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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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WORLD RAID: Yamaha Ténéré 700 prototype to tour the world
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Yamaha has created the Ténéré 700 World Raid, a prototype model of its hotly anticipated T7 – which it’ll be putting through its paces on a challenging trip across the world throughout 2018. Since Yamaha’s new T7 first broke cover a year ago, it’s received widespread admiration across the motorcycle world – and now Yamaha…
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SPY SHOT: Yamaha’s Ténéré 700 prototype caught in action in Milan
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The all-new Yamaha Ténéré 700 is one of the most hotly anticipated bikes of 2018 – and we’ve just been sent some shots of the prototype in action in the centre of Milan. The new Ténéré 700 is based around Yamaha’s infallible MT-07 – and seeks to recall the spirit of the original Dakar-inspired machine, with…
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Bamboo electric motorcycle from Banatti – would you cane it?
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Philippines based Banatti has unveiled ‘The Green Falcon’ – an electric-prototype partly made of bamboo. Crazy, right? It’s been produced by Philippine company Meep (Modular Energy Efficient Portage) and its sub-brand Banatti. Of course, the most notable feature of the Falcon is its bamboo fairing. It comes amid news that the Philippine government plans to…
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BMW to ‘mass produce’ carbon fibre swingarm?
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BMW has won an award for its innovative reinforced carbon fibre swingarm – as it’s found a way to mass produce the material at a lower cost. No news on pricing just yet though! BMW has recently won the 2018 JEC Innovation Award (in the Leisure and Sports category) with its low-cost reinforced carbon fibre…
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Futuristic CF-Moto concept inspired by the KTM Duke 790
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CF Moto recently joined forces with KTM – as the Austrian brand looks begin production of a range of mid-capacity bikes for emerging markets. And following its partnership with KTM, the Chinese mega-brand has unveiled its new Duke-inspired V.02-NK Concept. Visually, there’s no denying the similarities between the CF-Moto and the KTM 790 Duke –…
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Lamborghini Design 90 prototype goes under the hammer
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One of six super-rare 1980s prototype Lamborghini motorcycles went under the hammer yesterday – but failed to reach its reserve. So if you’re into your Italian metal, there’s still a chance to get your hands on a unique piece of motorcycling history. Back in 1989, Lamborghini was toying with the idea of creating its own…
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Spy Shots: New KTM 790 Adventure caught in action
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KTM’s new 790 Adventure has been caught in action – and it’s looking very close to showroom ready. Unveiled in prototype form at EICMA 2017, the KTM 760 Adventure is one of the most hotly anticipated adventure machines to emerge from the Italian expo (even if it was a prototype) – but thanks to an…
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FIRST PICS: Here’s the finished 2018 KTM 790 Adventure prototype in ACTION
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Here’s the first pics of the finished 790 Adventure KTM in action. And seeing the bike out in the hands of a factory test rider proves that the prototype we showed you first from the EICMA show in Milan weeks really WAS a forerunner to a production version of the hot mid-weight Adventure bike.…
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CAUGHT: Here’s the 2018 Husqvarna Vitpilen snapped out in final road miles!
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Our friends at the excellent Soymotero.net have been out and about hunting down the Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen 2018 motorcycle – and bagged these great photos of the prototype undergoing final pre-production tests. The bike was caught near Barcelona in the town of Molins de Rei. One of Soymotero’s users, called Carlos, spotted the new bike…
