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From the 2016 lineup, MV Agusta Brutale 800 has been revealed in a teaser video ahead of its official launch at the upcoming 2015 EICMA show in Milan. The updated 2016 Brutale 800 seems to have received full body update except the heart of the bike. MV Agusta is going to debut in India with its Indian partner Kinetic Motors later this year and we can expect all of the models from MV Agusta’s stable to be officially launched in India.
Today BMW has revealed the production ready model of their first quarter liter single cylinder motorcycle after their 1948 R24. The roadster is coined as “G310R”, entirely designed and developed by BMW the G310R will be produced by TVS Motors in their Indian facility at Bangalore.
Honda has silently updated their official website with the updated 2015 CBR 250R and CBR 150R, the company had unveiled both the bikes at the “Revfest” which had taken place in the month of August. Although, Honda had also unveiled the “Hornet 160R” at the same event but the potential rival of Gixxer and Yamaha FZ V2.0 is still far from the official launch.
Jorge Lorenzo wins the 2015 World championship at Valencia, in an enthralling finale. Lorenzo ran his trademark race up in the front, with the two Repsol Honda's at his heels. Both Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa came within 0.2 seconds of the leader before the chequered flag was thrown after the 30 lap showdown.
Here's the latest pictures of the upcoming 2016 Triumph Speed Triple caught at dealership ahead of it's official launch. We had already got some spy-shots of how the 2016 Speed might look like and these are by far the best pictures we have seen of a production ready Speed Triple that has been clicked at a Triumph Dealership somewhere in Europe.
The Ktm RC16 is the bike has recently been caught testing at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Australia. Looks like KTM is teaming up with Red Bull, given their success in Moto3, it does looks like we can expect similar in MotoGP as well.
Kawasaki announced that the 2016 Ninja H2 will now come with an slipper-assist clutch along with ECU tweaks. A slipper-assist clutch also known as slider clutch for back-torque limiter. This technology allows quick down-shifting (even at high speeds) without wheel-locking or damaging to the whole transmission assembly.
Kawasaki unveils their little Kwacker, the Z125 at the ongoing Tokyo Motor Show. It is a global model and could be launched by this year. The bike is a serious competitor to the Honda Grom 125. The bike comes with two variants, the Z125 and Z125 Pro.
Hero MotoCorp has launched another auto gear scooter- Duet. The company had earlier unveiled the Duet when they had launched Maestro Edge earlier this month. The new Duet is the second indigenously developed auto scooter from house of Hero MotoCorp after Maestro Edge.
The long awaited updated Avenger is launched today, as we have already seen through spy shots floating on the net that there are two variants of Avenger- Cruise and Street, both with 220cc engine. But to everyone’s surprise today Bajaj has launched not only Cruise and Street with 220cc engine but also a new Avenger Street with 150cc engine.