EICMA 2015
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When Victory ran its Project 156 concept bike in the Pike's Peak Hill Climb earlier this year, a lot of rumors started floating around that it was more than a one-off race entry. The company has put those rumors to rest with the introduction of the Ignition Concept bike at the EICMA show.
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Small Milan-based custom bike builder CR&S brought something big to its home town for EICMA 2015. The Cafédecursa has the same massive S&S 117 cu. in. X Wedge engine that was at the heart of the company's original Duu muscle cruiser.
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It seems that scramblers are now the motorcycle style du jour. Enter BMW with its R nine T Scrambler – a variation of the customizable 1170 cc boxer-driven roadster the company introduced in 2014.
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Suzuki is ready to step back on the dance floor and boogie with a brand new GSX-R1000, built from the ground up to put the Big Gixxer back in contention at the pointy end of the sportsbike market.
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Honda's European design team has produced a couple of tasty concepts for EICMA Milan. Using the CB650F naked bike as a starting point, meet two very European looking customs that wouldn't look out of place with an Aprilia or Husqvarna logo on the tank.
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Ducati is kicking back a gear with the XDiavel, which uses a stroked-out engine to put the torque lower in the rev range, and gives a true feet-forward cruiser riding position, while pulling all the silly plastic off the sides for a much cleaner, sweeter look.
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With a retuned version of the crossplane-crankshaft R1 superbike engine providing the boogie, the focus of Yamaha's new MT-10 will be on fun, but Yamaha has also chosen to throw in a cruise control system.
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BMW has flagged its ambition to move beyond the C Evolution scooter and enter the top class of electric motorcycles with a battery powered alternate to its S 1000 RR superbike – the experimental eRR.
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Ducati broke out the first of its 2016 models during the Volkswagen Group Night, ahead of IAA 2015 in Frankfurt. The new Monster 1200 R employs superbike performance levels to claim the title of the most powerful naked Ducati.