BeMoto Blog Posts

  • Bike Security Hacks

    Of course, we'd all love to keep our bikes in Fort Knox style security. But there are plenty of simple, cheap, even free security tips that can help prevent bike theft. Here's a few of our favourite ways to defeat the crims...

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  • MV Agusta Brutale 800 Launch

    While it's not going to be troubling Honda or Yamaha anytime soon, the Varese firm is looking to extend its proposition out and up from the 'Italian hyper-exotica' ghetto with this Brutal 800...

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  • A Brief History of Ducati Motorcycles

    Ducati initially started in 1926 as a family business making parts for radios, based in Bologna, Italy. The famous Borgo Panigale factory was built in 1936 and the Panigale name has since become synonymous with the ‘Red Rockets’ and of course the flagship work-of-art that is the 1299R superbike...

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  • Ducati 400 Scrambler

    The original Scrambler, launched in late 2014, was a middleweight 803cc roadster, with a basic chassis and moderate engine performance, plus a huge truckload of accessories, merchandise and annoyingly-upbeat advertising campaigns...

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  • Obsession: Honda SP-1 Special

    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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  • The truth about Euro 4

    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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  • Dirt Quake

    ​Dirt Quake is a motorcycle race for racing virgins. It’s a back door to a world thought of as prohibitively expensive, intimidating and, at times, excessively macho. Dirt Quake is none of those things...

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  • Off-Road Bikes: A Crash Course

    ​Fancy buying a dirt bike but have no experience in the off-road world? Not sure of the difference between a trials, trail, enduro or motocross bikes? For many first time dirt bike buyers the question on what bike to buy can be daunting...

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