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Revealed: SWM’s 600cc trick-looking Adventure bike for 2016
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Revealed: SWM’s 600cc trick-looking Adventure bike for 2016. This is the new SWM Superdual, a pretty awesome-looking 600cc adventure bike from the Chinese/Italian manufacturer. Effectively, this bike is a 2012 Husqvarna TE630 with some new clothes and serious-looking luggage. At the heart of the bike is the same 600cc DOHC single which makes around 50bhp.…
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Ducati VR46: British designer drafts the ultimate superbike for 2018
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Ducati is as famous for its style as it is for its engineering, but the Ducati VR46 (Valentino Rossi special edition) concept designed by young British automotive designer Steven Galpin adds to the Italian brand’s looks in an elegant way. We’re seriously impressed! The bike is designed as close to the GP version as possible…
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Inside Line: Yamaha to issue recall affecting gearbox issues
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Inside Line: Yamaha to issue recall affecting gearbox issues. We’re hearing talk that a recall on the 2015 Yamaha R1 and R1-M is going to made soon. The issue that’s been found to effect the superbikes is to to do with the gearbox. The recall is going to surround the second-gear wheel and pinions…
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Triumph launches Fast Track priority order scheme at Motorcycle Live
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Triumph launches Fast Track priority order scheme at Motorcycle Live. Since launching its 2016 Bonneville range in London last month, interest for Triumph’s five new classic models has continued to soar. The range includes the Street Twin, T120 and T120 Black and the reborn café racers – the Thruxton and Thruxton R. To give…
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Johnny Depp: I want to make a film about Mick Doohan!
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Johnny Depp: I want to make a film about Mick Doohan! Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has said that he wants to make a full-on documentary about motorcycle racing legend Mick Doohan. The five-times 500cc GP world champion let the actor and his wife stay at Doohan’s mansion on the Australian Gold Coast whilst Depp…
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Husqvarna confirms 125cc version of the awesome Vitpilen cafe racer WILL appear in 2017
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Husqvarna has confirmed that it is building a small capacity roadster. The comments from the factory underline that a 125cc modern-cafe racer is going to be added to the upcoming range which will be on sale in Spring 2017. Looking very similar to the awesome Vitpilen 401 (Vit = white, pilen = arrow) which…
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Hyosung 450 appears. Funky. 50bhp, lots of torque, single-cylinder and cheap (hopefully)
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This is the Hyosung GD450 – a new naked roadster from the Korean bike maker that’s going to be available for 2016. Powered by a liquid-cooled single-cylinder, DOHC 449cc motor, the bike kicks out 50bhp @ 7,500rpm and 47.7Nm of torque @ 7,000rpm. It gets a six-speed gearbox, a 96mm bore and a compression ratio…
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Kawasaki’s 150cc mini Street Scrambler project sketched out for 2017
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Kawasaki’s 150cc mini Street Scrambler project sketched out for 2017. It seems as though there was a bit of ‘loose-lips’ going on at the EICMA event at the Milan Show, and they’ve been speaking about what’s coming in 2017. Those who know about Kawasaki’s plans have, so we’re told, said that the company is…
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Inside Line: Top Japanese journalists saying new Busa still on its way!
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Inside Line: Top Japanese journalists saying new Busa still on its way! Top Japanese motorcycle magazine is, as you’d expect, pretty much finger-in-the-pulse of what’s going on in Japan with current and upcoming motorcycles. The latest issue has just been finished and we’ve got a first look at the cover. As you might also expect,…
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Video: Lewis Hamilton’s limited edition MV Agusta Dragster
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In this video Lewis Hamilton talks about creating his limited edition 800cc MV Agusta dragster with their design team. The Dragster RR LH 44 features an Alcantara quilt pattern saddle, numerous parts made from Ergal (brake lever, handlebars, fuel filler cap, brake pump cover) and a special anodised red finish on the logos, frame, footpegs…
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