Hyperbike

  • VIDEO: The Himalayas on a Hayabusa

    VIDEO: The Himalayas on a Hayabusa

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    The Suzuki Hayabusa is an iconic machine. One of the fastest production motorcycles ever made – it still maintains a cult status with speed freaks worldwide. Despite not being known for its off-road prowess, Youtuber Jasminder Singh decided to tackle the treacherous terrain between Leh, Ladakh and Delhi on his 1340cc hyper-sportbike. Singh undertook the…

  • Launch test: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE

    Launch test: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE

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    Kawasaki has put sport firmly back into sport touring with the 197bhp supercharged Ninja H2 SX. But the real shocker is how comfortable and easily manageable all that power is. Before we talk about the Ninja H2 SX, there’s one thing I need you to do: forget about the H2. The new bike may share…

  • Caught out! 17 pictures of BMW’s HP4 RACE carbon superbike out in final pre-sale tests in Spain

    Caught out! 17 pictures of BMW’s HP4 RACE carbon superbike out in final pre-sale tests in Spain

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    This is the BMW HP4 RACE undergoing a batch of final testing in Spain. Our spy snapper caught the 999cc hyperbike being put through an extensive testing programme in the South of Spain yesterday and from our exclusive pictures it’s clear to see that there’s already been a few tweaks to the gorgeous all-carbon bodywork…

  • Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor

    Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor

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    Meet The Dagger – a 3D-printed frame and chassis wrapped around a 300bhp Kawasaki H2R supercharged motor. Check this out – a full-on naked hyperbike that’s been created with a 3d-printed chassis. Called The Dagger the bike looks awesome and as the main bits are wrapped around a supercharged Kawasaki H2R motor (yep) it’s going…

  • Kawasaki’s insider plans for a self-adjusting seat registered for the next wave of fast bikes

    Kawasaki’s insider plans for a self-adjusting seat registered for the next wave of fast bikes

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    Kawasaki’s insider plans for a self-adjusting seat registered for the next wave of fast bikes. These designs from inside Kawasaki’s offices shows the tech fitted to an H2 hyperbike but the description of the idea that accompanies the drawings says that this idea can easily be applied to more motorcycles in the range. In short,…

  • Kawasaki giving the H2R bigger wings. Design drawings point the way to proper downforce increase

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    These drawings from inside Kawasaki show how the factory is having to up the amount of downforce on its next-generation of the brutal H2R to MotoGP levels, just to keep the front wheel of the coming-version of the bike on the floor during top-end acceleration. There’s no details about an increase in the bike’s power…

  • Japanese mag goes with updated images of H2GT, a Honda Grom 125 AND CBR250RR (which might be launched on Monday…)

    Japanese mag goes with updated images of H2GT, a Honda Grom 125 AND CBR250RR (which might be launched on Monday…)

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    Check out this gorgeous cover of the Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine which has just appeared with the much-awaited H2GT in full flight. It’s a computer-generated image of the bike that will be part of Kawasaki’s 2017 line-up, we first told you about the bike back in February when insiders told us that the iconic hyperbike…

  • SCOOP: Bimota’s 180bhp ‘Impeto’ hyperbike naked with supercharger on the way!

    SCOOP: Bimota’s 180bhp ‘Impeto’ hyperbike naked with supercharger on the way!

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    Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy… here’s some amazing news from Bimota. It’s coming thick and fast from the Italian company today in a flurry of information ahead of next week’s Milan motorcycle show – and this bit of news is pretty special. Here it is; Bimota is going to release its new ‘hyper-naked’ model…

  • Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Kawasaki shows new supercharged engine (and what will become the S2 in a sketch)

    Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Kawasaki shows new supercharged engine (and what will become the S2 in a sketch)

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      Tokyo Motor Show SCOOP: Kawasaki shows new supercharged engine (and what will become the S2 in a sketch). Months ago we brought you the first look at a raft of new supercharger patents from Kawasaki and said how these were going to be used in future bikes ranging from big tourers to everyday sporty…

  • SCOOP: Video of the 2016 H2 Kawasaki hyperbike

    SCOOP: Video of the 2016 H2 Kawasaki hyperbike

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        Kawasaki’s stunning H2 Ninja is getting tweaked further for 2016 – and here’s the video about it that shows next year’s model in all it’s new-colour glory. The new version of the bike gets a new screen, new colour and what looks like a revision to the exhaust, we’ll have to wait for…

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