Search results for: “Brough”
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AMG to take over MV Agusta rumours – statement from MV Agusta is issued
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Last week we brought you news that Italian big business was awash with rumours that AMG Mercedes were on the verge of buying MV Agusta because it was claimed that the motorcycle factory couldn’t meet the demands of creditors. The amount of cash that is reported to be the sticking point is huge at €40 million.…
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Japanese magazine claims ‘Super Blade’ to appear in 2018 line-up
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Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine has put a date on the Super Blade from Honda, saying that the uber-version of the bike will appear in 2018, a year after a suped-up version of the current Fireblade makes its debut. In the latest issue of the magazine, the lads in Japan say that the 2017 version of…
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UK traffic congestion 14% worse than five years ago
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Traffic congestion in the UK’s biggest cities is 14% worse than it was just five years ago, according to a major new report out today (March 22). Across the rest of Europe, average congestion is actually 3% down over the same period. The annual Traffic Index from TomTom shows average UK journeys in 2015 took…
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Honda’s new motorcycle hybrid engine appears in published patent
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This image has appeared showing a patent drawing from Honda for a hybrid electric/petrol engine that’s destined for a motorcycle. Although the patent is not exactly new it is the first time we’ve seen this design set out in this way and specified for a motorcycle on the engine description. The bulk of the design…
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WorldSBK: Sykes Strikes Back
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Rea (Kawasaki) in P2, Sykes (Kawasaki) on the top step and Davies (Ducati) in P3 Kawasaki Racing Team’s Tom Sykes took an incredible victory in a three-way fight for the win at Chang International Circuit in Thailand. The Yorkshireman was locked in a battle with teammate and reigning Champion Jonathan Rea and Aruba.it Racing – Ducati’s…
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SCOOOOOP! But what the hell is this bike that we’ve got a patent drawing for? It’s a Honda, we know that. And a V-twin…
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OK people, listen up – we’ve found this drawing buried deep (so, so deep) inside a Honda file registered for a front mudguard patent somewhere on this planet… but we haven’t got a bloody clue about exactly what this bike is. And we need your help. So here’s the relevant info. The description for…
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MotoGP test day two: Top three split by 0.1s, Vinales quickest
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The second day of testing in Qatar saw three manufacturers split by under 0.1s at the top of the timesheets with Maverick Viñales back to his best. Once again it was Hiroshi Aoyama and Michele Pirro who were the first out of the pits at the Qatar Test, the rest of the field beginning to…
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Image appears of what CB250X mini-Adventure bike will look like
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We brought you the news about a Honda CB250X mini-Crossrunner type of bike that a Honda boss had let slip about a few days ago and now this image has appeared. The emerging markets of Indonesia and Malaysia have been buzzing with the news that the little Adventure bike is on the way and…
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£350,000 for a sidecar combo? Really? Yep. Probably.
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A magnificent unrestored Brough Superior with sidecar, registration TV2003, will be on sale with H&H Classics at IWM Duxford on April 19th for an estimate of £280,000 to £350,000. The Brough Motorcycle marque will be forever associated with T.E. Lawrence, known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ who bought one of the first SS100s in 1925 having…
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2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets
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2017 Yamaha R15 facelift mac-up appears in the emerging markets. Indonesian website Peysblog has fired up this computer image of what it think the facelifted Yamaha R15 is going to look like. This image certainly tallies with the blurry snapshot of a Yamaha being ridden at the firm’s Indonesian plant that we brought you a…
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