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Semi-Auto Sportsbikes?
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Honda’s been banging on about its automatic DCT dual-clutch transmission for years now, and while it’s got its benefits in bigger bikes, it’s a bit too heavy, complex and pricey to suit smaller machines. So for 2024, the Big Aitch has developed a new E-clutch semi-automatic gearbox set up, and is trying it out on…
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Newark Classic Bike Show returns with rotary Norton legends Nation and Crighton
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Star guests Trevor Nation and Brian Crighton will be at the Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show in Newark on January 6-7, 2024, for all things Norton and more.
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Harrison joins three-rider team at Honda Racing UK
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Honda Racing UK has confirmed a three-man team for the 2024 Isle of Man TT Races, with Dean Harrison lining up alongside John McGuinness MBE and Nathan Harrison. Dean Harrison joins the factory Honda team after a 7-year stint with DAO Racing and Kawasaki, with whom he took two of his three TT victories to date,…
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New Bikes: Aprilia’s RS 457
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The Italian firm’s looking to snap up sales in the learner legal market, revealing a proper A2-compliant sportsbike in the form of its new RS 457. Here’s what you need to know. Riders of a sporty disposition have got plenty to get excited about next year. There’s some exciting stuff going on at the lower…
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Bridgestone Launches its Next-Generation Sports Motorcycle Tyre
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*The new Bridgestone BATTLAX HYPERSPORT S23 is a sports radial motorcycle tyre for street use engineered to meet the requirements of the ever-evolving modern-day sport bikes.*The latest product in Bridgestone’s premium motorcycle tyre range, BATTLAX, features increased levels of exceptional dry and wet grip performance, employing a newly designed compound and updated pattern design.*The Bridgestone…
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Pricing and availability of 25th anniversary Hayabusa announced
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Suzuki has announced that the special edition Hayabusa, launched to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the legendary hyperbike, is available in dealerships now with an OTR price of £18,599 and will also be available on 2.9% APR finance on PCP or HP. The anniversary edition, launched to celebrate a quarter of a century of an icon after the first generation Hayabusa changed…
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First Impressions: Ninja 7 Hybrid
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Alan Dowds has been in Spain, where he’s been running the rule over Kawasaki’s new Ninja 7 Hybrid. Here’s what he has to say! I’m just back from the Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid launch in Barcelona, and it’s fair to say that I’m pretty impressed. It’s an extremely interesting bike with a lot of new…
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HONDA CBR750R? Patents say yes…
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Rumours and patent applications from Japan suggest a motorcycle on the way that uses the same chassis and engine as the new Honda Hornet but with a sporty different styling. Here’s what we know about the CBR750R. At the official presentation, which took place at the Cologne Motor Show in October 2022, Honda revealed the…
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Used Bike Test: Yamaha R6
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If you had a pound for every Yamaha R6 ever sold… you’d have lots of pounds. I don’t know exactly how many of the machines have trundled down the Japanese brand’s production line since the model’s inauguration back in 1999, but the answer is ‘a lot’. R6s are everywhere, and rightfully so because they’ve been…
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King Kenny: Ironing out the kinks
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The VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… 1979 had been a holding position with Kenny Roberts doing his utmost to fend off the serried ranks of Suzuki RG500s. Unable to give him the extra power he wanted, the factory embarked on a mass loss programme – aluminium would replace steel for the chassis and the motor would…
