January

Year: 2005

Month: January

CB13S debuts in London

28 January 2005

Honda’s new half-faired muscle bike – the CB1300S – will make its worldwide debut with the opening of the MCN London Motorcycle Show on Saturday.The faired version of the CB1300 is inspired by 1980’s...

Rocket III recalled

21 January 2005

Triumph has issued a safety recall of around 1000 Rocket IIIs after recognising a fault in the shaft-drive which, it admits, “may result in a seized rear wheel.” Letters to owners explain...

Suzuki prices go down

21 January 2005

Suzuki has cut the price of the GSX-R600, Bandit 1200 and 1200S and revealed the price of the new K5 version of the GSX-R1000. The GSX-R6 is down £250 to £6599 while the Bandit 1200s are down by £550...

Piaggio Fly lands

21 January 2005

Piaggio has launched 50cc and 125cc versions of its new Fly in the UK. The 50cc has a two-stroke engine with a two-way catalytic converter, the 125 is a four-stroke. Both use a rigid steel tube frame...

Harley's new Street Rod

21 January 2005

Harley-Davidson has launched three new models for 2005 including an 120bhp VRSCR Street Rod, a dirt-track Sportster XL 883R and a limited edition 15th Anniversary Fat Boy. The latest member of the...

Global bike sales boom

14 January 2005

You might already know that China is the world’s biggest exporter of motorcycles. But which nation has risen to number two? Is Japan still up there? Italy or Germany perhaps? How about fast-rising...

MT-01 to arrive in Feb

14 January 2005

If you’ve been eagerly following the progress of the Yamaha MT-01 then you’ll be pleased to know that it’ll be here in a matter of weeks. Yamaha UK has just said that the 1600cc ‘torque-sports’ bike...

Sports sales stay strong

14 January 2005

Definitions (as used by the MCIA): Adventure Sport (including Supermoto) These bikes are similar in style to Trail/Enduro motorcycles but are predominantly designed and capable for on-road use only.

GSX-R classes begin

07 January 2005

UK dealers and race teams have been given a head-start in tuning techniques for the 2005 GSX-R1000. Suzuki is staging a series of four specialist Yoshimura GSX-R Seminars this month across Europe.

BMW unveils R1200ST

07 January 2005

BMW has released the full details of its R1200ST sports tourer and said you can expect it to arrive in dealers by March. The bike, which will cost £9060otr, succeeds the R1150RS and takes the engine...

Race-rep Speedfight

01 January 2005

Peugeot has released a new Speedfight with a race-replica paintjob. But instead of aping MotoGP or World Superbikes, it’s to commemorate the introduction of the Peugeot 307 World Rally car. The...