World Launch

“Fancy a trip to India for a Royal Enfield launch, mate?” Typical Jeff, casually understating what is obviously a big thing. After hearing not even half the stories of recent …
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It almost doesn’t seems possible that BMW Motorrad’s lineup-leading S 1000 RR sportbike actually made its official public debut a whole decade and a half ago in April 2008, with …
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Nothing succeeds like excess – and by concocting the M 1000 R, BMW is doing its best to confirm the truth of that axiom in a two-wheeled context. How else …
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Palpable excitement accurately sums up the feelings I had, having read the late-night text from Jeff, “Want to go to Bangkok in August for a world launch?” “Yes” I said, …
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Ever since John Bloor relaunched Britain’s legendary Triumph marque in 1991 with a range of three- and four-cylinder motorcycles that dared to target Japan Inc. head on, Triumph has always …
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Metzeler turned 150 back in 2013. To celebrate, they committed to the most extreme racing we know, the madly fast and dangerous North West 200, the Ulster Grand Prix in …
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The Super Duke has long stood for nakedbike performance and aggression, stretching back past the first 1290 “Beast” of 2014 all the way to 2005, when the original 990 Super …
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Jeff headed to Portugal last week to ride the all-new (every single part is new) 2019 BMW S 1000 RR at Estoril Circuit. Three 15 min sessions plus a warm …
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There’s no experience in motorcycling quite like blasting along a twisty road in the hills near Lisbon in Portugal on the Ninja H2 SX. Exiting the mostly slow turns, Kawasaki’s …
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The Panigale V4 begins a new era of mass-produced V4 superbikes for Ducati, ending the line of Desmo V-twin flagships that stretches all the way back to the mid-Seventies. With …
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