Well we aren’t quite there yet but Dakar 2025 is beginning to take shape. The first news was that Sam Sunderland and Toby Price were moving to 4 wheels. They left the arena on 2 wheels and will now be piloting the new Toyota Hilux in the T1+ class, but as always I will just […]
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Ayup everyone. First I want to give a big shout out not only to my loyal subscribers who have stuck with me through thick and thin, but to all riders and pillions everywhere, whatever you ride. Together we make the world a more exciting place. Whatever our differences, we are all universally bikers after all.
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Well riding on the success of the CF Moto 450 MT or the Ibex as it is called in some markets, the big players are fighting back, and the latest contender to be announced is an all new BMW F450GS Adventure bike which joins the KLE500 we talked about previously. To be clear, this is
As you saw in the last video, news is coming in thick and fast about KTM and the future of the Pierer Mobility Group. I got the shock announcement about them going into administration just as I was publishing the last video so couldn’t include all the details and as before there has been more
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Just after I finished the video about this there was an officiall announceemt. Details at the end. Amidst all the fanfare and a big pile of new models at Eicma, there is another story still emerging about KTM and the seemingly doomed Pierer Mobility Group the story is constantly evolving but you asked me what
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Kawasaki had been fairly understated this show season so far, there is a new Z900, a Versys 1100 and a Ninja 1100 but not much else was being talked about. Then they show up to EICMA tearing the covers off a machine no one was expecting. Inside a strange half cut open box, we saw
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Some of you may remember that in 1970’s, in addition to the FIM world championship series that covered Grand Prix’s for 50, 125, 250, 350 and 500 cc motorcycles, and the AMA series in America, there was also a 750 cc motorcycle world championship. The Idea of the Formula 750 Championship began in 1971. But
The headlines read “Beefed-Up New Honda Transalp SP Launches”. But is it really anything new? The Honda Transalp was never really intended to compete with the likes of the Tenere 700 when it came to off-road performance. Even Honda’s own Africa Twin is better equipped, if too heavy for any real of road action. But
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This video focusses on the man behind a bike from the Heavyweight champions video I will link at the end. It is a tribute to a man who followed his dream and created a lasting legacy in the Motorcycle Industry. That man was Friedel Münch. In the annals of motorcycle history, not many names command
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well today I’m going to look at an ongoing and ridiculous mess of inaction about the now infamous KTM 790 and 890 Camshaft wear issues. I have kept quiet until now on this point because without more real facts, there was just too much conjecture, Even the so called statement from KTM was then summarily
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