KTM has shown a 990 at Milan that softens the supermoto look. The T in SMT is four Travel, and the bike blends supermoto and dual purpose with touring styles, comes with the 999 cc twin that’s good for 114 hp, and weighs 196 kg (432 lb) dry. There is also an SMR for harder … Continue reading KTM 990 SMT
U-Design-It Lo Rider BMW revealed an odd-looking, customizable concept bike at the Milan show that they’re calling the Lo Rider. The bike would be powered by the 1200 cc Boxer twin and would mate USD forks, wave discs, spoked wheels, and a bunch of customer-selectable features for a look that hasn’t been seen in the … Continue reading BMW Lo-Rider at show
Ducati’s much-rumoured entry into the "street fighter" market (think Triumph Speed Triple, Aprilia Tuono, etc. — basically naked sport bikes) was proven to be much more than a rumour today at the big Milan bike show. The bike is based closely on the outgoing 1098 (more on that below), and unlike many other slightly homogenized … Continue reading Ducati Streetfighter revealed
MCN mock-up of 1098 SF. Photo: MCN Ducati has revealed they will produce a naked version of the 1098R Superbike. Called the 1098 Streetfighter, it’s a track-oriented naked model in the same vein as the Triumph Speed Triple and KTM Super Duke, powered by the 1098 cc Testastretta Evoluzione motor. Preview photos have been shown … Continue reading Ducati Streetfighter confirmed
GT650R gets upgrades Hyosung is upping the ante on its SV650-like sport bike, the GT650R. Fuel injection, uprated ignition and the usual tweaks bump claimed horsepower to 82 from 74, while the cruiser GV650 model climbs to 80 from 72. Front brake calipers are now the race-fashion-required radial style, while one source claims a higher … Continue reading Hyosung gets injected
It won’t be the same without the "neeeeeeeeeeee" sound. Competition-oriented KTM have just announced that they’ve actually built a battery-powered, competition-ready race bike — pretty impressive stuff considering that nobody else has yet managed to make any two-wheeled vehicle bigger than a bicycle run far enough to be remotely useful. In co-operation with Arsenal Research … Continue reading KTM Electric dirt bike
Burgman goes all GSX-R on us. Surely one of the wildest pieces of kit to appear recently is the Burgman 400 Sport Concept, a Burgman scooter that looks as though its mother had a visit from the GSX-R gene pool on the way to market. A prototype was displayed at the 2009 Suzuki U.S. trade … Continue reading Burgman concept
It’s definitely unique! Normally, when CMG staff read stuff like “The Fighter clarifies opaqueness and nullifies hype with straight-forward true to concept certitude” it’s pretty hard to hold back a serious retch. Nevertheless, if there’s any manufacturer out there other than Confederate that can claim to be true to concepts, we’d like to know where … Continue reading Confederate Fighter
Screw the Smart car … If you mated a BMW C1 (a roofed scooter that was classed as a car in Europe) with an MP3 (Piaggio’s three-wheel scooter, not Apple’s music playing device), you might end up withsomething like Peugeot’s glass-roofed two-seat HYmotion3 Compressor Concept, which showed up this week at the Paris motor show. … Continue reading HYmotion3 concept
GUZZI SPORT GETS 4V The Moto Guzzi Sport is now available with the updated 4V motor. The big German Intermot show produced yet another updated model from Moto Guzzi, this one called the 1200 Sport 4V. The Quattrovalvole (it’s actually an eight-valve, but for some reason Guzzi likes to number the valves in each cylinder) … Continue reading New Guzzi & Aprilias – Not for Canada