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Motus MST-01: is direct injection the next big thing?

Guy Procter, 16 March 2011 16:54

Motus is keen to make hay from its head-start on gasoline direct injection (GDI), which features on their new MST-01 sports tourer, the first time the technology has been seen on a four-stroke bike. It’s credited with much of the car industry’s recent power, efficiency and emissions gains so it would appear set to spread like a rash over new ...

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Former Doohan team-mate Daryl Beattie banned from driving

Guy Procter, 13 August 2010 12:57

1995 GP500 runner-up Daryl Beattie has been banned from driving for a year after failing to give a breath test in Australia. 40 year old Beattie rode for Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki factory teams in the nineties, finishing ahead of team-mate Mick Doohan in 1994. He is currently employed as a commentator for an Australian TV channel.

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64.5kg Ossa TR280i is world's lightest trial bike

Guy Procter, 22 July 2010 15:32

Reborn Spanish brand Ossa has come back with a bang – a sleek-looking new trials machine it says is the lightest in the world.  The 64.5kg bike is the first new Ossa in 25 years and features a 272cc two-stroke single-cylinder engine. Production begins in September, with the entire 1250-bike initial run sold into dealers around the world. A second ...

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New Kawasaki ZX-10R to land in Europe late August

Guy Procter, 14 July 2010 15:04

Kawasaki’s sharper new ZX-10R will touch down in Europe for the first time in late August, with your first chance to see it being at the Nurburgring WSB round on 5 September, MCN believes. The presentation will be part of Kawasaki’s onging attempt to convince the world THIS time it means WSB business, a campaign which began when it debuted ...

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Yamaha promises electric bike for Europe in 2011

Guy Procter, 14 July 2010 14:09

Yamaha will launch a new electric bike in Europe next year, and follow it with 2-3 more by 2015. The news comes in a statement on the company’s medium term growth strategy and follows the launch in Japan of its EC-03 electric scooter. Yamaha motorcycles for sale Yamaha’s game will have to be stepped up dramatically from the 27-mile range ...

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Guy Martin rides again at Goodwood ­ and races on Tuesday!

Guy Procter, 02 July 2010 15:31

Just three weeks after this horrific TT crash, Guy Martin is to ride again, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Saturday.  A source close to the charismatic Honda rider has been with him today and had this to say: “There’s not a scratch on him! He says every day of the first week following the accident he got worse, ...

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MV offers 165bhp/£4,745 'Cannonball' upgrade to 2010 Brutale 1090R

Guy Procter, 02 July 2010 12:20

MV Agusta has launched a £4,745 power-up kit for the 2010 Brutale 1090R which takes the power to a class-leading 165bhp. Accompanying cosmetics to complete the Cannonball look stretch to £3,917. Each bike will be built to the spec you set using the firm’s new online configurator which should be live imminently at www.mvagusta.it. The full Brutale 1090R Cannonball price ...

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Timewarp TT: Surtees (MV) v Miller (MotoCzysz)

Guy Procter, 08 June 2010 17:02

MotoCzysz may have annihilated the TT Zero competition in practice on Monday, but it’s still fighting it out with fifties machinery in combustion-engine terms. In a single-lap sprint round the 37.73 mile course it would be a close-fought battle between the 1956 Senior-winning John Surtees on the 500cc MV Agusta and 2010’s Mark Miller on the MotoCzysz E1pc. But Surtees ...

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Free luggage with the BMW R1200GS

Guy Procter, 03 June 2010 15:47

Buy a new GS between 1 June and 30 September 2010 and you’ll get free panniers worth up to £665.   The incentive is to celebrate the GS’s 30th anniversary and applies to GS, GS Adventure and GS Anniversary models. Standard GS buyers get a set of Vario Panniers worth £506.57, GS Adventure and Anniversary buyers get Aluminium Panniers worth £665.45.   ...

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Video: Ducati launches DVD movie

Guy Procter, 03 June 2010 12:06

Ducati is launching a feature-length DVD movie about its history featuring interviews with key riders, engineers and historians united in their passion for the blood-red bikes.      The film will be premiered at World Ducati Weekend at Misano 10-13 June but is already on sale at Misano World Circuit, the Ducati Museum bookshop and Factory Store and will soon arrive at ...

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