It’s nearly time. KTM’s getting ready to launch its 890 Duke R to the world, and you can watch it right here. The action kicks
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STREAM the WORLD LAUNCH of Ducati’s Streetfighter V4. Right HERE. 5.30pm.
Ducati’s gearing up for the official launch of its bonkers Streetfighter V4. And you can watch the full presentation right HERE. The action kicks off
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Triumph teases launch of NEW Street Triple R. And it’s happening on February 11. Save the date.
Triumph has just announced that there’s a new Street Triple R on the way – and we’re only going to have to wait another week
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WORLD LAUNCH: Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT
WORDS: Mikko Nieminen – Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine / PHOTOGRAPHY: Suzuki We can all agree that Suzuki’s flagship adventure bike has been in need
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WORLD LAUNCH: Triumph’s Bonneville Thruxton RS for 2020. FIRST impressions.
Escaping the grey, dreary skies of Great Britain in January is always nice. And it’s even nicer if you get to experience some sunshine in
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WORLD LAUNCH: Triumph Rocket 3 2020
Motorcycle Sport and Leisure editor, Mikko, has recently been out to the launch of the new Triumph Rocket 3 for 2020.
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WORLD LAUNCH: Here it is. Our (brief) FIRST RIDE report on Yamaha’s NEW TMAX Tech MAX super scooter for 2020.
We’re out in Portugal for the launch of the new Yamaha TMAX for 2020 – and we’ve just got back from a full day’s riding
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WORLD LAUNCH: First RIDING impressions. Yamaha’s TMAX Tech MAX 560
We’re out in Portugal for the launch of the new Yamaha TMAX. Currently, we have reached the halfway point through today’s ride and while we grab a quick bite to eat, I thought I’d share my brief first impressions of the latest generation machine…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Rise and shine, it’s riding time for the Yamaha TMAX!
We’re up early today and heading out to ride Yamaha’s brand new 2020 TMAX at its world launch in Portugal. It’s exciting stuff! We’re spending
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Get to grips with the Triumph Street Triple RS AND have a dealer’s evening launch this week. Here’s how.
Yep, it’s true – get along to your local Triumph dealer this Thursday, November 21 and you can get up close and personal to the
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WORLD LAUNCH: We’re riding Yamaha’s 2020 TMAX on Wednesday. And we’ll be bringing YOU our FIRST RIDE impressions right HERE.
MoreBikes is heading out to Portugal for the world launch of Yamaha’s next generation TMAX super scooter. And if you want the inside scoop of
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Triumph tease NEW Tiger 900 Rally and GT for 2020.
Triumph has just released a teaser video for its next generation of Tiger adventure motorcycles – and all eyes are now on Tuesday 3rd December
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EICMA 2019: Honda has launched its 2020 Fireblade motorcycle. 214.5bhp, MotoGP wings and a track-focused design.
Honda is not being coy about why it’s made this all-new Blade for 2020 – outwardly saying that this is, really, a track bike that’s
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WORLD LAUNCH: First RIDING impressions. Honda’s Africa Twin Adventure Sports
We’re out in Sardinia for the launch of Honda’s three new Africa Twins. Today we’ve been riding the top of the range Adventure Sports with
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WORLD LAUNCH: THIS Wednesday we’re riding Honda’s NEW Africa Twin in Sardinia. We’ll bring you our FIRST IMPRESSIONS of the bike, right HERE.
This week we’re heading out to Sardinia for the WORLD LAUNCH of Honda’s new Africa Twin and Africa Twin Adventure Sports for 2020. And ahead
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VIDEO: Honda’s NEXT-GEN Africa Twin is coming. Teaser suggests OFFICIAL release date is 29/9/19. Yes. That’s VERY soon.
We’ve been talking about Honda’s next generation Africa Twin for well over a year – speculating about when we’re going to see the latest version
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LAUNCH REPORT: Harley’s LiveWire is a game changer – but don’t thrash it for long
After a few hours of riding the production-ready LiveWire from H-D in Portland, Oregon – I’m converted. This is a motorcycle for the generation not
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Harley-Davidson LiveWire all electric motorcycle, here we go then!
Here we go then! We’re about to go and ride the finished, production-ready Harley-Davidson LiveWire all electric motorcycle. The route for this World Launch is
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2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M will make European debut at BSB Snetterton
The 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M will make their European debut at the Snetterton round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship July 19/20/21 Yamaha’s all-new
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WORLD LAUNCH: Ducati Diavel 1260.
MoreBikes has been out in Spain today riding the 2019 Ducati Diavel 1260 at the world launch. Now the riding is over, here’s our first
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WORLD LAUNCH: Ducati’s NEW Diavel 1260. FIRST LOOK.
MoreBikes is out in Marbella, Spain for the world launch of the 2019 Ducati Diavel. Essentially, the bike has been given an extensive make-over for
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TT 2019: Start numbers and entries CONFIRMED.
As part of the Isle of Man TT launch event, entries and start numbers have been confirmed for the 2019 event. It’ll be local lad
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WORLD LAUNCH: Moto Guzzi’s V85 TT
MoreBikes is out in Sardinia for the launch of Moto Guzzi’s new V85 TT – and after spending the day carving corners on the Italian
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INCOMING: First impressions of Moto Guzzi’s new V85 TT.
MoreBikes is out in Sardinia for the launch of Moto Guzzi’s new V85 TT – and we’ll be bringing you our first impressions of the
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VIDEO: Launch Ride – FIRST impressions of BMW’s C 400 GT.
MoreBikes has been out on the UK launch of BMW’s new C 400 GT – and spent the day putting the touring-oriented big brother of the German factories
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WORLD LAUNCH: Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE Grand Tourer
Words: Mikko Nieminen, Editor, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine Photography: Kawasaki The new Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE is not an adventure bike in the dirt-riding,
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Rubén Xaus has STILL got it. Backing it in on Ducati’s Hypermotard 950 – ONE HANDED.
Rubén Xaus has been out on the launch of the new Ducati Hypermotard 950 – and he’s proved he’s still got the goods, replicating his
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WORLD LAUNCH: Honda CB650R & CBR650R
Words: Mikko Nieminen, Editor of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine. Photos: Zep Gori, Francesc Montero, Ciro Meggiolaro, Ula Serra-Prats. Honda has produced some great bikes
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EICMA 2018: Here’s the OFFICIAL launch of the F850GS Adventure. Looks promising.
Back in the summer, we showed you the first photos of the 2019 BMW R850GS Adventure – our spy snapper bagged the halfway Adventure out
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LAUNCH RIDE: Ducati Scrambler Icon (2019)
WORDS: Carl Stevens // IMAGES: Ducati Europe With over 55,000 units flying out of Bologna and into the hands of riders around the World, Ducati
Read moreWORLD LAUNCH: Ducati Multistrada 1260 Enduro (2019)
SMALLER. BIG(GER). MIGHTY(ER) With upgrades to just about every aspect you could think of, Ducati reckons its incredible Multistrada 1260 Enduro has just got even
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VIDEO: RIDING BMW’s new R1250GS on (and off) road. FIRST impressions.
Here’s our first impressions of the NEW BMW R1250 GS – a revised version of the popular adventure machine which comes with more power, more
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FIRST RIDE: BMW’s all-new 2019 R1250GS. Here’s what we thought from the WORLD LAUNCH.
WORDS BY: Matt Hull (in Sunny Portugal). The new BMW R 1250 GS was never going to look dramatically different – why change the best-selling
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LAUNCH RIDE: We ride Honda’s new Forza 125 and 300. AND the new MONKEY 125!
MoreBikes is on the way to Nice on the south coast of France, for the launch of a range of new small capacity machines from Honda.
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WORLD LAUNCH: BMW C400X middleweight super-scoot
MoreBikes is out in Italy for the launch of BMW new mid-sized super scoot – the funky-looking C 400 X. Designed predominantly for urban mobility,
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Launch ride: 2018 Triumph Tiger 800 XRT & XCA
Triumph’s latest Tiger 800s claim to be better in every way, on and off-road. We headed out to Morocco to see if that’s true. If
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Launch test: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
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
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Launch ride: 2018 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Tour
There’s a long line of shiny new 2018 Gold Wings parked outside our hotel in Austin, Texas. A beautiful sight, but there’s something wrong with
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Video: A First Look at the Kawasaki H2 SX SE
Mikko’s been over in Portugal for the launch of the all-new supercharged Kawasaki H2 SX SE. Here’s a short video of what he thought! For
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LAUNCH RIDE: Benelli Leoncino 500 (2017)
BENELLI BACK WITH A BANG, REIMAGINING ITS ICONIC LEONCINO Owned by China’s Qiangjiang for over a decade, the long-awaited revival of Italy’s oldest existing motorcycle
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Launch ride: 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 S
Ducati Multistrada gets bigger, cleverer and more powerful for 2018 – and it’s more rideable too. For 2018 Ducati has updated its Multistrada range with
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS – Benelli Leoncino 500
Back in 1951, Benelli launched its original Leoncino 125cc; one of the most popular machines in the iconic Italian brands illustrious 106 year history –
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Want to watch the KTM world launch LIVE from EICMA? Well you can do, here for FREE.
Want to see the new KTM motorcycle for 2018 as they’re unveiled to the world LIVE? Then be here on this site tomorrow (Tuesday, November
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Launch Ride: Harley Street Rod
Hardcore Harley devotees best look away now. Flag-waving Trump supporters probably won’t be impressed either, but for many riders – particularly those a little
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Launch report: Yamaha XSR900 Abarth
“This’d be fantastic around Cadwell,” exclaimed one journo as he jumped off the XSR900 Abarth. He’s right, but it’s a shame I found
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Launch report: Yamaha SCR950
Yamaha’s SCR950 is hampered by its marketing. Described as being: “Inspired by the street scramblers of the 1960s,” many journalists’ default position will be to
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Launch ride: 2017 Yamaha MT-10 SP & Tourer Edition
Yamaha’s MT-10 is a stunning machine. Launched last year, the company was keen to stress that it wasn’t ‘just’ an R1 with wide bars, though
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Video: FIRST ride of the Triumph Street Triple 765 – world launch report
Here’s our in-helmet video review of the 2017 Triumph Street Triple 765. We’ve made it in one-hit, no editing, so that you can see
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Video: Kevin Schwantz launching the new GSX-R1000 from pitlane (turn the sound up)
Video: Kevin Schwantz launching the new GSX-R1000 from pitlane (turn the sound up). Here’s something that’s made us happy this morning, it’s Kevin Schwantz launching
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