October 16, 2015
Yamaha Resonator 125 concept FOR a while it seemed that ‘retro’ was going to be one of those fads that comes and goes but there’s no doubt that it’s now a real motorcycling segment that’s here to stay. And Yamaha recognises that you don’t have to actually remember the ‘good old days’ to long […]
October 16, 2015
Honda Africa Twin debuts Again A COUPLE of days ago Honda put out a teaser video for its Africa Twin CRF1000L, saying ‘the adventure continues’ on 16/10/15. Understandably, the video caused speculation (from us) that there would be an additional model in the Africa Twin range, because Honda had already told us all the […]
October 16, 2015
Yamaha reveals new electric bikes The Yamaha PES2 And the PED2 LAST year Yamaha’s Annual Report suggested it would have versions its PES1 and PED1 electric bike concepts in production by 2016 – and while the schedule might have slipped a bit since then it does have two new electric concept models to unveil […]
October 15, 2015
Hondas 2016 CBR range shown in US The 2016 CBR300R. See the rest below. HONDA has presented most of its 2016 CBR range in the US at the American International Motorcycle Expo in Florida. Year-2016 models shown include the Fireblade, CBR600RR and CBR300R. See them in our gallery below. The revelations also included a […]
October 15, 2015
2016 Honda CBR500R debuts HERE’S the first look at Honda’s 2016 CBR500R, which debuts today at the American International Motorcycle Expo in Florida. As well as the new look, which Honda calls ‘edgier’, the popular 47hp A2 bike has gained a pre-load-adjustable fork, a larger fuel tank, adjustable brake levers and a shorter exhaust. Oh, and […]
October 15, 2015
MV Agusta officially announces the Lewis Hamilton Dragster RR MV AGUSTA has officially announced that it’s soon going to be releasing a special Lewis Hamilton edition of its Brutale 800 Dragster RR. The above video appeared on MV’s official YouTube page yesterday. It features the F1 champion doing a burnout on the bike he’s […]
October 15, 2015
2016 Kawasaki ZZR1400 revealed KAWASAKI has just revealed upgrades for 2016 to the ZZR1400 including a new instrument cluster, while the ‘Performance Sport’ edition gets Brembo monobloc brake calipers. Tweaked ECU settings mean the hyper-tourer now meets new European emission limits with no drop in its claimed 200hp, according to Kawasaki. The ZZR1400 came […]
October 15, 2015
Top 10 most SORNed bikes BACK when it was introduced, the Statutory Off-Road Notice – SORN – wasn’t terribly popular. It’s still a pain if you prefer to only tax your bike for part of the year. But on the plus side it does provide access to some intriguing information. The latest set of […]