Is this the coolest looking stock bike on the market or what? The 2012 Special Edition of the popular Kawasaki W800 is better than ever and for us the Kawasaki created an instant classic! All metal (no plastic here) with the vertical air-cooled twin-cylinder engine (a real tribute to the classic Kawasaki W1), this time travel machine will take you down the vintage road in a heart beat. All of it’s 773cc’s were tweaked for the low down torque (usable from 2500rpm), the 19 inch front / 18 inch back wheels are anodized in Gold while the 300mm disc is in charge of the stopping power. Continue reading →
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2012 Kawasaki W800 Special Edition
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Jan 12
Yamaha Worldcrosser is getting closer…
It looks like the beautiful Yamaha WorldCrosser concept will become a realty after all. Although back in 2010 Yamaha factory denied that WorldCrosser will ever hit the market, in 2011 they’ve trademarked the name casting a shadow of a doubt on the previous statement. In the 2012 we’ll see the limited edition machine (basically Super Tenere with carbon fiber side panels, fork protectors and frame guards, plus an alloy skid plate, plus plus) being priced at £12,999, £1000 more than a stock Super Tenere. March will be the release date for UK market. Check out the full picture gallery after the jump. Continue reading →
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Jan 12
Guy Martin confirmed at Tyco Suzuki
Guy Martin is one of the most popular riders in the UK, specially when it comes to Mountain Course of IOMTT! In 2011 he won the Ulster Gran Prix in Superbike category and finished 4 times on the IOMTT podium. But, he didn’t win it, and watching the Closer to the Edge movie, this is the only important win for him:
“I couldn’t knock last year to be honest; the only thing we didn’t do was win a TT, but hopefully we’ll put that right in June. That’s the box we want to tick. The North West and Ulster are great events but it’s a TT win I really want. The team is good enough, the bikes are good enough and I believe the rider is good enough, so it’s time to go out and bloody win one.” Continue reading →
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Ducati 1199 Panigale Production Started
Ducati started the production of the 1199 Panigale on 24th January 2012. All the big names were there to mark the occasion: President Gabriele Del Torchio, General Director Claudio Domenicali and Plant Director Silvano Fini. They’ve literally “baptised” the first models to go out of the production line, so if you have some electrical problems with your new 1199, it’s gotta be the Champagne!!! Continue reading →
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Casey Stoner addresses to Rossi
It looks like Stoner have some unfinished business with Rossi and the press. And we can understand why. If you would take a look at the big picture in the past 4-5 years, you would see that Stoner won the World title riding the similar Ducati GP bike, that Vale plainly didn’t know how to ride fast in 2011. But almost no one criticized Vale – and even lesser number praised Stoner. And that’s what we think is a problem. Sadly, in todays racing – it’s all about the popularity and the marketing reach of the factory riders, with results often coming in second place.
“Valentino is saying and doing everything to belittle what I, my team, Honda did last year,” Stoner said to Motosprint, “It’s not true that Honda spent a lot of money, because it’s not a company of stupid people. Continue reading →
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Brutus 2.0 Electric Bike /
Sometimes we just don’t understand the logic behind it. Take the latest Brutus 2.0 electric motorcycle. It’s equipped with the lithium battery pack, an it has the 5 speed manual transmission. 0-60 comes in 4.7 seconds while it weighs around 250kg. Autonomy? 100 miles. It’s green, silent and …. huge. And there is a big chance it will cost arm and a leg. So what’s the point, we ask? ‘Cus sadly – with all that modern technology packed inside – it cannot touch any modern ICE bike in the market. Continue reading →
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2012 DIRT RAD by Radical Ducati
Well, basically this is a Radical Ducati bike too, except it’s not a Ducati. Popular Spanish workshop decided to break away from their usual routine of building uber cool cafe racers and track monsters, and try something different for a change. Meet the Dirt RAD, sweet little motocross based on the 1989 Yamaha XT600. Knowing the ways of RAD, pretty much everything was changed for better or newer. Tank was changed for a Ducati 250 DE Luxe’70, wheels for an 18 inch ones, while exhaust is Wolfman 2-in-1 with Spark GP mufflers. Continue reading →
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Art Tank by VibrazioniArtDesign
As we try to have a diverse selection of topics on our blog, we choose this one as we think it’ll be an inspiration to a small group of people called “custom builders”. Gas tanks’ are one of the main design features on a two wheeled art forms and this one, built by Davide Fabbri, is an exceptional one. Made out of old oil barrels and deliberately left raw with weld’s exposed, it could compliment most of the popular bases: CB750, BMW R series, Yamaha XS’s… Continue reading →
