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111The Racer-X electric bike looks nuts
Machinist and bike builder Mark Atkinson thinks there is a lot of scope for spectacular designs when it comes to electric motorcycles....
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383Patents show Kawasaki’s removable battery
A couple of weeks ago we brought you the news that the big four Japanese manufacturers are working together to create a...
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344Guy Martin said a lot of words in under 2 minutes
During his grid walk for BT Sport at the weekend, Ex-World Superbike champion and current MotoGP pundit Neil Hodgson bumped into a...
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617Watching FortNine rebuild his Kawasaki KLR650 is mesmerising
I spend too much time on YouTube, and the internet in general. One of my favourite things to do on said video...
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290Motorsport and cycling are arguing over eBikes
The UCI and FIM – the two federations in charge of bicycle and motorcycle racing respectively – are arguing over electric bicycles....
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726Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha form HUGE battery-driven consortium
Japanese BIG FOUR announce potentially game-changing replaceable battery association. Everybody is talking about electric motorcycles these days, but despite what would seem...
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629The next MotoGP game will use neural networks
MotoGP 19, the official video game of, err, MotoGP, will release on June 6, and it will include some pretty fancy tech,...
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471The Lightning Strike electric bike is finally here*
*Deliveries of the Carbon Edition are earmarked to begin in July. Lightning Motorcycles, the manufacturer behind the fastest production bike in the...
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3.0KAna Carrasco: The fastest female motorcycle racer of all time
She’s 21-years-old, stands five-foot-one, and weighs eight stone, wringing wet. But don’t let that fool you. Ana Carrasco is one tough little...
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2.3KCustom of the Week: Harley-Davidson ‘XG750R’ Street Rod Flat Tracker by Noise Cycles
IF YOU LIKE WEAVING through city traffic during the week, and then blasting through the twisties on your days off, the Street...
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2.2KCustom of the Week: KTM ‘950SMR’ by Max Hazan
THERE’S A DEFINITE STYLE to a Hazan Motorworks bike: a hint of steampunk, lots of beautifully twisted and burnished metal, and impossibly...
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1.8KOne Year On: Remembering Nicky Hayden
The news that Nicky Hayden passed away was devastating to the whole of the motorsport family. This article first appeared on Motofire...
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1.9KCustom of the week: ‘V09’ BMW R80 by Vagabund Moto
BMW AIRHEAD CUSTOMS are like AC/DC songs: after a while, it’s hard to tell them all apart. And that’s not necessarily a...
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1.7KCustom of the Week: Vespa PX 150 by Butchered Garage
BUTCHER GARAGE IS NOT a familiar name around these parts. But they specialize in a genre we’d love to see more of:...
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1.2KCustom of the Week: ’13 Zero XU by Colt Wrangler
IT’S NOT EASY TO BUILD a good-looking custom bike. The classifieds are littered with abandoned projects—and even the top pro builders sometimes...
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1.2KNothing says ‘green’ like an electric motorcycle made out of bamboo
The Green Falcon is full of eco-credentials and has a strength ‘similar to steel’. In 2020 the Philippines government will have mandated...
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1.9KDainese’s 3D custom leather configurator is ridiculously brilliant!
You too can design the best – or most hideous – custom leathers available. If you were wondering why the quantity of...
