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First look: Erik Buell’s ‘new’ bike – the Black Lightning – gets revealed a few days before its launch
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First look: Erik Buell’s ‘new’ bike – the Black Lightning gets revealed a few days before its launch. When Erik Buell Racing (EBR) announced a couple of months ago that his company would be launching a new Black Lightning there was much wringing of hands and awaiting of something a bit ground breaking from the…
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Honda’s CB500F special is the sweetest bolt-on bitsa special we’ve seen yet. Cafe Racer goes modern in a cool way
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Honda’s CB500F special is the sweetest bolt-on bitsa special we’ve seen yet. Cafe Racer goes modern in a cool way. Honda had a couple of interesting specials (they’re not really specials, much more tweaked new models put out to gauge public reaction) – and the sweetest of them at the Indonesian show was this CB500F.…
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Honda’s GTR Adventure appears as official Honda special at motorcycle show… hmmm…
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Honda’s GTR Adventure appears as official Honda special at motorcycle show… hmmm… Whilst Eicma eyes were on the X-ADV adventure scooter (below) thing from Honda there has been something else happening in the ‘adventure scooter on stilts’ market elsewhere – and this bike also comes from Honda. It’s called the GTR Adventure. Originally first shown…
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Milan show: BMW G310 GS mini-adventure bike in detail VIDEO
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BMW has released a video giving everyone a proper look at the new G310 GS. The bike is the smallest in the GS family by some margin, but with 33bhp it’s the most powerful of the mini-adventure bikes launched at the Milan show this year. The engine is shared with the G310 R roadster, but…
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Milan show: Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 confirmed for production in 2017
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Husqvarna has just revealed its brand new Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401, as part of their ‘Real Street’ range. The two bikes sport modern café racer looks in light (Vitpilen) and dark (Svartpilen) guises. To complete the range there’s also a faired version, the Vitpilen 401 Aero. Designed to make motorcycling more accessible, stylish and…
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Milan show: Moto Guzzi V7 III celebrates 50 years of V7
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To celebrate the fifty year anniversary of the first model, Moto Guzzi has introduced the V7 III. The third generation of the Moto Guzzi has been completely revamped according to the manufacturer. V7 III is available in the three versions, Stone, Special and Racer (see below for details of each). Maximum power has been increased…
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Milan show: KTM unveils a new range of small-capacity Dukes
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KTM has just revealed the latest small-capacity Dukes in its 2017 range at the EICMA show in Milan. There are 125cc, 25cc and 390cc versions available, all looking sharper and and more edgy than the previous models. The chassis is pretty much the same in all the bikes, so it’s mainly the engine that separates the…
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Milan show: This is the future: KTM 790 Duke prototype
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KTM 790 DUKE PROTOTYPE KTM is planning to introduce a whole new bike to its Duke line-up: The 790 Duke. This is only a prototype bike, but it will most like be in production pretty soon, providing a natural stepping stone from the smaller bikes to the 1290 Super Duke R. This is what KTM…
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Milan show: New KTM 1290 Super Duke R revealed
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KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R ENGINE: 2-CYLINDER, 4-STROKE V 75° | DISPLACEMENT: 1,301CC | POWER: 177BHP @ 9,750 RPM | TRANSMISSION: 6 GEARS | FUEL CAPACITY: APPROX. 18 L | DRY WEIGHT: APPROX. 195 KG KTM calls it the King of Naked Bikes, and you can see why. The 1,301cc engine delivers a whopping 177bhp,…
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Milan show: BMW mini-adventurer G 310 GS officially revealed
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BMW’s much-anticipated small-capacity adventurer, the G 310 GS, has finally been officially unveiled at the EICMA show in Milan. The mini-adventurer is powered by a 313cc water-cooled, single-cylinder four-stroke engine, with four valves, two overhead camshafts and finger followers, and wet sump lubrication. The same engine is already in place in the G 310 R…
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