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Yamaha XJR1300 Racer | 2015 new motorcycles
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New XJR1300 Racer Just as Keino’s Rhapsody in Blue inspired the new XJR1300, so the collaboration in 2013 with Deus Ex Machina on the beautiful XJR1300 Eau Rouge inspired the new XJR1300 Racer, which like the new MT-07 Moto Cage, will be a special edition built by an official Yamaha dealer with genuine Yamaha parts.…
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Yamaha XJR1300 | 2015 new motorcycles
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The Yamaha XJR1300 is an icon whose raw presence has been unrivalled over the last 20 years since it hit the streets. For 2015 the XJR is back, and it’s evolved. The 1300cc naked street machine stays true to its ‘Japanese Performance Classic’ origins with a pure, powerful design and the largest displacement air cooled…
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Yamaha MT-07 Moto Cage | 2015 new motorcycles
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Yamaha has released details of its new bikes a day ahead of the Intermot show in Cologne, the first of which is the new MT-07 Moto Cage; a dealer-built special edition of the brilliant bike launched this year. Here’s what Yamaha has to say: MT-07 goes extreme The Yamaha MT family is taking the world of motorcycling…
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Free motorcycle show returns to Regent Street this November
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London’s Regent Street will be packed with cars and motorbikes on Saturday 1 November… but, for once however, they will all be on public display rather than bumper-to-bumper en route to their next destination. From Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus, the capital’s world-famous shopping street will be closed to through traffic so it can, once…
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Can-Am Spyder F3 | 2015 new motorcycles
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It might have one too many wheels for some readers, but a Rotax engine and very funky styling has got us interested! The Can-Am Spyder F3 is Bombardier Recreational Products’ (BRP) new addition to the Can-Am Roadster line-up in 2015. The F3’s new muscular design and custom fit UFIT cruising-riding position will allow the open-air,…
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Special edition Triumph Thruxton Ace revealed
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A new Special Edition, the Triumph Thruxton Ace, was revealed as part of the annual Brighton Burn Up celebrations last weekend (September 12–14, 2014), when more than 25,000 café racer fans descended onto the Brighton seafront. Unveiled at the iconic Ace Cafe by Mark Wilsmore, managing director of the globally recognised venue, on Friday evening…
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The incredible tattooed motorcycle
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On 27th of September, at the London International Tattoo Convention 2014, an incredible tattooed motorcycle will be unveiled. Polish custom bike manufacturer Game Over Cycles is busy creating a motorcycle in devotion to the traditions of the modern motocycle industry and the human culture of the artistic world of tattoos. Built in collaboration with German company…
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Pyramid Plastics – from Hugger to Extenda Fenda. The history of bodykit
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John Milbank finds out how the aftermarket bodykit industry has evolved since the early days of LCs. In 1986, an industrial designer teamed up with a mate to produce colour-matched belly-pans for Suzuki RG125 and RG250s. Working with Cash on Delivery, and communicating with overseas customers via Telex, this was a time when the only…
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Midual Type 1 review | World first ride
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Midual Type 1 €140,000 | 1036cc | 4-stroke flat-twin | 107bhp @ 7800rpm | 72.3lb-ft @ 6000rpm Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Kel Edge It’s increasingly difficult to dream up any new way of building a four-stroke motorcycle engine – with Honda’s MotoGP world title-winning V5 RC211V being the last notable such example over a decade ago – but…
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Yamaha RD350: ‘Most popular bike of the 1980s’
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The Yamaha RD350LC was today revealed as the motorcycling community’s favourite bike of the 1980s. The RD350LC triumphed by way of an online poll run by Bennetts and leading classic bike publication, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Respondents were presented with a shortlist of 22 definitive motorcycles from this golden era, which were meticulously selected by two industry experts – Bennetts’ Marc Potter and…
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