Superbike
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Dropping 24 lb (11 kg) from the S1000RR is a pretty herculean achievement for BMW. They've also ditched the RR's pop-eyed asymmetry, jacked up the power and torque, and added the option of M-series upgrades in a complete overhaul of the bike.
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Ducati has just debuted the most extreme petrol-powered supersport bike in history. The new king of the Panigale range is a World Superbike homologation special with a set of specifications that should strike fear into the heart of any mortal. Oh, and it's got wings, too.
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Another day, another special edition MV F4? Not this time. This is it. The ultimate MV Agusta superbike in both senses of the word. Named for MV's late President, a giant of the moto-world, the F4 Claudio marks the final chapter for a gorgeous bike that has entranced riders for more than 20 years.
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Scheduled for full production by 2023, the MondialMoto V5R and V5S will emulate Honda's storied RC211V, which dominated MotoGP in the early noughties. It'll be the streetbike every Valentino Rossi fan was gagging for just before he left to join Yamaha.
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Today marks the end of the V-Twin superbike era, with Ducati announcing its 2018 Panigale will run a counter-rotating 90-degree V4 engine. Fear not, though, the Panigale V4 is the most powerful bike ever in the superbike class, with a head-spinning list of electronic rider aids.
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Kawasaki's performance in World Superbike Racing has been so good of recent times that it's embarrassing. So what do you change when your bike has just won three straight championships, with more fastest laps and pole positions than any other marque? The answer is, not much.
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With a complete overhaul for 2017 and a peak of 202 horsepower, the big Gixxer is well and truly back in the pantheon of the world's greatest superbikes. But Suzuki has gone to great lengths to beef up the midrange and make this thing dominate the road like never before.
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It’s been known for several months that Ducati plans to replace its existing V2 superbikes with a new V4 generation, and the unveiling of the Panigale R Final Edition has just confirmed it. The high-end road-legal superbike blends the race-spec Panigale R with the rare and collectible Superleggera.
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The HP4 Race that BMW teased at the EICMA 2016 show is now going into a limited production run of 750 hand assembled units, complete with all carbon frame and wheels and a 158 kW power plant.
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The van ... possibly the most versatile piece of transportation man has ever crafted. We've seen vans as mobile living quarters, four-wheeled offices, and even motorized raw bars – in the past two months alone. Now, Vauxhall shows a van that works all week before racing bikes on the weekend.
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Norton's $35,000 V4 RR: Bespoke 1200cc carbon superbike offers rapid relocation to the landed gentryNorton has finally released details on its exquisite V4 RR superbike. The gorgeous polished tube frame houses a 1200cc, 200-plus horsepower V4 motor with all the latest electronics, and along with many special touches there's carbon everywhere from the fairings to the fuel tank and the rims.
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It's been 25 years since Honda sent the motorcycle world into an ever-escalating nuclear arms race with the original Fireblade. Now, the flagship superbike gets a 10-horsepower boost, drops 33 pounds and goes fully electronic to put it back in the hunt with the top dogs in the open class.
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