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Spied! 2014 Suzuki MotoGP Prototype!

Spied! 2014 Suzuki MotoGP Prototype! Will a GSX-R-style inline-Four replace the previous GP-only V-Four GSV-R?

Insiders tell us this is a prototype for Suzuki’s return to MotoGP in 2014. The project was, we are told, “hot for a while” and then cooled off. Now, with these photos from a test earlier this month at Sugo Circuit in Japan, it clearly has momentum again. What have [...]

Motus MST-R Prototype – First Ride Riding the American V-Four sport-touring prototype.

Allowing a journalist to ride a raw and unfinished prototype motorcycle is practically unheard of. Very few companies would risk this early exposure, especially with someone who will publish his opinions. It’s akin to a sculptor showing an art critic a block of marble and saying, “What do you think [...]

Spied! Honda CB600F DCT – Future Bikes & Spy Shots Honda caught testing new DCT-equipped sportbike.

It was only a matter of time before Honda’s Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT) found its way onto more of the company’s streetbikes. This spy photo appears to be a European-issue Honda CB600F Hornet equipped with DCT (note absence of a clutch lever). Even if a Hornet DCT reaches production, there is [...]

Suzuki’s Middleweight Adventurer – First Look V-Strom 650 replacement teased by Suzuki?

Okay, so you don’t actuallyget to see the bike, but neither did we. When we received an e-mail from Suzuki asking us to sign an embargo agreement regarding a new model, we excitedly rubbed our hands together in anticipation of seeing the bike in confidential photos that surely would soon [...]

Horex 1200 VR6 Roadster - Future Bikes & Spy Shots

Horex 1200 VR6 Roadster – Future Bikes & Spy Shots The other German six-cylinder motorcycle hits the road for testing.

After showing its unique 1200 VR6 roadster concept bike at the INTERMOT motorcycle show last fall, Horex’s designers and technicians have been very busy. Want proof? According to a press release and photo from the German company that is resurrecting the Horex name, prototypes are currently being tested on the [...]

Moto Guzzi – Future Bikes & Spy Shots Moto Guzzi V7 Scrambler and California 1400 concepts unveiled to dealers in Monte Carlo.

The Piaggio Group recently held a big dealer convention in Monte Carlo. The main purpose of event was the introduction of a new generation of light vans and trucks that represents a profitable branch of activity for the Italians. But there was also a section of the event “for Piaggio [...]

Is this the 2012 Yamaha WR250F Enduro? – Future Bikes & Spy Shots Real or fake: WR image appears to show a fuel-injected, backward-cylinder 250F off-road bike.

[ Fact or fiction? Yamaha says “photochop” but it is a convincing job. Only time will tell if the 2012 WRs will have any YZ450F-inspired features like the reverse cylinder head and rearward-slanted engine. ] When this photo of what appears to be a Yamaha WR250F off-road bike magically appeared [...]

2012 Ducati Superbike – Future Bikes & Spy Shots MotoGP to the masses! Frameless chassis, 22 pounds lighter and 20 more horsepower!

Ducati fully plans to capitalize on the arrival of Valentino Rossi to commercialize the extraordinary carbon-fiber monocoque frame first debuted on its GP9 desmosedici MotoGP bike. This next step in the quattrovalvole superbike family evolution is more like a revolution. Indeed, the trademark tubular steel trellis frame will no longer [...]

Husqvarna 1000cc Concept and 2011 Supermotos – First Look Husky shocks EICMA with three-cylinder 1000cc scrambler.

Apparently, Husqvarna never sleeps. First, a completely new line of enduros and motocrossers were shown in Cologne last month. Now, at EICMA, the Italian motorcycle maker unveiled a new family of supermoto machines. But the real Milan show-stopper was a lean, mean concept powered by a 1000cc Triple sporting red [...]

EICMA 2010 – Motorcycle Show Cologne gave us our first taste of new motorcycles coming in 2011; Milan promises even bigger news.

Okay, the world’s finances could be in better shape, but October’s INTERMOT show proved that development continues on exciting new motorcycles. In Cologne, Germany, European manufacturers were pushing technology boundaries like never before. New bikes from BMW (K1600GT/GTL), Triumph (Speed Triple), KTM (Duke 125), Ducati (848 EVO, 1198 SP) and [...]