Tag: Bikes

Forty years of Honda’s trend-setting turbo bikes

November 23, 2022 admin

The Honda City wasn’t the only vehicle to which the Japanese automaker strapped a turbocharger in 1982 – that year, it also introduced the CX500 Turbo, and created the first turbocharged production motorcycle in the process.

Honda’s dalliance with turbocharged bikes was short-lived, and after following Honda into the fray, the industry as a whole soon returned to natural aspiration. But in a decade known for excess, the CX500 Turbo, and the CX650 Turbo that replaced it a year later, were remarkably restrained.

Perhaps surprisingly, this high-performance technology was employed not on a superbike, but a sports tourer. Nor did

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11 bikes with illegal modifications in police custody

November 20, 2022 admin

Modification of any sort on vehicles is illegal in India. We have seen police departments of various states taking action against vehicles that have illegal modifications on them. Kerala which where car culture is quite popular has several modified cars and motorcycles. We have seen several reports in the past where cops have launched special inspection drive just to catch modified vehicles. In a recent incident, City Police of Kozhikode district launched a special drive to check vehicles that are being used on road with illegal modifications. Cops took 11 motorcycles with illegal modifications into custody.

The report mentions that

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Cruiser Bikes Market to grow by USD 15.49 Bn by 2026, Rising Demand From Customers For Technologically Advanced Motorbikes to Boost Market Growth

November 8, 2022 admin

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Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Cruiser Bikes Market 2022-2026

Market Driver

The rising consumer demand for technologically advanced motorcycles is one of

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Best budget electric bikes of 2022 – Affordable assisted pedalling

October 20, 2022 admin

The best budget electric bikes are designed to provide additional assistance from their electric motor, but without adding too many unnecessary features that bring the up-front cost up too much. The motor and battery make electric bikes more expensive than pedal-only bikes, but they do make cycling more accessible to a wider range of riders, particularly if you live in a hilly area. That makes leisure rides and shopping expeditions a lot easier and means that the car can be left at home, saving some cash.

The increasing demand for the best electric bikes has meant that there are more

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Where have all the midsize shaft-drive bikes gone?

April 13, 2022 admin

Dear MOby,

Greetings. In the late 1970s and early ’80s I was a motorcycle courier. My bike of choice was the Honda CX500. Around that time and through most of the ’80’s there were a lot of mid size motorcycles with shaft drives. I eventually sold it and haven’t ridden since.

I’m retired now and looking to get back into motorcycling and do some touring on a mid-range shaft-drive bike (side road touring, not major motorways) but they don’t seem to exist anymore (except for Moto Guzzi).

So what happened to the mid-range final shaft bikes?

Just curious and if

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Bob’s Free Bikes refurbishes old bikes for children in need

March 9, 2022 admin

FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ — Since 2019, the hustle and bustle inside the halls of a former Fountain Hills middle school helped to transform a modest operation aimed at getting underprivileged kids across the Valley bicycles, into a substantial headquarters of giving.

“We’re not giving kids a bike, we’re giving them a ticket to discovery and to adventure,” said Bob Mandel.

Bob Mandel founded Bob’s Free Bikes five years ago hoping to give away a few bikes a year.

“It started in my garage, not the smartest idea I’ve ever had, when we moved in here to the school, we thought

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10 Cruiser Bikes You’ll Most Likely Regret Buying

January 3, 2022 admin

For decades, cruiser motorcycles dominated the motorcycle landscape in North America, today that has changed to some extent, but there is most certainly still a hard core following.

While the time-honored cruiser manufacturer, Harley-Davidson dominated sales for decades, the other pretenders all had a fair crack at the market, some good, some bad and a fair few ugly examples came and went. Harley themselves remained unchanged for the most part, but still managed to produce a few of their very own duds. Cruisers have gotten just as advanced as any other type of motorcycle today, but that didn’t happen overnight

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