Bikes News

Vespa will be going electric! Yes, the most well-known scooter brand in the world has teased a concept version of the electric scooter, called Elettrica at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan.

For those looking for a small, lightweight, mini-ADV bike, then the new Honda CRF250 Rally revealed at the EICMA motorcycle show ticks all the right boxes - it's even got the right look and equipment for off-road use.

The big daddy of adventure-touring bikes - the BMW R1200 GS - has been updated for 2017, now meeting Euro4 regulations and some additional electronics. The 2017 bike is available in Rallye and Exclusive packages, the difference being in different colour and protections pieces.

After a quick reveal in images at INTERMOT last month, Kawasaki has officially unveiled the new Z650 and Z900 street-fighter bikes at EICMA in Milan. Both the Z650 and Z900 are replacements to current ER-6n and Z800 in the bike maker's line-up and get updated with more power, improved styling and revised underpinnings.

BMW has unveiled what it calls an advanced prototype of the HP4 Race at the EICMA show in Milan, with carbon fibre twin-spar frame and wheels. Based on the S 1000 RR, BMW plans to make the HP4 Race a production model, with an expected launch date sometime in late 2017.

Along with the all-new DL250 V-Strom, Suzuki Motorcycle has introduced the GSX-250R in Europe at EICMA, just weeks after being unveiled in China. The Japanese two-wheeler marque's latest offering in the super sport category will compete in the highly popular 250cc segment.

Having leaked online a few days ago, Ducati Motor's maniacal new superbike - the 1299 Superleggera - has officially made its debut at EICMA this year. Making the model very special is the fact that the new 1299 Superleggera is the lighest mass produced bike with the most powerful twin-cylinder engine powering the rear wheel.

The flavour of the season is small capacity ADV at the on-going EICMA 2016 Motorcycle Show. First, the BMW G 310 GS, then the Suzuki DL250 V-Strom and now the Kawasaki Versys-X 300! It was not a far-fetched idea too. Kawasaki always had the 296cc parallel-twin that is in use in the Ninja 300 and the and the only challenge was to scale down the bigger Versys models. Needless to say, Kawasaki aced that challenge with all-new bodywork and chassis. The baby Versys will get 41mm long travel forks up front and a Uni-Trak gas-charged monoshock at the rear.