Harley-Davidson expands Sportster line with new Forty-Eight

Filed under: Motorcycle 2010 Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight – Click above for high-res image gallery Harley-Davidson has just announced a new addition to its entry-level Sportster family, and it’s seemingly again drawing on its years of heritage in both the bike’s design and name. Called the Forty-Eight, the new machine is the latest motorcycle to slot into HD’s Dark Custom series, which also includes the Nightster 1200, Iron 883 , Cross Bones , Fat Bob and Street Bob

BMW defies logic with six-cylinder Concept 6 motorcycle

Filed under: BMW , Motorcycle BMW Concept 6 – Click above for high-res image gallery BMW is known the world over for its excellent brand of inline-six cylinder powerplants.

Tokyo 2009: Honda CB1100 brings back the UJM

Filed under: Tokyo Motor Show , Honda , Motorcycle Honda CB1100 – Click above for high-res image gallery Honda officially took the wraps off a couple new motorcycles this week at the Tokyo Motor Show , and along with the hotly anticipated VFR 1200F , the retro-styled CB1100 is one bike that’s receiving plenty of attention.

VIDEO: Millyard Viper V10 – One more way to kill yourself quick stick a honkin’ engine on two wheels

Filed under: Performance , Dodge , Motorcycle , Specialty Millyard Viper V10 – Click above to watch the video after the jump Proving that there’s more than one way to shoehorn a massive 8.0-liter Viper V10 engine into a motorcycle is a certain Allen Millyard from the United Kingdom. We sorta prefer the industrial brute force look of the original Dodge Tomahawk with its unconventional suspension systems and leaning four-wheeled design, but Millyard’s creation is unarguably truer to the established motorcycle ethos – two wheels, a powerful engine and not much else. Predictably, Millyard’s creation features one of the longest motorcycle wheelbases in recent memory, though there’s little way to avoid that with ten giant cylinders hung between the two contact patches.

Spy Shots: New Honda V4 motorcycle caught testing

Filed under: Spy Photos , Honda , Motorcycles 2010 Honda VFR1200 leaked photos – Click above for high-res image gallery Late last year at the Intermot show in Germany, Honda pulled the covers off a radical concept motorcycle it promised would soon enter production powered by a powerful new V4 engine. The new bike’s introduction is obviously close at hand as a new series of spy photos clearly shows the bike testing on the street

Latest 600cc sportbikes down on power?

Filed under: Motorcycles It’s generally an accepted truth that the big four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers will find some way to incrementally improve the performance of their various 600cc sportbikes year-after-year. At some point, you may begin to wonder just how much more juice can be extracted from a relatively small displacement engine. According to a recent test by Motorcycle.com , both the 2009 Yamaha R6 and the 2009 Honda CBR600RR are down a bit on the dyno compared to their 2008 siblings

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