Suzuki has rolled out the new Swish 125 in Taiwan, which features the latest generation Hayabusa colourway.
The Swish 125 joins the recently launched Saluto 125 but offers a much sportier and modern exterior design than the latter.
For 2022, the Swish 125 gets a two-tone colourway similar to the Hayabusa that could be found on the scooter’s headlamp and body baseline.
However, no mechanical changes are done to the compact scooter as the 2022 Swish 125 still carry the same 124cc Suzuki Eco Performance (SEP) engine capable of pumping 8.5hp and 9.6Nm of torque.
Meanwhile, the Swish 125 and other small capacity scooters are yet to be available in Malaysia.
Suzuki Malaysia currently offers the SV650, VStrom 650XT, GSX-S750, Katana 1000, GSX-R1000, GSX-R1000R, V-Strom 1050XT, Hayabusa and GSX-S1000.
Allianz Motorcycle Plus now offers enhanced protection for both riders and pillion for motorcycles 250cc and below.
Allianz also upgraded the Allianz Motorcycle Plus (Comprehensive or Third Party) with additional protection with Death/Permanent Disablement of RM10,000 each and Hospital Income up to RM6,000 each (RM100 per day, up to 60 days), at no extra cost.
*Allianz General CEO, Sean Wang
“Motorcycle riders sometimes forgo additional coverage due to issues of affordability or lack of understanding of insurance. But being underinsured is unacceptable.
“Motorcycle riders are deserving of meaningful, affordable coverage, and we are happy to provide that through our latest enhanced of Allianz Motorcycle Plus.”
“With 90 percent of motorcycles on Malaysian roads being kapcai or under-bone models 250cc and below, we were adamant that the additional coverage be made available for comprehensive and third party policies at no extra cost.
“In such difficult times, we want riders to be able to put aside financial affordability and get the protection they deserve,” explained Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad CEO, Sean Wang.
According to Allianz General, the comprehensive coverage also includes additional coverage of all Special Perils Full Sum-Insured Protection (flood, landslides or any natural disasters) and includes roadside assistance by Allianz Road Rangers, at no extra cost.
*Grand Prize winner, Roshisham Husain
Meanwhile, Allianz General also announced Mr. Roshisham Husain as the grand prize winner of the 111 Motorcycle Campaign and took home a brand new Honda CBR250RR worth RM25,999.
Japanese helmet company Shoei has introduced a limited colourway for the RF-1400 and GT-Air II.
The two popular variants will be available in a new paint scheme that combines various colours and graphics.
The popular RF-1400 now comes in an Accolade colourway that features a flat grey base with blue and neon graphics laid on top.
The helmet displays a modern and futuristic design, and it also carries a set of Japanese characters that can be found at the back of the shell. It’ll probably go well with any naked bikes, especially the Yamaha’s MT range.
Meanwhile, Shoei’s popular touring helmet, the GT-Air II gets the unique Tesseract colourway and is available in TC-1 (grey), TC-5 (glossy white with red, black) and TC-10 (blue).
The new colourway combines various patterns, including a gradient colour and asymmetrical graphics, along with a small Shoei logo on the side.
According to Shoei, all colourways for the RF-1400 and GT-Air II will be available beginning May 2022 as a limited-run production.
Like us, you’ve probably never heard of Axiis before, but the Portuguese-based company is a CNC machining specialist.
However, Axiis might have just made itself known, as the company has created an all-new electric monstrosity called the Liion.
Looking at the photos, the Axiis Liion is an electric supermoto built with a combination of CNC parts and carbon fibre.
Matching the bespoke design is a 12kWh battery that pumps 134hp and 720Nm of torque! The company claimed that it could hit a max speed of 200km/h.
Thanks to the aluminium bilateral beam frame and aluminium single-sided swingarm and specially built CNC parts, the Liion only weighs 134 kilograms!
Why build a supermoto to put that kind of power in the first place? Well, that’s because the company was founded by three friends who shared a passion for two-wheeled competition, mainly creating CNC parts for supermotos.
However, according to Axiis, the Liionn is still in the late stage of development and is yet to be ready for the road or track just yet.
In less than a few weeks after the bike’s first render image was first published by Japanese publication, Young Machine, it looks like the real deal is already upon us.
Honda just officially confirmed the existence of the new Hawk by dropping a teaser image of the upcoming motorcycle, the Hawk 11.
The Honda Hawk 11 is set to premier worldwide at the 2022 Osaka Motorcycle Show, which runs from 19 to 21st of March.
While the image did not reveal much, as of other teasers, it does showcased an extreme closeup of the headlight, cowl and turn indicators of the Hawk 11.
Nevertheless, the teaser itself is not far of the render image published by Young Machine a couple of weeks ago.
More importantly, as confirmed by previous reports, the Hawk will carry the same 1100cc parallel-twin engine (hence the “11”) widely shared among the CRF1100L Africa Twin, Rebel 1100 and NT1100.
While earlier reports suggest the Hawk 11 is intended as a replacement for the outgoing CB1100 and the CB1100 RS, rumours persist that it could end up replacing the CB1000R as well.
Harley-Davidson to expand the Low Rider range with a new version, which according to the latest emission documents filed in the US and German, will be called the Low Rider El Diablo.
The El Diabo will run with the same 117ci (1,923cc) Milwaukee-Eight V-Twin engine, according to the published documents.
However, the El Diablo weighs 4 kilograms more than the standard Low Rider ST, which struck a big question: it might sport a large batwing fairing and a pair of panniers.
Nevertheless, the El Diablo version will get a new paint job, Midnight Crimson/Neblu Red colour scheme.
Reports suggest that the Nebula Red paint combo will pay homage to the 1991 Harley FXRT SportGlide.
The El Diablo might appear in the coming months, probably right after the Low Rider ST goes on sale.
