Category: Motorcycles

German tank bike tops all others

Filed under: Etc., Euro, Motorcycles

I ask you, who says the Germans don’t have a sense of humor? All right, so it can be an arcane, mystifying sense of humor, but it’s there, and that’s the point. Tilo Niebel and his gents at the Harzer Bike company in Germany, upon finding they had a tank engine […]

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Posted in Motorcycles on Nov 21st, 2007, 5:46 pm     

Milan 2007: BMW finally unveils the F800 GS

Filed under: Euro, Motorcycles

click above image to view more pics of the BMW F800 GS
BMW has extended its GS range with the new F800 GS adventure-style bike… and it’s about time! We’ve been hearing rumors about this particular machine since just after the original F 800 bikes were initially launched. Time will tell if this […]

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Posted in Motorcycles on Nov 15th, 2007, 9:38 pm     

Milan 2007: Aprilia FV2 1200 concept bike

Filed under: Euro, Motorcycles

When Aprilia first unveiled their new Shiver and its 750cc V-Twin, they hinted that there would soon be larger versions of the engine available. Here they provide further proof that they are serious about making their own engines by lodging a 1200cc version of the torque-pump in their carbon fiber FV2 1200 […]

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Posted in Motorcycles on Nov 13th, 2007, 1:48 pm     

Officially Official: KTM RC8 Superbike introduced

Filed under: Euro, Motorcycles

click above image for more high-res pics of the KTM RC8
Gasp! The Superbike races are heating up fast, with Ducati’s new 1098, Buell’s new 1125 and now KTM’s new RC8 all sporting V-Twin engines of around 150 horsepower. The KTM is what we are looking at above, and it is not likely […]

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Posted in Motorcycles on Nov 8th, 2007, 3:41 pm     

Officially Official: Ducati unveils the new 2008 Monster 696

Filed under: Euro, Motorcycles

click above image to view high-res gallery of the Ducati Monster 696
Let the speculation end! Ducati has officially unveiled the 2008 Monster 696. Now that we know exactly what the new air-cooled Ducati Monster will look like, we’re honestly a bit disappointed. It’s not at all that the bike is bad looking, […]

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Posted in Motorcycles on Nov 7th, 2007, 10:42 am     

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