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  Ducati does urban mobility with electric scooters

  14 May 2020 / 5 comments

  Known more for its fast, lovely, high-performance racing motorcycles, Ducati is addressing the other side of the moving people around equation. With an earlier collaboration with V Moto of China, Ducati is now teaming up […]

   

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  2020 Mash Desert Force 400 – RM23,516 retro machine

  13 May 2020 / 3 comments

  Military themed retro motorcycles have an appeal to a certain segment of the riding public and French importer Mash caters to the dream with the 2020 Mash Desert Force 400, priced at 4,995 euros (RM23,516). […]

   

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  Honda Gold Wing gets Android Auto connectivity

  13 May 2020 / 3 comments

  Setting the standard for long distance motorcycle touring since 1975, the current model Honda Gold Wing – priced at RM208,800 in Malaysia – now gets Android Auto connectivity for the rider’s smartphone. This allows the […]

   

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  2020 CFMoto 1250J Police Model debuts in China

  12 May 2020 / 4 comments

  Available in Malaysia since 2019, CFMoto is known in its home market of China as a manufacturer of large displacement motorcycles. Launched without much fanfare recently was the 2020 CFMoto 1250J, intended for use by […]

   

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  Choose your Honda CB1000R Neo Sports Cafe Custom

  12 May 2020 / 0 comments

  Recently shown at the 2020 Wheels and Waves show in Biarritz, Spain, this selection of the Honda CB1000R Neo Sports Cafe customs – priced in Malaysia at RM74,999 – are now the subject of an […]

   

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  2020 Verge TS e-bike gets name change and 1000 Nm

  12 May 2020 / 2 comments

  Covered in an earlier article in paultan.org under the name RMK E2, the Finnish electric motorcycle (e-bike) firm has undergone a name change to Verge. Similarly updated, Verge now offers the TS, a development of […]

   

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  MotoGP 2020: 12 to 16 race season, 2 races in Jerez

  8 May 2020 / 0 comments

  With its 2020 calendar thrown into disarray by Covid-19 and lockdowns across the world, MotoGP has come up with a plan for a 12 to 16 race season. “Our idea was to start at the […]

   

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  BMW Motorrad offers 5-year warranty on bike helmets

  8 May 2020 / 0 comments

  For riders’ peace of mind, BMW Motorrad has increased the warranty period on its Motorrad brand helmets to five years from the previous two-year period. The five-year warranty applies to all BMW Motorrad helmets purchased […]

   

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  2020 Aprilia RS250SP launched in Italy at RM45,307

  6 May 2020 / 4 comments

  Progenitor of motorcycle racing champions till 2010, the Aprilia RS250 with its two-stroke engine was dominant on track and road for more than a decade. Now, Aprilia has released the 2020 Aprilia RS250SP in four-stroke […]

   

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  2020 Yamaha Tenere 700 in Thailand, RM58,394

  4 May 2020 / 4 comments

  Much awaited by adventure riders in Malaysia is the 2020 Yamaha Tenere 700, sometimes known as the T700, but there is no news if Yamaha’s middleweight adventure machine will make it to the local market. […]

   

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  2020 Indian FTR Carbon revealed – 125 hp, 120 Nm

  4 May 2020 / 0 comments

  Malaysian riders are still waiting for the Indian Motorcycles FTR1200 – launched in October 2018 – but the Minnesota, US, firm is not resting and has launched the 2020 Indian FTR Carbon. This sporty variant […]

   

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  2020 MotoGP: CEO Ezpeleta plans July – Nov season

  30 April 2020 / 0 comments

  Having had racing schedules for 2020 thrown awry by the spread of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdowns and prohibition on mass public gatherings, Dorna chief executive officer Carmelo Ezpeleta announced the cancellation of three Grands […]

   

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  Flat tracking with the Yamaha MT-07 DT 750 cc twin

  30 April 2020 / 0 comments

  What began as an in-house project for Yamaha Motors US (YMUS) has ended a 30-year winning draught with the Yamaha MT-07 DT. If you don’t recognise the model designation from Yamaha’s catalogue, don’t worry, it’s […]

   

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  26 years of Repsol Honda MotoGP racing motorcycles

  29 April 2020 / 8 comments

  With a racing history in modern times dating back 26 years, it can be argued the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) racing team, Repsol Honda Team, has been very successful. Its racing palmares include 15 MotoGP […]

   

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  Harley-Davidson registers 17.7% sales drop in Q1 2020

  29 April 2020 / 1 comment

  With Covid-19 spreading and much of the world under movement control, Harley-Davidson (H-D) reported a 17.7% drop in motorcycles sales worldwide for the first quarter of 2020. This translates to 40,439 units sold compared to […]

   

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