Archive for July, 2010
Honda CBR1000RR Fireblades Special Edition
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 07.16.2010 13:27 by Simona Filed under: Honda | Honda CBR | supersports | limited edition | Motorcycles | Motorcycle Reviews | Honda Honda UK has unveiled today two CBR1000RR Fireblades Special Editions - one ‘Hutchy’ and one ‘McGuinness’ – to commemorate the achievements of these two legendary TT road racers. Both bikes feature awesome special-edition paintwork celebrating Honda’s amazingly successful Isle of Man TT campaigns with two record-breaking riders: Ian Hutchinson and John McGuinness
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Brammo announces Empulse, a 100+ mph naked electric streetfighter with 100-mile range [w/video]
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Motorcycle , Electric Brammo Empulse - Click above to watch video after the jump Watch yourself, a whole lot of people sitting on the electric motorcycle fence are about to get knocked off. Brammo has just revealed the Empulse - a brand new naked street fighting machine with the ability to carry you to speeds of over 100 miles per hour. Not only is it fast, it also goes the distance, coming in a trio of range-differentiated models
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Report: Smart to reveal electric scooter at Paris Motor Show
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Paris Motor Show , Smart , Motorcycle , Rumormill , Electric When you’re already known for producing what basically amounts to the smallest vehicle currently available for public consumption, what do you do for an encore presentation? Go even smaller, of course. In the case of the Smart brand, that means cutting the total wheel count in half.
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Motus Motorcycles V4 engine impresses, puts out over 160 horsepower [w/video]
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Performance , Technology , Motorcycle Exclusive image of the Motus MST-01 - Click above for high-res image gallery America has quite a heritage of classic motorcycles. Interestingly enough, though, just about all of America’s great motorcycles share a remarkably similar ethos. From Harley-Davidson , undoubtedly the standard bearer of American motorcycle design, to Indian and even to new players like Victory, bikes coming from The Land of the Free have historically been designed to cruise along in a straight line in style
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Rumormill: Mercedes to partner with Ducati on new motorbike line?
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Mercedes-Benz , Motorcycle , Rumormill 2010 Ducati Monster 796 - Click above for high-res image gallery There are a handful of automakers making motorcycles these days: Honda , Suzuki , Peugeot , and of course BMW . That’s about the extent of it, but the latter’s German rivals won’t be letting the Bavarian automaker keep the market all to itself for much longer. At least, not according to a recent round of rumors
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Triumph teases new Adventure motorcycle [w/video]
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Motorcycle Triumph Adventure teaser - Click above to watch the video after the break About a decade ago, Triumph offered a pretty decent motorcycle in the vein of the BMW GS series of large-displacement on/off-road adventure bikes.
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eBay Find of the Day: If you’ve been looking for a Tron Lightcycle, the search is over
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Concept Cars , Technology , Motorcycle , Humor , Specialty , Electric Real-llfe Tron Lightcycle - Click above for high-res image gallery Just when you thought you had looked everywhere - and failed miserably - to distinguish yourself from the rest of the gang down at your favorite biker bar, the crew at Parker Brothers Choppers has come up with just the bike to, shall we say, kick it up a notch. Ah, yes… a Lightcycle should do the trick just fine.
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BMW details K 1600 GT and GTL, introduces headlight that peeks around corners
Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Filed under: Performance , BMW , Motorcycle , Luxury BMW K 1600 sketch - Click above for high-res image gallery Late last year at the EICMA Show in Milan, BMW showed off a unique concept motorcycle powered by a six cylinder engine . At the time, the German company indicated that we could expect to see a production machine using a similar straight-six powerplant. Today, BMW has finally released a bunch of information on two upcoming production machines, which will be known as the K 1600 GT and GTL
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BMW K 1600 GT and BMW K 1600 GTL
Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Posted on 07.2.2010 09:26 by Simona Filed under: BMW | superbike | Motorcycles | Motorcycle Reviews | BMW Since BMW Motorrad presented the concept study Concept 6 in autumn 2009, the six-cylinder in-line engine featured in it has captured the imagination of many motorcycle fans.