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Yamaha releases GYTR edition Suzuka-winning-spec R1 – limited to just 20 bikes…
THIS HAS just appeared at the old Yamaha 2019 Milan show launch event. It’s the most special R1 ever – and it’s limited to just TWENTY bikes – one for each year of R1 production. Dubbed the GYTR edition, it’s pretty much a straight replica of the Suzuka-winning machine from this year. The spec is…
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The Ducati Panigale V4R might be the most terrifyingly awesome bike we’ve ever seen
OKAY, we’ve seen a few things over the years. But this is something else. We’ve just downloaded the specs and pics of the new 2019 Panigale V4R, and we’ve had to go and have a little lie down for ten minutes. Because the spec of this thing is just shocking. It weighs 193kg ready to…
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2019 Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory launched
WHILE we were quite rightly amazed by the Ducati Panigale V4S launched earlier this year, we did quibble a bit at the capacity increase. In a litre bike test, the V4 had a load more power, partly because it has a 1,103cc motor. How long before someone else joined them? Less than a year in…
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MV Agusta pockets €40 million investment to make new 215bhp 1000cc fours for us to thrap
Aren’t they lovely folks at MV Agusta? In the runup to next week’s Milan bike show, the firm’s just announced that it’s rinsed its shareholders for forty million Euros, in order to build a whole new line of inline-four litre bikes. Smart. And they’re starting off with a new Brutale 1000 which will be unveiled…
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Six new Beemers at the Milan show next week
WE’RE LIKE excited kids at xmas here in FB towers at the moment, crossing off the days till Santy Claus is coming. But this Santy isn’t bringing selection boxes and Playstation 4s – he’s bringing all the new hot metal for 2019! And there’s going to be a load of sweet Bavarian gifts under the…
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Suzuki’s NEC homage to Sheene – rebuilding the first ever RG500 at bike show
THE GREAT Barry Sheene rode a few bikes over his career – but it’s fair to say that he’s linked most closely with the Suzuki RG500. And Suzuki’s rebuilding the very first RG500 at this year’s NEC bike show in Birmingham. The G-54 model was the prototype 500 two-stroke square four, which led to the…
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2019 Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE and XC released
Hinckley’s retro bandwagon rolls on with another old-skool dirtbike. Is it ‘meh’ or is it ‘wow’? When we were lads, a ‘scrambler’ was what your mad old uncle called a motocross bike. “Check mah new scrambler out son!” he’d shout as he careered across a field on a Maico 490, slightly pissed on Christmas brandy. The…
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Yoshimura releases new pipes for Honda’s new Monkey 125
WE’RE big fans of the new Honda Monkey 125. Okay – it’s just a 125, but there’s something about that phat munkee style that just makes you grin. Plus, we were always taught that a small bike is just the job for perfecting your 12 o’clock wheelies in comfort and safety. So Honda Monkey 125…
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MV Agusta F4 Claudio unveiled
WOW. Just look at it. This is a limited-edition, celebratory version of the legendary MV Agusta F4, named for the firm’s saviour, Claudio Castiglioni. Claudio died in 2011, after a lifetime in the Italian bike business, running Cagiva, Ducati, Husqvarna – and most famously, MV Agusta. This final edition of the F4 – there’ll…
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2019 Ducati Multistrada Enduro – first thoughts!
OUR BRAVE boy, young Carl Stevens, is currently braappping his way round Italy on the new 2019 Ducati Multistrada 1260 Enduro. We dragged him away for a moment to get some first impressions on the new beast – here’s what he reckons to it so far. “We’ve just been riding it off-road this morning…
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Four new Kawasakis coming in a fortnight
KAWASAKI’S been doing great work recently, with its monstrous supercharged H2 bikes, new 125 Ninja and Z learner-machines, plus the sweet beefed-up ZX-10R and ZX-636R models released for 2019. But there’s more on the way! The firm’s global website has four bikes sitting under dust sheets, all set to be revealed at the EICMA Milan…
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2019 Yamaha R3 mini-superbike released
THERE’S more rejoicing in heaven for one sinner that repents than for 99 of the righteous, according to yer bible. And there’s more rejoicing in Fast Bikes Towers for one new sportsbike, no matter how small, than 99 retro shitters or silly customs. So we’re all over this – Yamaha’s new R3 mini-superbike. Just look…
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November 2018 – Issue 346
The latest issue of Fast Bikes is out now. Get yours at any discerning newsagent or subscribe to get yours delivered to you each month. The Ultimate V4 Is Ducati’s new Panigale V4 Speciale as ‘Speciale’ as their MotoGP derived Desmosedici RR? We found out. Motoring on Which Beemer makes the best use out of…
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Motofoto voting, now open!
Got a keen eye for biking photography? Read this way! Remember all the way back here when we told you that you could win £1,000 or a load of cool prizes just by submitting your best biking photography? Well the pictures are up and ready for your votes, with some real corkers on offer… so…
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