiled
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Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Honda concepts unveiled Honda has announced some interesting concept models at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015, under the slogan ‘The Power of Dreams’. Honda says that at the show it will exhibit a broad range of items including innovative mobility products that are useful in people’s daily lives as well…
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Yamaha’s weird and wonderful at the Tokyo Motor Show revealed
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Other news from the world of Yamaha in the run-up to the 44th Tokyo Motor Show. And there’s very little in the way of surprises – unless you count wood panels on a bike something of a surprise, that is. The single cylinder, 125cc Resonator125 (above) is a funky little concept bike that apes the…
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Tokyo Motor Show: more LOLcats weirdness from Yamaha
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Tokyo Motor Show: more LOLcats weirdness from Yamaha. A couple of weeks ago we were the first to share the (frankly bizarre) LOLcats teaser pictures that Yamaha’s marketing people released, hinting at new bikes to be displayed at the Tokyo show at the end of the month. Now the Yamaha LOLcats are at it again,…
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2016 Zero Motorcycles range revealed
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2016 Zero Motorcycles range revealed. Electric bike manufacturer Zero Motorcycles has released details of the new 2016 models in the US, including a 67bhp dual-sport machine. There are two new models and technical updates across the line. All new bikes feature internal 120-volt chargers, Showa suspension, J-Juan brakes, Pirelli tyres and Bosch ABS. New this…
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Pictures of Hyundai’s futuristic concepts
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Pictures of Hyundai’s futuristic concepts. Hyundai has unveiled a series of new concepts for single-person vehicles that can navigate heavily congested cities. They look… well, pretty bizarre to be honest! Our favourite is the egg-shaped yellow machine (picture above) that comes with a matching helmet-type thing. If this is the future, then at least it’s…
