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Sydney to London… The Long Ride Home book review
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By Nathan Millward | £12 | www.nathanmillward.com | Reviewed by John Milbank When you spend all day reading and writing about motorcycles, for a book about biking to keep you awake at night it has to be something special. Nathan Millward’s account of his ride home – 23,000 miles from Australia to London – is…
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Last chance to join an epic motorcycle adventure
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Adventure-seeking motorcyclists have until the end of January to sign up for a place on the ‘ultimate burn-up’ – a 12,000-mile ride overland from London’s iconic and world-famous Ace Cafe to China, arriving in time for the grand opening of the new Ace Cafe Beijing. Organised and led by motorcycle expedition experts GlobeBusters, an international…
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Mash Roadstar 400 review
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Mash Roadstar 400 review | £3799 | 29bhp@7000rpm | 22lb-ft@5500rpm | air-cooled 4-valve single Tested by: Peter Henshaw Photos by: Mykel Nicolaou The Mash is that rare thing in motorcycling; an entirely new brand. Yet the Roadstar 400 is based around 1980s technology. This bike is really about its cool retro styling – a…
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The Macua Grand Prix from a motorcycle racer’s perspective
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The annual Macau road races on the southern coast of China are a regular draw to the top names of international road racing, including two-time TT-winner Gary Johnson. With just a couple of days to go before the start of this year’s event, Bruce Wilson asked the Lincolnshire-based rider… What’s the attraction of racing Macau?…
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EXCLUSIVE: CFMoto 150NK to be more powerful in UK
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Chinese manufacturer CFMoto has revealed plans to increase the performance for export markets of its new 150NK entry-level roadster designed by iconic Austrian designer Gerald Kiska’s Salzburg-based Kiska Design. MoreBikes has the exclusive first ride of the bike here. Whereas for the Chinese domestic market the 150NK was originally launched with a maximum crankshaft power figure…
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked pic of new budget Kiska-designed CFMoto NK300R
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It seems that the CFMoto 150NK (read the review here) and the Kiska-designed 650AK twin-cylinder Adventure Tourer that’s known to be in the works for a 2015 launch alongside the established 650NK streetfighter and 650TK hard luggage tourer aka hard bagger already clocking up customers outside China, aren’t the only enticing new models that CFMoto…
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Innovative new waterproof jacket | Your chance to get involved
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We reported on this clever design of rain suit a few months ago, but sadly it failed to reach its goal. Now it’s back, and the makers claim the Funnell is better AND cheaper than before. It’s a backpack that can protect you from the sudden rain – a jacket that can be worn without removing the rucksack from your shoulder,…
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2015 CFMoto 150NK | WORLD EXCLUSIVE first review
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CFMoto 650NK | €2000 (approx £1575) TBC | 149.4cc | 4-stroke single cylinder | 11.8bhp @ 8500rpm | 7.89lb-ft @ 7000rpm Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Kyoichi Nakamura In 2009 Chinese company CFMoto began development – entirely in house – of its own purpose-built 650cc parallel-twin motor. This was to form a platform for a range of middleweight…
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Press release points to new Yamaha VMAX for 2015
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Yamaha’s recent announcements of the new XJR1300 and XJR1300 Racer reveal bikes heavily influenced by the company’s ‘Yard Built’ collaboration with motorcycle customisers. A release sent out at the same time says that the scheme will continue, with talk of a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the VMAX, so we should see a new…
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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.…
