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TVS Just Outsold Hero and Honda in India for the First Time, and I'm Already Pricing a Container to Europe
TVS just had its best month ever, and for the first time it's bigger than both Hero and Honda in India -- by a margin thin enough that I wouldn't bet on it lasting.
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Yamaha's New YZF-R2 Undercuts Everything in the Segment, and I'm Doing Beginner-Bike Math Again
Yamaha's cheapest ticket into the R-Series just landed in India -- 204cc, 26.5 PS, and a kerb weight light enough to make my own bike jealous.
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Honda Officially Reveals the CB1000F, and It's Wearing Freddie Spencer's Racing Stripes
The neo-retro naked that debuted as a Suzuka 8 Hours concept is now a production bike -- 122hp, Showa suspension, and a paint scheme that name-checks 1980s AMA Superbike history.
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KTM Expands the Husqvarna/GasGas Brake Recall to Off-Road Bikes, Says Stop Riding Now
21,040 US units and 4,140 in Canada -- the same cracking brake caliper as August's dual-sport recall, but bigger, broader, and with a stop-riding order this time.
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Triumph Recalls TF 450 Dirt Bikes Over a Cylinder Head Fault That Can Stall the Engine
Triumph's pulling in TF 450 competition dirt bikes for a full cylinder head swap -- not a bolt, not a sensor, the whole head.
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Norton Says the Manx R Was Built on 218,000km of Telemetry, Not Just a Lap Time
Norton says the Manx R was shaped by 218,000km of real-world telemetry and 700-plus tests across five countries -- and I'm now doing credit-card math I promised myself I wouldn't.
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Bimota Is Back in the US After a Decade, and It Brought a Supercharged Hub-Steered Superbike
Bimota's back in the US after ten years, with a supercharged center-hub-steered Tesi H2 and a Kawasaki-derived KB998 Rimini available to order now.
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Ducati Sets a EUR121M R&D Fund, and the Timing Isn't Subtle
Ducati's secured Italian government backing for a EUR121M R&D fund, and the timing lines up awkwardly well with Chinese brands closing the gap.
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