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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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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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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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Pictures: New CFMoto bikes revealed in Milan
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Not everyone here in the UK has heard of CFMoto, but they are one of the largest Asian manufacturers of motorcycles, scooters, quads, boats and all sorts of engines. This week CFMoto revealed interesting new bikes from street fighters to tourers at the EICMA show. The touring oriented 650TK and 650TK-G share a twin-cylinder 650cc…
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SCOOP: The 2016 hybrid BMW R1200GS with INDEPENDENT front wheel drive and regen braking power system – launched at Milan
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Check out this amazing hybrid BMW GS launched at the Milan motorcycle show – it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Like with most ‘hybrid’ tagged bikes, the GS gets a conventional petrol-powered motor (the stock unit) but this bike differs with the addition of a 7.6-kilowatt electrical motor which drives the FRONT wheel…
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Benelli goes down the Monkey Bike route at the Milan show
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Because Benelli is owned by a chinese firm, it was a pretty safe bet to assume that we’d see something small and almost disposable like a monkey bike from the at this year’s EICMA event in Milan. And here it is. Called the Benelli Tornado Naked T, the bike is available in either 125…
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