Honda has announced that it will have an electric moped on sale by the end of 2010. The moped will be built as a zero CO2 emissions alternative to a petrol-powered 50cc moped, using a 360kw light nickel hydrogen battery in a lightweight aluminium chassis. Honda says that the prototype also retains some of the storage space that makes traditional ...
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- 09 January 2009
Bonhams has just announced that it is to sell the Professor Fritz Ehn Motorcycle Museum Collection with a collective value estimated at over £1m. 300 motorcycles are to be auctioned on June 30, 2008 at the RAF Museum in Hendon, with values ranging from £200 to £28,000. Highlights include: • 1953 AJS 7R, estimate £12,000-14,000 • 1927 Böhmerland Reisemodell, estimate £24,000-28,000 • 1927 ...
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- 07 April 2008
£40,000 buys you a Ducati Desmosedici RR, or a dream garage full of bikes. But 3UpRacing spent the money on this - the four-stroke answer to a 250GP bike, powered by a humble Kawasaki ER-6 engine tuned for 95bhp in a chassis weighing just 110kg wet. You can read the story in this week's MCN, out Wednesday March 5, but ...
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- 05 March 2008
Yoshimura has just released a new full race exhaust for the 2008 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa. The Yoshimura full system is a massive 75% lighter than the stock motorcycle’s exhaust –Yoshimura say that its system weighs just 5.6kg compared to 21kg for the standard parts. Increases in power and torque are claimed, but Yoshimura is staying tight-lipped on the exact figures. ...
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- 29 February 2008
Honda has announced that all motorcycle production in its Marysville plant is to be moved to Japan, marking the end of almost thirty years of Goldwing production in the plant. Opened in 1979, the Ohio factory currently builds 120 Goldwing and VTX models every day, but production of the motorcycles is due to move to Honda's new Kumamoto plant in ...
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- 28 February 2008
Ducati has released this video of Casey Stoner swinging a leg over the new 2008 Ducati Monster 696 on a recent trip to Ducati's Bologna factory. The MotoGP world champion shares his thoughts on bike's styling as well as taking a short ride on the new motorcycle
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- 22 February 2008
You wouldn't believe it but the motorcycle underneath this bizarre hand beaten metal dustbin fairing is a Ducati Monster! The bizarre creation was seen being used by an untraced rider in the US, so little more is known about the machine, but it's hard to imagine the air-cooled engine getting much cooling air through the enclosed aluminium body! Click here ...
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- 10 January 2008
This is what happens when you're trying too hard to get the best shots of the action. This unlucky cameraman at the X-Games stood too close to the action, and when the rider comes down from a backflip he pays for his dedication to the job.Biker Slams Into Cameraman - Watch more free videos
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- 17 September 2007
Ever wondered just how well those stick on flags for helmets actually stick? We wanted to find out, so Acting Deputy Editor Tony Carter popped a few on his Arai and headed out for an enthusiastic lunch time on some quick roads around the MCN office. The bike was a 2007 Kawasaki ZX6R, the conditions were fine and warm and ...
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- 11 September 2007
Watch the R1150GS-powered four wheeler in action i this video clip
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- 25 July 2007
