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2017 Honda Fireblade | Onboard with road rider vs racer

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26th January 2017

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine editor John Milbank recently tested the 2017 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR SP (on Bridgestone VO2 slicks) at Portimao race circuit – the first ’Blade to feature cornering ABS, traction control, electronic Öhlins suspension and riding modes. As an average road rider, his review – in issue 679 of MSL – looks at the…
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Honda’s self-balancing robot bike

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6th January 2017

Honda’s new ‘Riding Assist’ motorcycle shuns the gyroscopes used by other brands, which the Japanese company says add a great deal of weight and alter the riding experience. Instead, robotics technology from the ‘UNI-CUB’ self-balancing personal mobility device keeps the machine upright by rotating the bars and adjusting the rake to balance the centre of…
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The History of the Honda Africa Twin

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11th February 2016

WORDS: Phil West PHOTOGRAPHY: Honda Born at the height of the popularity of the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1988, the first production Africa Twin was effectively an ‘off-road RC30’. Like the RC, the XRV650 was built by HRC and conceived as a no-compromise, road-going replica of a race-winner – in this case the factory NXR750 V-twin…
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