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Speed Read: The new KTM 390 SMC R, Yamaha XMAX, and more

5 MONTHS AGO / Comments Off on Speed Read: The new KTM 390 SMC R, Yamaha XMAX, and more / LATEST MOTORCYCLE NEWS

This week’s compilation is jam-packed with new releases from major OEMs. We take a look at the new KTM 390 SMC R and 125 SMC R, the updated Yamaha XMAX sport scooter, and the LiveWire S2 Alpinista electric sport standard. A plucky Yamaha SR500 flat tracker lurks in their midst, flying the flag for custom…

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The Scrappier: A Squeaky-Clean Supermoto from Woolie’s Workshop

7 MONTHS AGO / Comments Off on The Scrappier: A Squeaky-Clean Supermoto from Woolie’s Workshop / FEATURED BIKES

Naked, supermoto, streetfigher, café racer, super-naked — whatever you want to call it (we’re leaning toward super-naked) — this 2008 KTM RC8 that recently rolled out of Deus Ex Machina’s garage is stark, uncompromising, and muscular. Where the stock RC8 is a fully faired superbike, albeit with some snarling angular character, it’s a race bike…