2020

Suzuki’s Classic Racing team goes modern for the TT

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Alan Dowds

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27th February 2020

Team behind the XR69 and RG500 racebikes having a go with Suzuki GSX-R1000s at 2020 TT It’s one of the most evocative paint schemes in the classic race paddock – and has done some amazing work with a load of sweet old Suzuki race bikes. And now the Team Classic Suzuki outfit is jumping in…
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BMW expands 800 twin range to 900s, updates S1000 XR for 2020

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Alan Dowds

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5th November 2019

All-new F900 R and F900 XR plus revised S1000 XR launched in Milan The old F800 R wasn’t a massive hit for BMW, although I quite liked it in an understated kinda way. But for 2020, BMW has replaced the middleweight roadster twin with a new 900 version, and added an XR sort-of adventure version…
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2020 Ducati Streetfighter V4 released

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Alan Dowds

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24th October 2019

178kg dry, 208bhp, double wings, all the electrickery. Where do we sign? Okay, it’s not much of a surprise – indeed, this is one of the most heavily-trailed new bikes of 2020. But it’s still good to see it in the flesh at last. Our man Boothy was in Rimini (that’s a town in the…
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Ducati confirms V4-powered Multistrada for 2021

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Alan Dowds

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20th September 2019

First 200bhp adventure bike on the way? When the facts change, we change our minds round here at Fast Bikes Towers. So when ‘adventure bikes’ had like 55bhp at the piston-top, while weighing more than a small Volvo, we poo-pooed them with extreme prejudice. Big traillies (as they were known) like the old 750 Honda…
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2020 Yamaha YZF R1 and R1M released

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Alan Dowds

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14th July 2019

Evolution not revolution for Yam’s litre superbike, with high-rpm engine mods seemingly aimed at WSB improvements. Is it enough to top the league leaders though? Yamaha’s been ploughing its own superbike furrow for a decade now, with the crossplane crank big-bang configuration on its R1 engine. Having the uneven firing order from the unique crankshaft…
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BMW’S 1800 Boxer comes closer to production

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Alan Dowds

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27th May 2019

Official factory concept R18 shows off the new engine at Lake Como You’ve maybe not heard of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este – it’s not quite got the PR push that the NEC show gets of course. Rather than a jumble sale off the M6, it’s a rather chi-chi high-end gig on the shores of…
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New Year, New Bike Rumours from The East, part one

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Alan Dowds

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7th January 2019

New Suzuki Hayabusa for 2020 according to Japanese bike mag Young Machine (almost definitely)… We love the guys at Young Machine magazine in Japan – and they’re regularly on the ball when it comes to new bikes coming out of the big four firms over there. So it’s always worth paying attention to what they…
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2020

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