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Spy Shots

  • Moto Morini goes for gold with new X-Cape 650 Gold Wheel Edition

    Moto Morini goes for gold with new X-Cape 650 Gold Wheel Edition

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    Moto Morini is adding an extra touch of class to its value packed X-Cape 650 adventure bike with a limited run ‘Gold Wheel Edition’ which will retail at £7,799 (plus on the road charges) when it goes on sale later this month.

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  • Coming Soon: Next generation Yamaha R1?

    Coming Soon: Next generation Yamaha R1?

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    Leaked documents seem to suggest that there’s a new version of Yamaha’s flagship R1 sportsbike coming in the not-too-distant future. This is what we know so far. It might only feel like Yamaha refreshed its R1 yesterday, but actually, the Japanese firm’s top-of-the-line sportsbike was last updated properly in 2019. That’s why there’s talk that…

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  • Chinese-built Harley

    Chinese-built Harley

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    We’ve been talking about small-capacity bikes from Harley-Davidson for years, but it’s starting to look like we’re getting closer to actually seeing one in the flesh, as a brand-new 500cc cruiser has just been spotted. It’s not the bike we were expecting, though; a pre-production version of Harley-Davidson’s 388R roadster (which was being developed in…

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  • Trick ‘Blade incoming?

    Trick ‘Blade incoming?

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    Direct from Japan comes the news that Honda could be preparing to celebrate 30 years of the Fireblade with a trick version of its current CBR1000RR-R. This one’s all rumours and speculation, but with Honda preparing to celebrate 30 years of the Fireblade in 2022, it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine the…

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  • DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4 REVEALED… WITH WINGS!

    DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4 REVEALED… WITH WINGS!

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    Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! We’ve all seen the spy shots of Ducati’s new (and long overdue) supernaked, but finally, they’ve released the official images of the prototype Streetfighter V4. It’s derived directly from the Panigale V4 but has lost the fairings, and has been fitted with high and wide handlebars. Ducati are using the 1100 cm³ Desmosedici Stradale…

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  • The Best Motorcycling Books!

    The Best Motorcycling Books!

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    The more modern types may want their books on iPads or Amazon thingies, and some of this fine collection here may be well available on those. However, to a huge part of the motorcycling audience, sitting on the throne reading on a digital device still feels plain wrong, and an iPad is a poor substitute…

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  • New 2018 214bhp Ducati Panigale V4!

    New 2018 214bhp Ducati Panigale V4!

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    Finally, it’s here, and although spy shots revealed what it’d look like weeks ago, we don’t care, because this is the most powerful, fully loaded production superbike (probably rather a lot of…) money can buy! Yep, the new V4 engine and its 1,103cc engine is now THE most powerful naturally aspirated production superbike on the…

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