Following on from the official reveal of Yamaha’s XSR155 in India, the Japanese factory has unveiled three custom versions of its small-capacity neo-retro machine. As
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Trails and tarmac. Kawasaki unveils its all-new KLX 230.
Kawasaki’s getting back into the dual-sport game, unveiling its new KLX 230 – to help off-road fans hit the trails on a budget. We love
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NEW GEAR: Shoei’s NEW Manga-inspired NXR Stimuli TC-10
Shoei Helmets has just revealed a brand new design for its NXR sports helmet. And it pays tribute to the brands Japanese roots, with a
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Gorgeous! Check out THIS stunning Red Bull Fireblade from Honda for the Suzuka 8-Hour
With the iconic Japanese endurance race a month away (the entire event runs from Friday, July 26th to Sunday, July 28th) Honda has unveiled this
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Yeah! Now THIS is the sort of Kawasaki ZX-25R we’re waiting for (take note, Mr Kawasaki).
Our mates over at Young Machine magazine in Japan have been going on about a hot Kawasaki quarter-litre sportsbike for as long as we have
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NEW COLOURS for Suzuki’s GSX-R1000R for 2019.
Suzuki Japan has announced a range of new colourways for its GSX-R1000R sport bike for 2019 – and we’ve got our hands on some snaps
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Mugen unveils NEW Isle of Man TT electric RACER.
Fresh from the Tokyo Motorcycle Show, here’s a look at Mugen’s next generation Shinden superbike ahead of the 2019 Isle of Man TT. The Mugen
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VIDEO: Honda debuts ELECTRIC off-roader.
Honda has just unveiled an electric version of its CR motocross bike at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show in Japan. Asphalt and Rubber has got its
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NEW COLOURS for Suzuki’s V-Strom 650 and 1000 for 2019.
Suzuki Japan has announced a range of new colourways for its V-Strom adventure machine for 2019 – and we’ve got our hands on some snaps
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WORLD LAUNCH: Suzuki Katana
Words: Mikko Nieminen, Editor, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine Photography: Suzuki Re-imagining iconic bikes of yesteryear is no new thing. Among others, we have seen
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NEW COLOURS for Suzuki’s GSX-S1000F, GSX-S1000 and GSX-S750.
Suzuki Japan has just unveiled a range of new colours for its GSX-S1000F. GSX-S1000 and GSX-S750 – and our friends Young Machine has fired over
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Suzuki files PATENT for an upside-down engine.
Suzuki has filed a new patent in Japan – and it shows a bike’s entire engine and transmission flipped into a different position. But why?
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NEW COLOURS for Yamaha’s Tracer 900 and Tracer 900 GT.
Yamaha Japan has just unveiled a new colour scheme for its Tracer 900 and Tracer 900 GT sport touring machines – and Young Machine has
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Africa Twin POWERED Honda GB1000TT on the way?
With the move to Euro 5 emission regulations fast approaching, motorcycle manufacturers across the board are quietly developing its next generation of machines – and
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NEW COLOURS for Honda’s CB250R, CRF250L and CRF250L Rally.
As part of a dealer meeting during which the new colours for Honda’s Super Cub 50/110 Street, Super Cub C125 and Monkey 125 were announced
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Honda Cross Cub SPECIAL revealed in Japan.
Revealed way back in 2017 during the annual Tokyo Motor Show, Honda has recently launched its new 50cc and 110cc Honda Cross Cub’s in Japan.
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Norton Motorcycles lands £20 MILLION Japanese export deal. 200 UK jobs. 1,000 bikes. 5 years.
Norton Motorcycles has signed a new £20m export deal to Japan, which will support 200 jobs in the UK and see around 1,000 new motorbikes sold
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Yamaha YZF-R1M for LESS THAN £40. But you’ve got to build it yourself.
Tamiya is producing a Yamaha YZF-R1M that you can get your hands on for under £40. But try not to get too excited, it’s a 1/12 scale
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GORGEOUS! Now you can MAKE your own mini-BMW 310SS Superbike from bolt-on kit parts!
Fancy building your own mini-BMW superbike? You can, thanks to an Indian firm making the TVS Apache and a Japanese firm dealing with the bolt-on
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Oh man! Check out Kagayama’s new racing Katana in Japan…
We showed you the first incarnation of Yukio Kagayama’s racing Katana last year, but now the former WSB, MotoGP and BSB star has debuted
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VIDEO: Marc Márquez rides the HAKONE TURNPIKE in Japan.
Marc Márquez has been out to Japan for MotoGP – and ahead of the weekend’s racing, he took the chance to blast up the Hakone
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AMAZING BMW-badged G310RR mini-superbike appears in Japan at BMW event. STUNNING little superbike for 2019. Check this out!
Wow! We’re loving these latest photos of a genuinely sexy BMW G310R that’s been kitted-up to look like the soon-to-be-released G310RR (or mini-superbike, tiny version
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RADICAL Kawasaki Zephyr 400 CUSTOM project. The Urabe.
Japanese customisation specialists Bagus has made a name for itself, producing an eclectic range of radical and bizarre two wheeled creations. And the latest to
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Japan-EU trade deal announced. Free trading cuts 99% of tariffs on Japanese goods INCLUDING motorcycles!
It might be one of those stories that passed you by when we ran it last week – but the effects on the prices we
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Team Kagayama’s Suzuki Katana Racer. WOW.
Team KAGAYAMA’s Kusakayama Takeshi recently won the Taste of Tsukuba SATSUKI STAGE on this awesome Suzuki Katana racer – which has been built from the
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FIRST LOOK: Inside the Bosch jet thruster system that’ll save a front end wipe-out. Apparently.
When we first brought you the jet thruster sytem being pioneered by Bosch a month ago we never thought that we’d get more of
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Gorgeous! Mugen MRV1400 illustration appears in Japan
CHECK out this amazing illustration from our Japanese friends at YoungMachine – the magazine has shown its version of the MVR1400 cruiser which is heading
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LaserCompo: Build your own wooden Honda MotoCompo replica
TheKirkShop has created an awesome, scaled-down wooden replica of Honda’s iconic MotoCompo. And it’s selling a kit so you can build your own. Cool right?
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Takegawa 181cc Honda Monkey Custom
We’ve just been sent some snaps of an awesome custom Honda Monkey built by SP Takekawa in Japan – and it’s fitted with a performance
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Coolest kit we’ve seen this year – Honda CB1100 Custom ‘Type R’
If you like your retro Honda’s, and fancy livening up your new CB1100 or CB1000RS –then bodywork extraordinaire Doremi has the kit for you. First
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VIDEO: First ride of Honda’s all-new Monkey 125
Our friends at Japanese magazine Young Machine have been testing the all new Honda Monkey 125 in Tokyo – and we’ve got some footage of
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VIDEO: 40 Years of Success – Suzuki and Yoshimura
Yoshimura and Suzuki have been working together since 1978. And to celebrate 40 years of success, they have released this beautiful video showing some of
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Rea joins Haslam and Watanabe on Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR’s for the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours
Triple World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea will partner Leon Haslam and Kazuma Watanabe at the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race – as Kawasaki looks
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Golden Custom Ducati Scrambler from Japan
Since Ducati brought the Scrambler to market back in 2015, innumerable bike builders have added their personal touches with beefy tires and custom paint jobs.
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Video: Marquez vs Pedrosa on Honda Super Cub 110’s
After a hard-fought MotoGP season, it was time for World Champion Marc Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa to let off some steam racing mopeds in
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Japanese Honda insider says 2020 for the road-going RVF1000 V4 Honda
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.
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To Mr Google Street View, Cheers ya swine!
So you’re having a grand old time riding down your favourite mountain road in Japan when you get a bit squirrely on a left/right/left. Normally,
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Yoshimura Japan releases new silencer for GSX-S 125 ABS… oh man…
So far we’ve only seen this in Japan. There’s no denying that this new Yoshimura end can for the 2017 Suzuki GSX-S125 ABS looks proper
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Arai launches limited edition Honda NSR250R anniversary helmet
Arai pays homage to the Honda NSR250R, celebrating the iconic red and white machine’s 30th anniversary. It is not the first time that Arai has
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Honda and Yamaha set to start electric scooter testing in Japan
Last year it was announced that Honda and Yamaha would be working together to manufacture electric scooters – and it’s been confirmed that they’ll begin
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Gorgeous Honda CBX900 illustrations appear in Japanese magazine (not real, yet, but these are sweet drawings)
Check out these illustrations from Japanese magazine YoungMachine – they are based on rumours in the Japanese motorcycle market of some sort of modern,
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Guy Martin and John McGuinness out in action in Japan testing electric TT bikes
John McGuinness and Guy Martin have been putting in the Japanese laps on the electric bikes that they will both contest at this year’s Isle
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VIDEO: Pretty cool! Honda’s futuristic sci-fi movie bike from Ghost in the Shell appears in EMPIRE magazine
Here’s the first picture of the futuristic Honda that Scarlett Johansson’s character The Major is riding in the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster film Ghost in
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Fernando Alonso tries out a proper MotoGP factory bike at ‘works’ Christmas do
Best. Works. Christmas. Do. Ever. This happened over the weekend. It’s the Honda Racing ‘Thanks Day’ which was held at the Motegi circuit in Japan.
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