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WMG And Norton Develop A TT Capable Electric Motorcycle – 201hp, 400Nm!

Together with Norton Motorcycles, Warwick University has built an all-electric motorcycle capable of competing at the Isle of Man TT.

To help with the engineering students effort, Norton has donated a motorcycle frame from the Norton V4 along with some crucial data for the university project.

According to reports, the electric powertrain designed to work with the frame has a power output of 201hp and 400Nm.

The power comes from an immersion-cooled battery pack with 16Wh capacity designed to last longer, thanks to robust thermal management strategies.

The cooling system will allow the motorcycle to operate at an efficient temperature rate based on the requirements of the track.

Interestingly, it took just seven months for the students to develop a functioning electric motorcycle based on the Norton V4 frame.

The motorcycle has since undergone a significant amount of tests and is currently in the process of mitigating the risk of failure.

800 Classic Motorcycles Is Up For Grabs At Bonhams Online Summer Sale

Bonhams has listed more than 800 classic motorcycles ahead of their three-day Summer Sale’ auction set to take place on the 2nd to 4th of July.

Among the long list of classics, motorcycles include a Honda VFR750R (RC30), Vincent HDR 1000 Black Shadow, 1979 Mike Hailwood Replica Ducati 864 and Brough Superior.

According to reports, Bonhams will also auction off some memorabilia, spare parts and project bikes.

There is also a list of affordable bikes available, including a Honda Monkey, Yamaha TZR 250, Yamaha FZR600, and Honda VFR400R (NC30).

If you feel lucky and have some money lying around, head to Bonhams.com to check all of the 800 motorcycles available.

Zack And Ari Recreate Dumb And Dumber Mini-Bike Trip To Aspen

If you have seen 1994 Dumb and Dumber, you will instantly recognize one of the most iconic scenes in the movie, when Lloyd and Harry rode to Aspen on a mini-bike to return a lost briefcase.

While the two actors (Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels) did not actually ride to Aspen (obviously), Zack Courts and Ari Henning from RevZilla went ahead and recreated the scene for real.

In the movie, Lloyd and Harry took just 3-minutes to reach Aspen, Colorado, but in reality, Zack and Ari had to travel more than 600 kilometres in a span of 3-days on a 4hp mini-bike capable of topping just 50km/h!

In the 30 minute video available at RevZilla YouTube channel, you can witness the pair faced mountains of challenges from uneven pathways to gravel roads and occasionally had to change the rear tyres a few times before reaching their destination.

“The rider triangle is more accommodating than it looks, thanks to Ari stretching the frame to match the movie bike.

“The seat, on the other hand, is worse than it looks and the paint-shaker vibration rattled our joints to numbness.

“Ari had predicted that the novelty of the bike and the journey would wear off after about 15 minutes on the road, but I’m not sure it even lasted that long.

“On some motorcycles, the thought of open pasture might be appealing, but aboard our hog, it was exciting enough just staying on the straight and narrow,” said Courts.

So if you consider riding to Lemang To’ki or the occasional run to Starbucks at Genting Highland onboard your precious BMW GS as an adventure, you might want to hold that thought.

Bimota KB4 Unveil In Production Form, Launching Soon?

Back in December, the folks in Rimini, Italy was busy carrying out some tests on the all-new KB4.

Still in its early prototype stages, the motorcycle was clad in an all-white panel in an effort to hide all the little details.

The company also releases a couple of renders as a teaser, but recent photos reveal the Bimota KB4 in finished form, thus providing a better insight into the new motorcycle.

Thanks to Kawasaki owning a minority stake in the Italian company, the KB4 was build based on the Ninja 1000 SX.

However, apart from the engine, the KB4 does not share many similarities with its Japanese cousin.

Nonetheless, Bimota did not reveal further details on the new motorcycle instead, we expect the KB4 to make its official debut later this year, perhaps at EICMA.

2023 BMW R 1300 GS Caught Testing

BMW Motorrad was caught testing the all-new R 1300 GS at BMW’s Enduro Park Hechlingen.

Thanks to leaked photos by Motorrad Magazin, the motorcycle appears to be in an early prototype form, with most of the bike is covered up with an all-black panel.

Despite the hidden details, the bike’s overall look proves that the R 1300 GS offers different styling elements from the current R 1250 GS.

Firstly, the front headlight is now integrated into the beak, thus leaving a flat panel underneath the windscreen, which we assume to fit in the radar sensor for adaptive cruise control.

The license plate holder also features a flat surface that could accommodate a rear radar sensor for blind-spot detection, the same approach taken by Ducati for the 2021 Multistrada V4.

We also spot a new exhaust system and a bigger radiator, which also hints at a complete liquid-cooled system than the targeted water cooling on the cylinder heads available on the current GS range.

BMW Motorrad might also introduce a premium version of the R 1300 GS based on a trademark filed back in 2019 for an M 1300 GS.

Nevertheless, considering the R 1300 GS is still in an early stage and BMW has decided not to involve in this year EICMA, the new ADV beast might only appear in a complete form in late 2022 as a 2023 model.

(source: Motorrad Magazin)

Meet The Laurus, A Bespoke 1996 Honda CB750 By Unik Edition

Unik Edition is a Portugal-based workshop that operates in the capital city of Lisbon that was founded several years ago by two individuals.

Uni Edition has become one of the established workshops in the region thanks to its outstanding and unique (no pun intended) design.

This time around, the shop breathe new life into a 1996 Honda CB750 with all the aftermarket goodies.

For starters, the CB750 gets a state-of-the-art Koso headlight followed by an analogue speedometer from Motogadget.

Then the bike is installed with a unique CNC-machine triple clamp to accommodate the bike’s front fork (taken from a Suzuki GSX-R), including a top-of-the-line dual Ohlins shocks rear.