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Matchless announces plan to fund TWO superbikes. By raising £5m through bonds. Yep.
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Matchless announces plan to fund TWO superbikes. By raising £5m through bonds. The man behind Matchless Motorcycles has announced a plan to raise £5 million to help revive the classic business. Matchless, one of the UK’s oldest motorcycle makers is planning on raising a mini-bond system which will be sold to small investors through the…
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Baby V-Strom and Versys 250cc Adventure bikes image appears in Japan
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How about this for a Japanese inside-the-factory scoop then? This is a news story that’s appeared on the the cover of the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Autoby. In the story the Autoby journos talk about the upcoming Kawasaki Versys 250 Adventure-style upright that we told you about in January this year but alongside…
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Feature: Dunlop’s plan to crack the 133mph Isle of Man TT lap
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More records and wins targeted on the iconic Mountain Course. Of the 18 single rider current lap records and race records, Dunlop tyres has powered all 18 men and women into the record books, including all six fastest sector times held by Michael Dunlop, Steve Plater and Michael Rutter. Last year John McGuinness claimed his…
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Video: How the BMW Intelligent Emergency Call works on motorcycles
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Here’s a video from BMW explaining in detail the Intelligent Emergency Call system that we reported on a little while ago. BMW originally designed for cars but have now introduced for motorcycles too. In simple terms, if you crash, it auto-calls for help, or you can manually activate the emergency call. Here’s the video from BMW:…
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New Moto Morini Granpasso R launched
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Moto Morini has revealed the new R version of its big trail bike, the Granpasso. The new bike shares the 17” wheel size with the standard model, but the R has cast wheels instead of spoked ones. The seat is also 32 mm lower to make the machine more accessible. The Granpasso R is priced…
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Video: Suter’s MMX580 warming up at the Isle of Man
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Check out this video of the Suter MMX 580 on the Isle of Man over the weekend. The bike is the brainchild of two-stroke brain Eskil Suter and is contesting the big bike races at this year’s event on The Island. The awesome 193mpg, 197bhp stroker is being ridden by Ian Lougher, one of the…
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Video: Long term test: Mikko, the Africa Twin and fitting the Adventure Kit, part 1
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The CRF1000L Africa Twin has made a comeback this year, and done it with a bang: sales are looking good and reviews of the bike aren’t bad either. We’ve got one of the big adventure bikes in our long term test fleet, and will be posting regular videos to show what we’re doing with the on-road/off-road…
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Sofuoglu Re-signs With Kawasaki For 2017
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The four-time FIM Supersport World Champion has signed for Kawasaki for next year. That means that the Turkish star is staying on the green bikes for another season. Sofuoglu currently leads the WSS world championship and has so far dominated the 600s at Donington. During the first practice session on the British track Sofuoglu was…
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Video: KTM1290 Super Duke R vs stunt plane
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This is a pretty awesome video showing the making of a feature for KTM’s Unbound Magazine. In it, British rider Luke Brackenbury takes on a Zivko Edge 540 stunt plane for a series of absolutely gorgeous shots taken by our mate, Chippy Wood. It’s a blinding bit of video that we really enjoyed. So we…
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Video: Harley-Davidson’s new XG750R flat tracker in action!
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We’ve already told you about the XG750R, the new flat track racer from Harley – and here’s an awesome video of the bike in action. It was posted up by the awesome Cycle World magazine in the States and it’s got us all week-at-the-knees for a go on this bike. What do you reckon? Should…
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