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PATENT: Here’s the drawings for the production version of the Indian FTR1200 flat tracker on the road!
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For the past couple of years we’ve been banging on about this motorcycle hitting the road in proddie form and here’s the final bit of proof of just that (even though the factory have been talking about it, you’re never quite sure until finished production drawings like these emerge). The patent images have been posted…
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CONFIRMED: NEW BMW S1000RR for 2019. PATENT filed in China.
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We’ve been telling you that there’s a BMW S1000RR on the way for a few months now. And a patent filed in China CONFIMS that the hugely successful S1000RR is set to receive a range of updates for 2019. China’s intellectual property office has published patents revealing the new BMW S1000RR for 2019 (well,…
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Yamaha’s plan for airbags on scooters revealed
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We all know that you can’t fit airbags to sportbikes, largely because of the almost-prone riding position that the sporty motorcycles sit the rider in – an airbag can’t be sited under the chest of the rider for obvious reasons. So where can you fit an airbag in the modern motorcycling world? We’ve had one…
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What the hell is THIS (from Kawasaki’s special futures/ sci fi department)?
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Ok, hands up people – we’ve got no idea what this patent design filed by the Japanese company is for – but it’s weird and has had us scratching out heads for a couple of hours now, so we figured we’d leave it to you to tell us. These patents have just appeared from Kawasaki…
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REVEALED: Here’s the patents for Yamaha’s NEXT Niken – and it’s an MT-03-powered leaning three-wheeler!
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Here’s what we’ve been sent on the next Niken from the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer. It’s a series of official designs from the factory that are being filed as part of a patent for the next Yamaha three-wheeler. Two things are clear from the drawings; the funky two-wheeled front end is virtually identical to…
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Huh? Suzuki’s STRANGE second plans for live light projection. Beams light onto the roof of tunnels.
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Suzuki has filed designs for a new LED light system that projects a beam of light onto the ceiling of a tunnel, to help riders be better seen. It’s a strange concept – but it fits in with what else we’ve seen from Suzuki this year, and will most likely form part of a comprehensive…
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Honda’s planning a Rebel cruiser with a 1000cc Africa Twin motor inside. Plus some nice prototype – type styling touches
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Honda has filed designs for an Africa Twin-powered big Rebel cruiser. The plans for the upcoming easy rider aper have been uncovered by our friends at YoungMachine in Japan who took the designs and photoshopped up what the bike will end up looking like. The Rebel 1000 shares most of its styling queues with…
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FINAL production drawings for Suzuki’s Katana / Recursion are filed by the factory. Supercharged (yes), Turbocharged (no). CONFIRMED
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Here’s what looks like the final designs of the upcoming Suzuki Recursion project which will join the factory’s line-up either at the end of 2018 or 2019 (depending on who’s telling tales out of the factory). And what we can be absolutely sure about, having seen these latest drawings from inside the factory, is that…
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REVEALED: Ford patents car with built-in deployable motorcycle
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We’ve seen some crazy looking patents in the past, but Ford’s latest unveiling probably tops them all. The American automotive giant has filed a patent for a car with a motorcycle built into it that can be deployed as a separate vehicle. Cool right? The patent application describes an electric motorcycle that is connected using…
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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…
