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Yamaha have released details of their retro-GP styled sportster, paying tribute to their racing heritage with the Grand Prix inspired ‘Legend Red’ colour scheme to brighten up these winter evenings…
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It’s mad to think that Yamaha’s nutter 600, the YZF-R6 is knocking on 25 years old. And to celebrate, we’re taking you through every major upgrade it’s had, from the original in 5EB (1999) through to today's BN6 (2017)...
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BeMoto Dirt Bike Insurance gets up close with the GSXR powered CR1000 - Possibly the world’s craziest two-stroke custom hill climber built by Team LCH!
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The decathlete of motorcycling didn’t exactly hop, skip and jump out of the showrooms, but there aren’t many do-it-all bikes as good as this (when new). Yamaha were ahead of their time, which is why KTM are copying it now with their new SM T.
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What’s in a name? When it comes to ‘R7’, quite a lot, actually. Should Yamaha have dusted off the famous moniker for its new, parallel-twin powered pretender? Well, there’s only one way to find out…
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This shed-built Simoto Honda CBX 750 is the work of Simon Martin and has been featured in many a magazine. Now this true one-off is for sale on ebay.
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This week on ebay we are looking at this modified Suzuki that combines classic looks with modern performance. This GSX-R is retro with plenty of go-go.
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What’s that noise a ring-a-dinging? Not quite a two-stroke but the Ebay notification bell to let us know that time is ticking down on this piece of naughty as new nostalgia. Scottie Redmond explains why he’s watching this LC…
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Yamaha DT125Rs were built as proper motorcycles with quality parts and sized for fully grown adults. Easy to work on and parts still easily available, which all adds up to making it an attractive inner city 125 - especially this example that sports an electric start! All you need is some modern road-biased tyres and a bottle of two-stroke oil.
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Yamaha didn't wait very long for Valentino Rossi to hang up his racing gloves before dropping this tasty R1 GYTR VR46 Tribute on us.
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Yamaha R6: Two new track only bikes for 2022. R6 Race and R6 GYTR introduced
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The Yamaha VMAX cruiser brought 8 years of joy for bikers that experienced the tarmac strangling torque horse. Our Future Classics series is blessed by this steed that was a contrast to the "original" 1985 VMX1200. Find out why...
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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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Now over 20 years old, this beauty is officially a Classic… Designed to compete in the Superbike World Championships and 8 hour endurance races, we let Kar Lee loose at Rockingham Circuit to blow some cobwebs off our R7…
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Kawasaki’s Z900 RS Cafe is a good-looking retro roadster. But the crazy guys at Big CC Racing have given their Zed an extra 100bhp – doubling its output with a neat turbocharger install. At BeMoto we got our hands on it and had a decent bit of fun!
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There are a few names which have carved out a proper niche in the bike world. Kawasaki’s Ninja, Honda’s Fireblade, BMW’s GS – they’ve all become legendary marques, standing for top performance in their respective areas. Yamaha’s Ténéré is another one of these renowned monikers.
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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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Do you feel the need for speed? In December 2019 Kawasaki's YouTube channel fueled rumours of a possible return of the iconic GPZ900R. If you’re wondering what it might possibly look like, wonder no more as we’ve taken a best guess with our digital rendering...
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Welding – dull industrial process or pure metal art? We have a look at the tech and science behind properly joining up bits of metal – and see how it’s applied to make an exhaust can for our Yamaha MT-10...
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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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We love riding (almost!) all bikes, (almost!) all the time. But an artificially-strangled small-bore engine is always going to put a bit of a dampener on proceedings. Would that be the case with this new 2019 Yamaha YZF-R125?
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Launched four years ago on the crest of Yamaha's new wave of sweet roadsters, the MT-07 was, on the face of it, a middle-of-the-road budget naked, with decent specs on paper and attractive styling. The script has turned out slightly different though...
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In April 2016 we imagined what a street H2R could look like. The response was incredible and the feedback unanimous... "Get rid of that ugly exhaust"! Well we listened and new for 2017, this virtual supercharged H2 CGI gets a Kardesign update...
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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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Sitting neatly between the racetrack refugee and the more spacious road-friendly original, our R1 features all the technological treats of the latest bike but re-packages them in a chassis that works on the road too...
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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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The R6 has been immensely successful for Yamaha as a highly capable road bike, and for many, it's unrivalled as a Supersport & Superstock race bike. Available in April 2017, the new 2017 YZF-R6 brings the model bang up-to-date with styling based on the current R1...
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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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Yamaha has been setting a new standard with the MT series over recent years and now they have a new flagship model.. The shit-hot (many say butt-ugly) hyper-naked MT-10. One of the BeMoto team borrowed one for a test ride, here's what they had to say about it...
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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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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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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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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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Harley loves head… Flathead, Panhead, Knucklehead, Shovelhead, Fathead, Blockhead… You get the gist. And then there’s the Glides… Endlessly customizable (US English) and capable of consuming all of your spare time and money...
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Over the years there have been a number of engine configurations of 250cc to 500cc sportsbikes, 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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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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If we're getting a supercharged Kawasaki H2R Supersports bike, let's imagine what a street version could look like too. Originally created for Rapid Bikes magazine, this virtual supercharged H2 CGI gets a BeMoto update...
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Back in the 90s and 00s, it wasn't unusual to see motors being updated every couple of years. So it's a sign of just how good Yamaha made the original FJ1100 motor back in 1984, that it's still going strong today, in the naked XJR1300. That's more than 32 years with essentially the same layout...
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The 1990s was a cracking decade for superbikes. We got Ducati's 916, Honda's FireBlade and NR750, Suzuki's GSX-R750 and Hayabusa, and Yamaha's R1 and R6. Stonking sportsbikes all! But we also got some classic metal in the lower classes too...
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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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In a market dominated by the four-stroke motor, it’s easy to forget that big strokers once roamed the roads, leaving beautiful plumes of smoke in their wake. Originally created for Performance Bikes magazine, this virtual RD500 CGI gets a BeMoto update for 2016...
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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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