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Meet ‘Zecoo’. The world’s funkiest electric bike (and it’s real)
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Normally, we’re not so bowled over by one-off electric scooters – but then, every now and then, we see one that looks like this. This is called the ‘Zecoo’ (urgh) and is built in Japan by a group calling themselves Kota Nezu. We don’t know that much about this bike at the moment other than…
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KTM issues recall on 2014 1290 Super Duke
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KTM has issued a recall of the 2014 1290 Super Duke because of fears that the bike’s petrol tank could leak fuel. The announcement has been made in various markets around the world, because the tank construction was outsourced the factory says that it can be sure that the issue is only applicable to…
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Supercharged Honda super-commuter on the way
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Just in case anyone out there is still unsure of where modern motorcycling is heading then here’s ANOTHER supercharged motorcycle in the pipeline. Honda has released a patent for a (effectively) NC700X supercharged bike. In the patents the supercharger, intercooler and other bolt-ons are mounted in the space within the dummy fuel tank – which…
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Three old BMWs into one gets you a nitrous hound
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We love this bike, as much for what it was (and now is) as for how funky it has ended up. This was a BMW R80 RT from the late 1980s, even better is that this was a POLICE BMW R80 RT from the late 1980s! The bike still carried its original blue…
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30th Anniversary GSX-R colours revealed
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It’s the 30th anniversary of the production of the GSX-R, a bike that changed the motorcycle world. To mark the occasion Suzuki is painting the 1000cc bike in special colours that ape the original scheme. We’ve been sent the pictures and the bike looks very coo. Here’s what Suzuki itself says about the historic…
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Guzzi Le Mans Radical to take on R-nine-T
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Made by a small engineering workshop not far from the Czech republic, this is the awesome Radical Guzzi cafe racer. The engine is a Guzzi Griso V-twin lump, taken from 1200 to 1450cc and kicks out 135bhp at the rear wheel. Builder, Stefan Bronold says he was so keen for some genuine character with the…
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Launch report: Suzuki GSX-S1000FA
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Tested by: John Milbank Pictures by: James Wright and Ula Serra £9,999//143.5bhp @ 10,000rpm//78.2lb-ft @ 9,500rpm//214kg//www.suzuki-gb.co.uk The new GSX-S1000FA has been carefully targeted by Suzuki – its typical buyer is expected to be an experienced forty-plus rider with an above-average income. They previously owned a sportsbike and they’re expected to be using this for weekend rides without…
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SCOOP: Naked, supercharged version of the new Suzuki!
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By Leon Rose and Tony Carter SCOOP: Naked, supercharged version of the new Suzuki! So we’ve now seen the patent drawings published in the States for what is very likely to be the production version of the Recursion Suzuki shown as a concept bike a while back, and now we’ve been sent more…
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SCOOP: That Suzuki new-bike, MORE info!
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SCOOP: That Suzuki new-bike, MORE info! We’ve been trawling the archives at MCM and we found this, the Recursion – one of the concept Suzukis shown at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. That concept was touted as having a 588cc in-line twin-cylinder motor with an intercooler turbo providing a power boost. It’s got the single-sided…
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SCOOP: New Suzuki 500 turbocharged bike!
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SCOOP: New Suzuki 500 turbocharged bike! By Leon Rose and Tony Carter Here’s new patents files by Suzuki that show the factory is working on a 500cc parallel twin with a tubocharger. The drawings clearly show the tubocharger mounted on the exhaust downtubes whilst the side-on drawings show that the bikes will have a…
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