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Yamaha XSR900 world launch review
For Mikko’s video review of the Yamaha XSR900, click here. Price: Matt grey and rock slate £7,849 / 60th Anniversary colour scheme £ 7,999 Engine: 847cc, three-cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, DOHC, four-valve Power: 113bhp at 10,000rpm Torque: 87.5Nm at 8,500rpm Tested by: Mikko Nieminen Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes…
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Ducati XDiavel world launch review
Price: XDiavel £15,795,XDiavel S £18,395 // 154bhp @ 9,500rpm // Tested by John Milbank I find it hard to call this bike a cruiser. It’s not particularly heavy, it’s full of extremely advanced technology, it handles, and it’s very, very fast. But it does have the cruiser trademark feet-forward riding position and wide, raked-back…
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Triumph doing special offers on Tiger Explorer, Speed ’94, Tiger Sport, Sprint GT and Street Triple
Triumph has unveiled a raft of offers on a range of kit including clothing, accessories and navigation equipment.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Triumph’s 1,200cc Tiger Explorer comes with £1,200 worth of free clothing and accessories. Buyers of…
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G310R BMW/TVS sportster with full fairing appears at Delhi show
This is the clearest idea yet of what a fully-faired G310R BMW could end up looking like when it gets launched later this year. Called the Akula, the bike is from TVS and has been unveiled at the Auto Expo show in Delhi. It’s basically a G310R (pictured below) – TVS designed and built the…
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Stop for the law, biker, or we’ll shoot you! (he stopped. they still shot him)
It clearly doesn’t pay to do what the police want you to in Minnesota – because you’ll just get shot anyway. And here’s the proof in the video posted at the bottom of the report (warning: there’s some bad language from the copper in it, so best turn the volume down for a first view).…
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Japanese journalists confirm ‘Super Blade’ will take lots of details from RCV213V-S
We’ve been banging on about the ‘Super Blade’ that’s on its way from Honda for a while now and another Japanese magazine has put out its latest batch of info on the upcoming project.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE…
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Awesome Honda racing rep minibikes!
Check out this incredible 1/8th scale Honda RC and Honda CB Endurance scale replica. The pair of models are from an article in top Japanese publication Young Machine. Buiilt by top model makers Hasegawa Archer and students fro the Honda Technical Institute, the models are working bikes. Forget your cheap minimoto copies and ratty tiny…
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New it roCkS!bikes VMAX Yard Built Yamaha unveiled
The monocoque masters from Portugal are back to kick off 2016 in style with their third Yard Built project, based on the Yamaha VMAX. The Portuguese duo from Oporto, Alexandre Santos and Osvaldo Coutinho, have been building beautiful custom machines as it roCkS!bikes since 2013, incorporating their trademark monocoque tank, seat and tail unit into…
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So you’re doing 180mph and THIS happens underneath you…
This is what the soft Michelin rear race tyre looked like after an horrific 180mph crash during MotoGP testing in Sepang. The crash happened during the first of a three-day test at the end of the start/finish straight and since this picture was taken Michelin has removed the soft compound tyre from the rest of…
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Long haired biker says he suffers sexist road rage because car drivers think he’s a female when riding
This is a pretty weird story that’s appeared in the Daily Mail today – but it’s well worth a look if you’re a biker, or a woman, or a woman biker, or a make biker with long hair. Here’s what the Mail says: A man who let his hair grow past his shoulders has revealed…
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VIDEO: The Night Wolves are going to war
We’ve told you about the Night Wolves motorcycle gang before – they’re the Russian band of outlaw motorcyclists that are very closely associated with none other than Vladimir Putin. Putin has, in the past, even ridden a motorcycle with the gang. There’s footage in the film showing the premier riding with the gang.Article continues below……
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VIDEO: Gun in the face? It’s OK man… take it easyyyy….
Top US website The Blaze has posted this article in which they report that a biker says he is “thankful to be alive” after he found himself staring down the barrel of a gun during a road rage incident caught on camera.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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Spidi Carbo Winter H2OUT leather gloves review
Tested by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £149.99 // Sizes S-3XL // Colours: Black/silver, black/yellow I know it’s not been that cold yet, but I’m not a fan of being cold on the bike so I like to get kitted out with warm clothes, and I do like nice warm winter gloves.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy…
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First official pictures of 2016 Enfield Himalayan emerge from launch
Here’s the first official studio images of the Royal Enfield Himalayan – the 411cc single-cylinder Adventure bike. The bike has now been officially unveiled by the factory in India, there’s also a 360 degree video of the bike being video below for you to watch.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the…
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Awesome hi-res pics of Lorenzo’s MotoGP 2016 machine
Following on from the pictures of the Suzuki GSX-RR 2016 MotoGP bike, here’s some equally mega studio shots of the Yamaha YZR-M1.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The 17 inch wheels, some minor cosmetics and more power look…
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SCOOP: Awesome hi-res Suzuki 2016 GSX-RR MotoGP bike studio pics emerge
Lovely pictures of the Suzuki MotoGP bike have been released by Suzuki. The 2016 bike has a more chunky (read: stiffer) frame and revised air intakes on the fairing, the exhaust is longer and more upswept and there’s some subtle cosmetic tweaking with the bodywork.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the…
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Yamaha extends 2016 buying slot for £18,749 YZF-R1M
Yamaha has just announced that has granted an extension on orders for the 2016 YZF-R1M until the end of this month. The last day that you can order one of the awesome track weapons is February 28.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe,…
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BMW launches R nineT Sport for £12,990 OTR
BMW launches R nineT Sport for £12,990 OTR. It’s pretty much a dressed up R nineT that comes with a brushed aluminium tank and high-level Akrapovic sport silencer plus a few more bits and bobs from the after-market accessories.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to…
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VIDEO: Stoner talks at length about Sepang test, Ducati’s MotoGP bike and the future
It’s the first time that Casey Stoner has been out on the new Ducati MotoGP bike – and the first time he’s been out on a MotoGP bike at all for the past 12 months, so there’s a lot of interest in what the former world champion’s got to say. As such, this 16 minute-long…
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MV Agusta says SIX new models appearing across the coming summer!
We’ve probably already told you about three of the new models that are on their way from MV over the next few months (definitely slated to appear well before the major shows later on in 2016) – the new Brutale 675, Dagster 800 and Brutale 800 RR are all on their way, according to sources.…
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Suzuki is recalling over 68,000 bikes
Suzuki is recalling over 68,000 bikes ranging from the firm’s AN400 scooter to the Hayabusa – in total there are 11 bikes being taken into dealers to get an electrical issue resolved.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. So…
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Knox base layer and mid layer review
Reviewer: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: Base layer £54.99, mid layer £59.99 // Sizes: Base layer S-3XL, mid layer S-2XL // Colours: Black/grey // Info: www.planet-knox.com With all the winter jackets and trousers filling the shelves at the bike shops it’s easy to forget the base and mid layers.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More…
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Spada Compass textile trousers review
Tested by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £129.95 // Sizes: M-XXL // Colour: Black I have really enjoyed these Spada Compass trousers. They offer a good level of protection and they can be easily transformed to take on the continually changing weather conditions of the great British winter.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by…
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TCX X Street WP Blue review
Reviewer: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £109.99 // Sizes: EU 36-48 // Colour: Blue // Info: www.tcxboots.com I love how these boots look like regular trainers, but still offer plenty of protection. In fact, they look so much like every day footwear that when my wife first saw them she took some convincing that they…
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