MoreBikes August 2025

  • KTM: 2026 KTM 690 R

    KTM: 2026 KTM 690 R

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    KTM’s had a few other things on its mind of late of, course – but its immediate future seemed to be secured by a massive £670m cash investment from Indian partner Bajaj last month. It’s still coming up with new machinery though, and gave the world a sneak preview of the new 2026 690 Enduro…

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  • BRITISH security chain maker is back

    BRITISH security chain maker is back

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    There was some sad news last year when the British Pragmasis security chain maker went out of business. But the firm is back, under new ownership, after it was taken over by ex-journalist Ben Cope (who launched the original Visordown website). Renamed Pragmasis Engineering Ltd., it’s set to restart work producing, designing and testing some…

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  • APRILIA: RS125GP

    APRILIA: RS125GP

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    Aprilia’s had a couple of decent results in MotoGP this year, and is celebrating with this special edition of the RS125 learner-legal supersports bike. The 2025 RS125 GP comes in the black/purple graphics of the factory team of Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi, and comes with a quickshifter and single-seal cover.  The days of derestricted…

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  • ROYAL ENFIELD: Flying goat

    ROYAL ENFIELD: Flying goat

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    It’s not often that you find yourself drooling at the chassis tech on an electric motorbike. But that’s just what we were doing at the ABR Festival last month, when we clapped eyes on this piece of work. It’s the Royal Enfield Flying Goat – a prototype EV bike, handbuilt by the firm’s R&D engineers…

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  • SUZUKI: New Retro Roadsters…

    SUZUKI: New Retro Roadsters…

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    Back in the early 1970s, they didn’t call naked bikes ‘naked bikes’ – because virtually every bike was ‘naked’ in that they had nothing at all in the way of a fairing. Pedantry aside though, Suzuki has just released a couple of new naked machines, with 1970s style, built on its current GSX-8S roadster platform.…

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