A prototype from China has gone faster than BMW claims for its world championship-winning superbike. On paper, the CFMoto V4 SR-RR therefore looks like a rival to the M 1000 RR, but one widely quoted figure distorts the comparison.
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With the Versys 900, Kawasaki introduces a new crossover model between the Versys 650 and Versys 1100. It has the four-cylinder from the Z900, a new trellis frame and, for the first time in the Versys family, radar-based rider assistance systems.
Michael Dunlop has published pictures and a video in which he fires up a Gilera 250 in Marco Simoncelli’s livery. The TT record winner is keeping his plans to himself, but there are signs of a race outing.
Toprak Razgatlioglu retired from the Indonesian Grand Prix after eight laps because he lacked strength in his right shoulder following a crash. An examination in Turkey is set to show whether he needs surgery and can race at the next round in Australia.
Aprilia may soon stop letting its riders race each other freely in the MotoGP title fight, as technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini names a timeframe for possible instructions in favour of Jorge Martin for the first time. Those most affected would be Marco Bezzecchi and the two Trackhouse riders Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura.
For a year now, rumble strips on the twisty country road between Zella-Mehlis and Oberhof have been meant to slow down speeders on two wheels. The results are mixed, and in November the accident commission will decide what happens to the strips next.
Serious motorcycle crashes keep happening at the so-called Applauskurve on the B62 near Netphen. Now the accident commission is to decide at a special meeting whether motorcyclists there will face further restrictions, up to and including a ban.
From early October, seven new posters from the road safety campaign “Runter vom Gas” (Slow Down) will be displayed along German autobahns, painted by girls aged between nine and twelve. Behind the designs lies a months-long selection process in which drastic alternatives and AI-generated drafts ultimately played no role.
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