street Articles
Husqvarna 900: power, weight and power-to-weight
Husqvarna has released technical details and a promotional video for their upcoming 900cc street-bike. We already knew the motor is a punched out hot-rod version of the F800 parallel twin and now that there are some numbers, we can start making real comparisons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRy-O-TUUXwThis appears to be an official "spy" video released by Husky in part of this pathetically tr...
29 June 2011
This is Husqvarna’s naked roadster
That 900cc, F800GS-derived, parallel twin Husqvarna’s been showing off? It’s going in this naked roadster. BMW’s Italian dirt bike brand just released these sketches, teasing a product that will likely be unveiled at EICMA in November. So what do they tell us? It’s hard not to draw parallels to KTM here. A dirt bike company getting into street bikes? The hard angles on the minimal bodywor...
27 May 2011
Leatt STX: a neck brace for the road
While the original Leatt brace can sometimes work with leathers and on the road, it wasn’t designed to do so, limiting the head’s articulation in a forward-leaning riding position and interfering with the use of back protectors. Now, Leatt’s designed a brace to get around those problems. Ditching the center back support and sitting lower on the shoulders, the Leatt STX is specifically design...
15 February 2011
News
Vyrus 986 M2 priced at $34,000
According to an interview Motoblog.it conducted with Ascanio Rodorigo, the Vyrus 986 M2 will retail for €25,000 when it goes on sale in September. Additionally, there’ll be a trackday version sold sans engine — €16,950 — while the Moto2 race version will go for €55,000. That’s actually, as Vyrus promised, seriously affordable. The Suter Moto2 bike costs €70,000 while Mapfre Aspar
25 January 2011