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Honda Crossrunner price announced

Phil West, 23 March 2011 14:57

Honda has announced the price of its new Crossrunner will be £9075 on the road. The VFR800-powered, V4, ABS-equipped ‘cross over’ machine will be available in black/silver, white/silver or red/silver and is expected in dealers in late spring. For comparison, its price puts the new Honda about on a par with Yamaha’s Fazer8 ABS but more than Triumph’s Tiger 800 ...

WSB – sponsor livery or not? What do you think?

Phil West, 16 February 2011 16:42

With the news that Yamaha’s factory World Superbike team will this year, because of the lack of a title sponsor, run in Yamaha corporate colours, an interesting situation has arisen. Namely this year, for the first time in ages, we’re faced with watching WSB racers which will actually look almost exactly like the road bikes they’re based on. Above is ...

Indian to unveil 2011 range at Sturgis

Phil West, 05 August 2010 14:51

Revived US manufacturer Indian is set to publicly unveil its 2011 range – of which this Chief Blackhawk is the star – at the huge Sturgis Rally in South Dakota this week. hisThe 70th annual motorcycle rally of Sturgis is once again the occasion for Indian of displaying its new model. For 2011 the main new release is the Chief ...

Chinese bikes get sexy

Phil West, 31 December 2009 13:00

This cool, three cylinder roadster is, believe it of not, the latest bike to come out of China! Dubbed the Vento Café GT its being built by PTS Motors and uses an air-cooled, 399cc transverse triple originally designed for quad bikes, in a lithe chassis which boast inverted forks and alloy rimmed wire wheels among its spec. The stylish design ...

New Rieju RS3 125 to be launched at Milan - UPDATED

Phil West, 02 November 2009 15:04

MCN has just received full technical details of Rieju’s new RS3 sports 125 which is due to be officially unveiled at the Milan Show next week (Nov 9). These images show how the new bike, which replaces Rieju’s old RS2 sportster and which has been designed in collaboration with UK-based Xenophya Design, will look – and it’s clearly influenced by ...

BMW release limited edition ‘Pikes Peak’ Megamoto.

Phil West, 08 May 2009 13:58

Is this the most awesome production supermoto ever? It’s the brand new BMW HP2 Megamoto ‘Pikes Peak edition’ of which just 40 are being built for the Japanese market. Built to commemorate the firm’s success in the classic Pikes Peak American hillclimb, the limited edition is unchanged mechanically from the strandard (but already awesome) HP2 Megamoto, but features BMW USA ...