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Review: Hedon Hedonist Helmet
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RRP: From £309.00 // Sizes: XS – 2XL // Colours: A range of colours and designs Tested by: Chris Knight The first time I ever went on a motorcycle was in 1976 I was almost 9 years old. Our neighbours consisted of a family of 3 brothers and 2 sisters plus Mum and Dad obviously,…
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GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.
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And it’s a throwback to the early 1980s! These designs from Honda that show a new bike on the way which bears more than a bit of styling DNA with the original Adventure motorcycle, the 1980 BMW R80GS (pictured below). Although the bike is very similar to the firm’s Bulldog 400cc concept it showed in…
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Innovative ex-BMW designer moves to Indian Motorcycles
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Indian Motorcycle Company has announced it has hired motorcycle industry design veteran, Ola Stenegard – the man behind the R-nineT – as its new Director of Product Design. The innovative ex-BMW designer will play a key role in the iconic American brand’s long-term growth strategy, bringing nearly two decades of product-design experience, a life-long passion…
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BMW to offer ride-sharing in congested cities
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BMW is looking to start offering up the back seats of its motorcycles and scooters to get around congested cities. BMW already offers car sharing through its DriveNow brand, which allows customers to rent a range of vehicles by the minute. As a first step to bring motorcycles to a broader audience, the Bavarian brand…
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BMW Boss: “The electric motorbike does not interest us, we are betting everything on the scooter”
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Our friends at Motociclismo Italy have been speaking to Stephan Schaller, Managing Director of BMW, about the Bavarian brand’s green future. Schaller said; “Two-wheeled electric vehicles will increase, but I believe that their diffusion will be limited to vehicles that will move in the city, basically will be scooters like our C Evolution or the…
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BMW announce its Bespoke R nineT Racer Build Winner
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Eight custom BMW R nineT Racers were produced by eight different Motorrad Retailers, for the first-ever BMW Bespoke Build contest – and today it has been announced that Chester Motorrad has taken the crown. Road legality was the only limitation imposed, as BMW allowed its retailers imaginations to run wild as they created unique R…
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Video: Tracks in the sand – How pioneering BMW GS riders gave birth to a legend
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BMW has released a beautiful video following the legends who made the GS we know and love a reality. The epicentre of the BMW rally performance is in Seibersdorf, close to the Austrian border – its home since 1982. The small town with barely 300 inhabitants is where Alfred Halbfeld and Klaus Pepperl created a…
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Price emerges for the TVS Apache RR 310 (BMW) mini-superbike. UK conversion = £2,317!
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When we showed you the first images and video of the finished TVS Apache RR 310 (the bike powered by the BMW motor… it’s the upcoming BMW S310RR mini-superbike in different clothes because BMW and Indian company TVS have been working together to develop this exquisite piece of tiny-bike tech), we didn’t have a…
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VIDEO: Here’s the TVS Apache RR 310 (or, if you’d prefer, the BMW S310RR mini-superbike). Finished. Looks AWESOME.
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For the best part of two years we’ve been showing you the development of the TVS Apache (which has been developed in partnership with BMW – so this is also the BMW S310RR mini-superbike). And now the bike is here. Making 34bhp @ 9,700rpm and 27.3Nm @ 7,700rpm, the bike is powered by the 4-stroke,…
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First ride: 2018 BMW K 1600 B
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The new BMW K 1600 B bagger is big, brash and full of beans. Based on BMW’s heavy-duty tourer, the K 1600 GT, the Yankee-style bagger was originally revealed as a ‘Concept 101’ two years ago, and then confirmed as a production bike last year. Now it has landed in the UK, and you know…
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