2022

2022 Ducati Panigale V4S

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Alan Dowds

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25th November 2021

Engine, chassis, aerodynamics, electronics and ergonomics all tweaked on the mighty Panigale Big news from Ducati on the first public day of the EICMA show: a new Panigale V4 and V4S, that’s claimed to be even faster round a track, but also easier to ride for all skill levels. The engine has an extra 1.5bhp…
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2022 Special Edition Triumph Rocket 3, Thruxton RS and Street Twin

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Alan Dowds

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9th November 2021

Some nice eye-candy from Triumph: three special edition bikes, limited to one year’s production, celebrating parts of Triumph’s British heritage. First is a ‘Ton-Up’ Thruxton RS, which harks back to the café-racer culture of the 1950s and 60s. Next is the Rocket 3 221, which is named for the giant custom’s monstrous torque figure of…
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2022 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR

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Alan Dowds

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14th September 2021

Half-faired café-racer version of the Striple gets saucy Öhlins ‘leccy suspension, 178bhp motor and 199kg wet weight – but it’s not the 1200 Daytona we NEED!!! Just dropped from the good guys at Hinckley Triumph is this – the heavily-trailed Speed Triple 1200 RR. It’s basically the naked Striple 1200 RS launched at the start…
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2022 Honda CB500 range updated

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Alan Dowds

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1st September 2021

Big changes from Honda for its 500 light-middleweight twin range It’s easy to sneer at bikes like the CBR500R when you’re a grizzled veteran on your full-beans 200bhp R1, tazzing round the fast group. But we all started somewhere, and the young folk buzzing around on the CB500F and CBR500 will be doing the hooning…
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2022 Aprilia Tuareg 660

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Alan Dowds

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3rd August 2021

Legendary Paris-Dakar model name returns on RS660-powered middleweight adventure weapon The original Tuareg is, of course, the doughty breed of North African Berbers, who carve out a living in the perilously harsh conditions of the Sahara desert. Historically nomadic, they still live a lifestyle that is diametrically opposed to the sedentary tech-heavy fast-food-fuelled existence of…
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2022 Honda Monkey 125 released

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Alan Dowds

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21st June 2021

Legendarily fun mini-bike gets Euro5’d and has a general brush-up The Monkey is one of those bikes that you can’t help smiling at. And with a history dating back to 1961, it’s a solid part of Honda’s heritage. First built as a 50cc toy for a kid’s fun zone at a Tokyo amusement park in…
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