Sportbike
Honda’s CBR1000RR Fireblade 2012 – 20th anniversary
In carefully coordinated presentations this evening, Honda riders John McGuinness and Jonathan Rea took the covers off the 2012 version of Honda’s CBR1000RR Fireblade. McGuinness is racing at the penultimate round of the Endurance World Championship at Le Mans in France with the Honda TT Legends, while Rea is competing for the Castrol Honda team […]
Suzuki Announce 2012 GSX-R1000 Details
Suzuki Motor Corporation has today revealed details of its 2012 flagship Superbike – the GSX-R1000, offering enhanced capability thanks to technical innovations that provide heightened engine and chassis performance as well as weight-loss for the new model. Announced in unison across the world today, the 2012 GSX-R1000 retains its original styling but with a host […]
Suzuki GSX-R600 clinched Best sports bike of the year (under 600cc)
Not only has the GSX-R600been awarded the Best Sports Bike (under 600cc) by Motorcycle News, but has also won the highly competitive British Supersport Championship with Alastair Seeley and the Suzuki by TAS racing team. Perfected in the cut and thrust of racing, the state of the art revised chassis has a 1,385mm wheelbase for sharper handling and enhanced cornering ability, heightened […]
Cagiva Mito 125 2008
Spy images have emerged ahead of EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan of two versions of the Cagiva Mito 125 two-stroke that MV Agusta plans to unveil. These images show the two-stroke versions, the red being the standard model, dubbed the Cagiva Mito SP125, and the black/silver bike being the up-spec, race-orientated version, called the Mito […]
Ducati Unveils 848 Superbike
The new 848 enjoys all the performance advancements of the entire Superbike family, while adding its own innovations to redefine the middleweight sport bike class. The words ‘agile’ and ‘refined’ aptly describe the 848. At 168kg (369lbs) the 848 is an amazing 20kg (44lbs) lighter than its predecessor, and a significant 5kg (11lbs) lighter than […]
KTM RC8 Superbike To Go Into Production
KTM is to launch the production version of its RC8 sports bike next week a whole four years after the first concept machine – a litre-class V-twin was shown. The company has released the pic of the new dashboard which looks like no other from this angle. The other pic is an early prototype. Of […]
F4CC World’s Most Expensive Production Motorcycle
In true Motorcycle Art form, MV Agusta is recognised as the world’s most premium motorcycle brand which stems back to the glory days (1950’s/60’s/70’s) with the marque winning 18 premier class MotoGP riders Championships, the highest number in history to date. Since then the brand was reignited with a stunning unveiling at the 1997 Milan […]
Yamaha YZF-R1 2008
Yamaha, winners of the 2007 WSB andSuperstock 1000 Cup manufacturers title, are pleased to announce the arrival of the very cool 2008 colour variants of the YFZ-R1. Now available in White (see picture), Blue and Graphite, the YZF-R1 is a legend of the supersport world, an acclaimed one-litre performer that’s become a motorcycling icon, an […]
New BMW HP2 Sport – Most Powerful And Lightest Boxer
Based on the R 1200 S Sports Boxer, that competed successfully in Endurance race events this season, the new HP2 Sport bristles with high-end, top-quality racing parts. The HP2 Sport is the third model in the BMW HP ‘High Performance’ range. The HP series has been designed by engineers at the BMW factory to produce […]
Suzuki Unveil Three New Models For 2008
Suzuki unveiled no-less than three new models to European press at the Paris Motorcycle Show, with the introduction of the new 2008 GSX-R600, 750 and DR125SM. With European press converged on the French capital, Suzuki revealed their final 2008 models at the Paris Expo Carrousel du Louvre, with a press conference to launch their new […]