Retro Classic
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Video: 2016 Bimota Impeto and Tesi walk around
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A quick look at two amazing bits of kit for 2016 from Italian style house, Bimota. The 160bhp Impeto naked superbike and the weird, Tesi front ended cafe racer. Here’s Tony Carter with all the details: Video: 2016 Bimota Impeto and Tesi walk around
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VIDEO: 2016 Triumph range, punter’s view
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We love the look of the new Bonnevilles, and just to make sure that we weren’t alone in our opinion we talked to punter Paul Almond about the 2016 range of Bonneville Triumphs – including the amazing Thruxton R – at Motorcycle live. Here’s what the experienced motorcyclists thought about the new bikes: VIDEO: 2016…
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Top Ten Motorcycles of Everything
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Countless hours have been won and lost chatting – or arguing – about the top ten fastest bikes, the classics, the not-so-classics, and the “if only we won the lottery” bikes. Well, we thought we’d pull together a top ten of the top ten. From the most futuristic to the fastest female, to the most…
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Triumph closes year with £2.3m profit
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Triumph closes year with £2.3m profit. Triumph made £2.3m profit in 2014/2015 according to financial reports just released – that compares to a huge £8m loss made in the 12 months prior to last year’s business year. In real terms the latest set of books for the Hinckley-based firm show that Triumph has brought in…
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Gorgeous Brutale-based special unveiled by top bike builder
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Check out this incredible special made by American Walt Siegl, it’s a half-way house between the current trend for retro-styled cafe racers and full-on sportsbikes. Based around the Brutale 800, the new 3-cylinder motor is mated to a trellis chassis. There’s a lot of engineering going into and around the motor too, as Siegl…
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World launch review: Triumph’s 2016 Street Twin Bonneville
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WORDS: John Milbank, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti & Matteo Cavadini How did we get to the stage where a 900cc engine is considered ideal for a fun, accessible bike? It’d be too easy to label this, currently the smallest of the new Bonneville family, an entry-level machine, or a way into…
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Honda’s ‘other’ concept CB500F breaks cover in Bangkok
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Honda has shown this concept Scrambler at the Bangkok Motor Show. We’ve seen similar-looking concepts from Honda over the past few weeks but this is a tweaked update on those. There’s no information on it from the show directly, so what we show you with this punter’s pic is pretty much what we know. The…
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Kawasaki unveils awesome Vulcan S Cafe Racer at Paris Show
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Check out this incredible cafe racer on display at the Paris Motorcycle Show, currently happening in France. The bike is, essentially, a stripped-down version of the 2016 Kawasaki Vulan S. The mid-sized cruiser has lost loads of bulk, bodywork and sub frame for the special, on the Kawasaki stand. The load stubby under-can and hand-painted…
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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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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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