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Ooh that’s rather pretty…
New Svartpilen 801:

https://cdn-fastly.motorcycle.com/media/2024/03/19/14413/2024-husqvarna-svartpilen-801-first-look.jpg?size=720x845&nocrop=1

Triumph’s new for 2024 Scrambler 400 X looks fun - as does the slightly less pretty but 7kg lighter Speed 400 version. More versions featuring the 400 single are on the way apparently, which might...

Interesting and great info on the ECU. I’m curious how fast you have to be going to hit that power band in first and second. My issue with old super sports 600s like the R6 is that if you touched the...

Thanks both - the RC is indeed very pretty, and in post ‘22 form seems surprisingly well specced, with (possibly pointless) electronics, and suspension that’s adjustable by hand, even when moving....

Thinking of lighter bikes, I’m strangely tempted to have a go on a KTM RC 390 (or Duke, but the RC is prettier), just for a laugh really. Coming from a Triumph 675 Street Triple, the more obvious KTM...

I wish this CCM Street Moto was half the price (£11k, 600cc single, 250 to be made), but it just keeps looking at me…

https://www.ccm-motorcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Moto-Gallery-2.jpg...

One thing’s for sure, you’d have a hard time getting the new one to look as good as the one below. Nonetheless, Ducati stands for performance with style, and they’re not about to sacrifice the...

That’s the thing, they couldn’t compete with Triumph, KTM, Yamaha and the rest with a bike that was so heavy. Not with Euro 5 coming in. Maybe they should have retired the classic Monster to being a...

I don’t entirely disagree, but the old Monsters (and certainly the beauty in the previous post) were some of the only really good looking nakeds. Most of them at best have a kind of brutal appeal in...

I agree with LTF on that one, speaking as a Street Triple owner. The essence of a naked is a sensible riding position and a good spread of torque, instead of a speeding ticket and a trip to the...

“Clearly” according to everyone who’s actually ridden it, as far as I can tell. And also on paper, 18kg less weight, better ergonomics, electronics, frame, everything really, apart perhaps from...

And a good rant too. Panigale 959 is a poster on the wall dream bike. But it’s not the new Panigale V2. The new Monster isn’t as pretty, but it’s a lot lighter and has the Panigale V2s frame, the...

Ducati mid-life crisis challenge: new 2021 Monster vs low mileage 959 Panigale for about the same price - any thoughts?

Am I the only one who is put off by the KTM Supermoto styling? The 890 Duke could be a great bike if Vitpilen got their hands on it, but the bodywork just makes me think of this...

Just lose the...

The reason for preferring the R to the RS is that it’s tuned for a bit more torque lower down the revs, as opposed to chasing the red line, and I do a lot of town riding. Also, I tested the RS and...

Agreed, there’s really no way to know without riding them all, that’s why it keeps going round in my head! I’ve read all the shoot outs, I was just reading the MCN Tuono review before I posted in...

In the spirit of the original post, I’m wondering which new middleweight naked I’m most tempted by at the moment. We’re spoilt for choice. In no particular order there’s:
- Aprilia Tuono 660, pretty...

I thought this thread could use a picture of the first Deus electric café racer:

http://cdn.deuscustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AF6I7242.jpg

I think the current S is an A2 bike, or can be, while the R is now the standard Street, and probably a better bet than the RS based on a test ride of latter. I think the new Trident is there because...

I’m not sure how special it is, it seems to be designed as an affordable bike that slots in lower down the range than the Street Triple, while looking slightly more retro but not full on retro. I’m...

Possibly off topic, but Hackney council have a survey on their plans to tax motorcyclists by introducing extortionate parking charges, while pretending that it’s something to do with the environment....

Just been offered a choice of Street Triple 765RS or the latest Speed Triple as a courtesy bike when I’m getting mine serviced next week. Pleased to say the least. Will be taking the Speed, always...

Triumph finally have a showroom and service in central london again, should anyone else have been waiting for it to reopen.

Meanwhile slightly off topic but I wouldn’t mind a go on this:
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