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One big hiccup in the bike industry was the lack of any trade shows and that meant there was nowhere for the big firms to show off their new 2021 models to us all. And with Euro 5 updates there were plenty of new bikes – far more than you might have expected given the impact of Covid-19 on the world...
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The Suzuki Katana is an iconic motorcycle that has been at the epicentre of the motorcycle world since the 1980's. Designed in 1979, then sold between 1981 and 2006 it belonged to many an enthusiast before being put to bed and reincarnated in 2019. This is the 2020 model and you can find out more here...
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Looking for a big bore on a budget? Looking for some adventure without the premium price tag? Alan Dowds takes the 202 Suzuki V-Strom 1050 XT for a spin and the results are surprising...
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Looking for a bike that is handsome, half-faired, sort-of-adventure-lite styling? Something solid with the build quality, technology and gadgetry that no-one does better than BMW?? This could well be the commuter motorbike for you...
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Your average 450 four-stroke will kick out a little over 50BHP, this whopping machine will churn out 149BHP with a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds. There was us, this bike, and a disused runway… Read what happened next!
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We chat to John Bennett of Lamb Chop Rides about his custom carbon RCV Special Fireblade developed over 7 years with a growing YouTube audience. See the detailed photos and video of how Beauty became the Beasty...
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At BeMoto we reckon everybody should get on a trackday and where possible get some tuition. Here's a useful overview of the legendary California Superbike School and what's involved in making you a better, faster and safer rider on both track and the road...
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Lamb Chop Rides is interviewed about his "BEASTIE". We find out about this very special RCV Fireblade was brought to life and more importantly how she rides as our very own Kar Lee has some performance playtime. READ MORE...
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BeMoto customer Chris Eades, of 44Teeth or Baron von Grumble as you most likely know him, gets to ride every bike you could ever dream of! But what does he own in his collection? Find out here...
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MotoE has just finished its first season of racing as a MotoGP support series. Our man Alan Dowds got a spin on a MotoE Ego Corsa Electric Race Bike at Valencia – here’s what he reckoned…
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UPDATED 21/03/2020 - Race calendars are up in the air as a result of the Corona Virus outbreak, however we have tried to keep up-to-date with the evolving situation for MotoGP, WSBK and BSB so here are the updated 2020 Race Calendars...
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Supercross is pretty much motocross on steroids; bigger jumps, tighter corners, huge whoops, insane stall walls, doubles, triples, etc. But it's the last place you'd normally see a mental CR500, until now...
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You can take anything around a racetrack, as long as it goes around a corner. Whatever you choose, there are a range of mods and bolt-ons that will make your steed that much more capable, and here are the most popular...
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Motocross is without doubt the most easily accessible discipline for someone interest in getting started in motorsport. It can be daunting trying to decide which bike is the best for you - but never fear, here's our 'go-to' list of MX bikes that are perfect for rookies to the sport…
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Customer CR500 Supermoto Special. Those two letters and three numbers are enough to scare most riders who have dared to tackle the big-bore, single-cylinder two-dinger. Starting one is difficult, holding one wide-open is insanity...
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IT’S hard to believe now. But BMW used to have a terrible reputation for performance. It wasn’t till 2009 that they launched a proper sports bike – the S1000RR - 10 years later we’re at the Estoril circuit, to try the very latest 2019 model...
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It's not long now until the first event on the major bike racing calendar kicks off at Phillip Island, Australia on 22 - 24 February 2019 with World Superbikes; followed by the Qatar GP in March and BSB in April...
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We all know how successful BMW’s big GS Boxer range has been over the past 20-odd years, helped by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s made-for-television adventures. And now, w're in Almeria, Spain, to check out the latest iteration - the 2019 R1250 GS Adventure...
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Back in 1992, £38,000 was a hell of a lot of money – in fact it was just £12,000 shy of buying your average house. What £38k could also get you is Honda’s technical and aesthetical marvel, the NR750...
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Gino Rea is making his debut in the British Superbike championship on board the OMG Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000. BeMoto is supporting the no.44 rider in 2018, so we caught up with the series rookie at the official BSB pre-season test at Donington Park ahead of the first race there on April 2...
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2018 looks to be an exciting year for new bikes, with sweet machinery from Ducati, Kawasaki, BMW and Triumph all heading our way. Here's a roundup of the latest price announcements for all the hot 2018 bikes, so far...
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On Sunday September 24th 2017, tens of thousands of men and women in hundreds of cities worldwide took to the streets to raise awareness and funds for men’s health with the Distinguished Gentlemans Ride...
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We joined a Eurotrax trackday in France to pick up some trackday advice nuggets, see what these trackday enthusiasts had to say about their bikes and how to make the best of the day...
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We spent a couple of weeks on the GSX-S earlier this year – and it’s fair to say we had a ball on it. It’s a replacement for the GSR750, which I had as a long-termer for a year back in 2013, and it’s a useful upgrade on that...
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With its ice-white paint, BMW Motorsport coachlines and retro-race style, the RnineT really caught the imagination of UK bikers. Under that beautiful exterior though, the Racer is also a bit of a beast...
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Remember the 'streetfighter' craze of the late 1980s? Fast forward 30 years, and the 'streetfighter' is an established factory class, the supernaked. BMW's version, the S1000R, is firmly in the crackers category...
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As motorcycle insurance specialists, we offer great value Trackday Travel Insurance products to protect your emergency medical and repatriation costs in the event of an accident on an overseas trackday...
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This in our opinion, is one of the best (not to mention one of the most unique) examples of a custom Honda Cub that we have come across. Even better for Repsol Honda fans, check this out...
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If you’re chomping at the bit for that first biking fix of the year, why wait when the sun is warm and the beer is cool down in Spain? From novices on roadbikes to seasoned racers in winter testing mode, everyone is more relaxed due to the holiday atmosphere...
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Honda's hitting back in the litre superbike class, with a brand-new Fireblade for 2017. Honda launched the bike at the Portimao circuit in Portugal last week and our man Alan Dowds was there – here's what he thinks to the new bike…
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Ryan Clare started Trackday Addicts group on Facebook (also known as TDA) to keep in contact with friends away from the track. Ryan explains: "Just as I was starting out in Trackdays I used the group to share photos, events and generally have a laugh...
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Featured in Australian Motorcycle News, this Yamaha 'R5' was created by Robert Hook in his Melbourne garage, a large scale model sculptor, ex-racer and motorcycle engineering genius, with a spare RZ500 engine and a YZF-R6 frame...
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It’s being reported online that Honda could be looking to offer up another V4-flavoured superbike option by 2018 to mark the firm’s 70th anniversary. Patents filed by Honda late last year suggest a more budget-orientated version of the £138,000 road-going racebike may be on the cards...
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BMW Motorrad have given race bike lovers a teaser at the 2016 EICMA. Nobody knows how close this prototype will be to the final version, however the HP4 RACE will feature the full carbon fibre main frame and rims...
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The Superleggera is the first factory motorbike with a carbon fibre frame, swingarm, subframe and wheels - with an electronics package NASA could only dream of when Neil Armstrong faked the moon landing...
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Following the launch of the new YZF-R6, Yamaha have followed up with a new ' race-ready' middleweight Supersport bike at the 2016 EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan.
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Since the MT-10 our interest in the new breed of Super Nakeds and Sports Touring bikes has peaked. Another 1000cc that has got our blood pumping is the Suzuki GSX-S1000F, although categorised as a Sports Touring rather than a Super Naked, in the real world it is very much a rival of the MT-10...
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The early to mid 80s was a wonderful period for medium-bore stroker fans. The Suzuki RG250 Gamma was at one time the most advanced production bike on the planet... In Bemoto’s parallel world, Suzuki’s RG250 Gamma lives on!
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It’s not everyday that you come across a Ducati Desmosedici, let alone one with the extremely rare and expensive GP7 kit. Vince Hosking, a keen follower of the BeMoto Facebook Page, got in touch with us asking if we could provide a quote to insure his - how could we refuse!
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We were amazed when we had a call from one of our customers the other day looking to insure an incredible example of a Suzuki GSX-R 750 SRAD……..We were amazed as it was a bike that one of us, here at BeMoto, was looking to buy - but our customer beat us to it!
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Russ Gardner was the lucky winner of the BeMoto and Team 6T9 ‘Win a Legendary Day’ Competition. Russ met up with GP Legend Freddie Spencer (Fast Freddie) at the amazing 2016 World GP Bike Legends event at Silverstone Classics. See what he had to say...
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Our minds were blown when we came across Gary Parker's Suzuki RGV500 special at the MCN Festival. The show featured a huge array of amazing machinery - the classics, the bikes ridden by the legends, the 2-strokes, the latest and greatest. However one bike really stood out...
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The lesser-spotted RG400 Gamma was the little brother to the RG500 Super Sports bike inspired by the 1984 500GP machine. It was only produced for the domestic Asian market, none were produced specifically for export...
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Suzuki revealed their much-anticipated update to the GSX-R1000 last year in the form of a ‘concept’ and although we love it, we suspect that in a parallel world there’s already an edgier, more MotoGP version in existence…
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I got back on the bikes once my boy got his at 16. I went from getting a quirky YZR 80 (one I wanted after a boy rocked up one one when I was 16) to finding this 1994 Suzuki RGV 250 VJ22 only a 5 minute drive away...
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The original BMW R5 was one of the influential 'sports' motorbikes of the late 1930s and to mark its 80th anniversary BMW Motorrad teamed-up with custom bike builders Ronny and Benny Noren to produce the R5 'Hommage'...
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BeMoto follower Simon Hunt tells us about his obsession with the Honda SP-2 special with Dream Machine Colin Edwards Laguna Seca paint scheme, Scorpion race exhausts, Öhlins steering damper and other mods...
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There’s a new Fireblade coming. Will it look anything like our exclusive CGI? Fingers crossed for a single-sided swingarm, sleek RC8-esque faired-in exhaust system and some drilled holes for old times’ sake...
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You’ve booked your place, you’ve done a couple of trackdays before but the nerves are kicking in and you’re on track tomorrow. Don’t fret, here are seven tips you may not have heard of before from a seasoned trackday goer...
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Protect your motorcycle against accidental damage whilst being used on track at an organised UK or EU trackday. Prices start from around £75 per day, with discounts available for multiple trackdays or groups of mates booking together...
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"Why don't you race" one of my mates said to me one day… and I thought do you know what, why don't I? I had been to around 6 track days prior to racing and was still not really up to race speed, but was told “you will learn as you go”… so I booked my first race weekend!
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Every few years, there has to be some new bike tech for us to get excited about. It's been the same since forever. Some of these leaps forward are genuinely great, and have changed biking. Some – not so much. So what category are gas forks in?
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It was post WW2 when the Scooter really caught on. In 1946 the Piaggio Vespa was launched, instantly becoming a sales success and setting the standard, closely followed in 1947 by the Lambretta. The Scooter offered a very affordable form of transport for the masses...
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Over the years there have been a number of engine configurations of the 250cc Sportsbike, powered by both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The two-stroke 250cc Sportbikes were always powered by twin cylinder engines and all four-stroke incarnations were originally in-line 4 cylinder screamers...
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The 750cc Sportsbike can be traced back to 1969 when Honda introduced the CB750; it was a revolution, featuring an in-line four-cylinder four-stroke engine producing a claimed 67bhp and capable of hitting a top speed of around 120mph...
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The first Suzuki Hayabusa hit 194mph; a good 10-15mph faster than its rival the Honda CBR 1100 Blackbird. Interestingly, the name Hayabusa is Japanese for ‘peregrine falcon’ a bird that preys on blackbirds!
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In 1977, aged 9, Simon got a lift on his brother’s Suzuki AP50. He wrote about it the next day at school and, somehow, it turned into a career...
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Yeah, yeah, we know what the grown-ups say. Wheelies: they're not big and they're not clever. Anyway. Done properly (on a closed road or track naturally), wheelies are a very fine test of a bike's performance...
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The CX was dead, forgotten, history. Occasionally I’d see one propping up a mouldy tarpaulin in someone’s front garden, but then a hipster took a hacksaw to a CX500 seat unit, ripped out the battery and side panels, fitted wire spoke wheels, lagged the exhaust pipes, and the put the result on eBay with a £4000 price tag...
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The connection between ‘man-made’ CO2 and global warming is, depending on who you believe, incontrovertible, tenuous or a fallacy. Either way it’s worth taking seriously, in a sort of green Pascal’s wager, because we’ve nothing to lose by accepting it and a whole planet to lose if we don’t...
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The psychology of riding a bike is, literally, a grey matter area. There is no rule book precisely because not having rules is one of the rules. And no-one trains riders to recognise the kind of person they are, the kind of brains they have, and the kind of behaviour they exhibit on a bike...
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Congratulations! You're the millionth customer at the local multi-franchise mega-bike-dealer! And so you've picked up a very special prize! Yep, you're going on an actual bike press launch. Wooh! So what can you expect?
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I remember when I first rode one of these – it was back in 1997, it had a set of cheap, loud cans on it, and it went like hell. A hundred and seventy appeared on the clocks in no time, totally belying the rather unassuming appearance of the little Honda...
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Bikes go round corners because the rider is balancing a large number of physical forces to a high degree of accuracy – at least, accurately enough not to crash, hopefully. To explain further may break the internet or your attention span. But here goes...
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At a superficial level, tyres wear out because otherwise tyre manufacturers wouldn’t sell as many. But the physical reason a tyre wears out is because it grips. Or sticks. Well, both. There IS a difference...
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Despite a relatively short-lived four year production run the Suzuki Katana had well and truly left its mark (the styling cues can still be seen on some of today’s line-up) and has even been resurrected many times in limited numbers. We think that somewhere out there, Suzuki are still building them and they might just look like this...
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Bought in 2003, Lyndon has been slowly bringing the bike up to date with carefully selected modifications, starting with an Ohlins steering damper then snowballing from there – he’s a self-confessed SP-1 obsessive. “I collect anything SP-1 related and have a collection of stuff including a laser-etched paperweight"...
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People often assume engine designers must get frustrated by being asked to make their engines super-efficient or super-powerful, then told to plug them up with a catalytic converter, and make them whisper-quiet too. But that’s a misunderstanding of what an engine designer does...
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You’ve got a pristine bike in the garage but you’ve also got the trackday bug. The sensible thing to do would be to buy a trackday bike that doesn’t risk your pride and joy but will hold its own in all groups on the day. The good news is there are bargains to be had if you’re after a bike that’s mechanically sound but features the odd battle scar...
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It looked like nothing less than a road-legal 250GP machine, with upside-down forks, enormous gull-arm swingarm, huge expansion chambers and dual-stinger silencers. A full fairing yelled out the Suzuki engineers' plan – "Made with the Grand Prix spirit", no less...
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KTM's high tech 1290 GT isn't the cheapest or most luxurious sports tourer, but it's probably the fastest and definitely the most fun. The result is a top-spec, hellishly rapid, sporty-handling sports tourer that KTM say is at home in the corners as it is on the straights...
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Soichiro Honda himself declared it the perfect engine for powering a motorbike (he hated two-strokes and famously compared the engine to a bamboo rod with holes in). But the reason the V4 came to be Honda’s favoured engine has a more practical origin...
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The companies’ founder, life-long petrol head and engineer Soichiro Honda, launched the first proper Honda motorcycle, the D-Type (Dream) 2-stroke 98cc in 1949. The company has consistently been the largest manufacturer of motorcycles since the ‘60s...
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Torakusu Yamaha, was born in 1851 in Nagasaki, Japan. Having studied engineering, he eventually turned his skills to making musical instruments. This required many hours of fine-tuning, hence the three tuning forks in the Yamaha logo...
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