Honda V4
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WSB: Jonathan Rea roars ahead in race one to seventh win in 2018 at Laguna Seca
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Trademark consistency pays off for defending champion in new battle with Davies. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) proved that his Friday form was no fluke by taking his seventh win of the campaign in Race 1 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship witnessed a new battle between the…
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WSBK: KRT one-two as Sykes again squeezes past Rea in closing stage
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Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) extended his historic Tissot Superpole record at the Automotodrom Brno with a brilliant final lap. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship returned to the Czech Republic in the same way it did six years ago, in the last Saturday here: with ‘Superpoleman’ Sykes leading the way into Race 1.…
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Honda’s new reverse-mounted engine on its way – and according to the patents, it’s coming in a very sporty package
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Honda has filed plans for a rotary-type throttling device (!) for an upcoming sport bike that, in this first-registration sketch, looks amazing. What the bike in the drawings actually is remains something of a mystery. There’s no mention of a specific motorcycle model in the designs for the rotary throttling device, which improves inlet…
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Arai celebrate thirty years of the Honda RC-30
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Over the last few years, Honda and Arai have joined forces to release a selection of awesome commemorative helmets, celebrating the iconic models of Honda’s illustrious history – and the latest to get the Arai treatment is Honda’s RC-30. Arai’s new lid is matches the colour scheme of the thoroughly collectable Honda RC-30 racer (or…
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John McGuinness: “I’m very, very interested in a Norton deal for the TT”
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JOHN MCGUINNESS, 23-times TT winner was explaining about his return to action after an horrific crash at last year’s North West 200 event which left him with back and leg injuries when he told guests at the annual Joey Dunlop Foundation dinner that he is ‘Very, very interested’ in riding for Norton at the TT. The…
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Honda’s fuel cell motorcycle plans revealed
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These five design drawings unearthed from a heap of files registered with an international patent office show that Honda isn’t just about electric bikes and huge mpg for the future – the two wheel giant is also building Hydrogen cell bikes for the next phase of motorcycling’s universe. This isn’t the first time we’ve…
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Japanese Honda insider says 2020 for the road-going RVF1000 V4 Honda
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Our mates at top Japanese magazine YoungMachine have told us that their Honda sources have the much-awaited RVF1000R V4 appearing in dealers for 2020. According to the title’s inside line, the bike is currently undergoing a big push for first-stage prototype production and will make it’s debut in 2019. That first showing will happen…
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Here’s what you can see of the 2018 motorcycles at Motorcycle Live from November 18
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The annual EICMA show took place in Milan, Italy this week, with the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers taking the opportunity to unveil their brand-new new 2018 models – many of which will be heading straight to Motorcycle Live at The NEC next week to make their UK debut. Ducati was the first manufacturer to announce new…
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Here’s the first official pic of the 2018 Africa Twin Big Tank (it won’t be called that… should be, but won’t…)
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We told you some time ago that Honda was bringing out a seriously updated version of the hugely popular Africa Twin Adventure Bike and what we have here (above) might well be the first official look at the bike courtesy of Honda itself. We’ve lightened the image (below) so that you can see it better.…
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Genuine Honda Grand Prix two-stroke 500 sells for £32,200 at the Stafford Show
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Now that’s what you call a motorcycle and it was bought at the Bonhams’ auction during the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Stafford Show at the weekend for a snip over £30k. The 1990 machine came complete with a factory Honda motor and hand-built aluminium chassis. And that sales price isn’t what you’d call pricey (if…
