The Honda CB1300S ABS and VT750S for 2010 will be available from this month in Europe. The Honda CB1300S ABS is a maxi-naked bike with 1300cc, four cylinder in-line engine with PGM-F1 electronic fuel injection. The Honda VT750S on the other hand, is an entry level bike with a 52° V2, 745cc motor and three valves. Prices should be about 11,650 euros for the CB1300S and 6,690 euros for the VT750S. For more discussion on Honda Motorcycles go to ...Read more.

Making full use of the two days of testing at the Sepang International Circuit on Thursday and Friday, Repsol Honda riders Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa gained more of an idea of where their RC212V machines are ahead of the final pre-season test in Qatar. Dovizioso was happy with his day’s work on Friday as he brought his time down by a further two-tenths of a second from the previous day, taking in 46 laps in the Malaysian heat as he completed a three-quarter race distance in the afternoon. “If we consider the two days in total this second test session has represented a big ...Read more.

The MotoGP team riders Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli both displayed the new livery for the 2010 season at the Sepang test on Thursday. Two more days of testing for the San Carlo Honda Gresini team began on Thursday with Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli picking up where they had left off in the last session at Sepang three weeks ago. Intense heat put the riders through a gruelling workout and both took to the track at 10am riding their RC212V machines, decked in the new 2010 Team San Carlo Honda Gresini livery. Work focused around setting up the new Honda RC212V, in particular ...Read more.

Straight from the streets of Japan, this Honda CB750 Café Type Motorimoda is our kind of retro-styled café racer, even if it does have a very long name. With styling borrowed from 1970s endurance racers, the Type Motorimoda, designed by one Shinichiro Arakawa, is fitted with a standard CB750’s carburetted, air-cooled, four-cylinder engine. With a replacement exhaust system and careful tuning, power output is a claimed 20bhp up on the stock CB, which means it’s probably around 85bhp now. With its handmade aluminium fuel tank, custom fabricated 4-2-1 exhaust system and long list of ...Read more.

Honda UK announced that actor Danny John-Jules, who plays The Cat in cult classic TV series Red Dwarf, and endurance rider Graham Hoskins, are to take the ‘Iron Butts’ Challenge in aid of Sport Relief, on two Honda Transalp motorcycles. The 7,000-mile ride is scheduled to take place from February 27 to March 14, crossing from Europe into Africa, through the Middle East into Turkey and back to the UK. The two will cover 480 miles on their shortest day and 630 miles on their longest. They will set off on their Honda Transalps from Alexandra Palace in North London on February 27, during ...Read more.

Honda India plans to expand capacity to meet the company's annual 20 percent increase in demand, a Honda official said today. However, he gave no details on the investment or the additional capacity. We are doing an internal study on a second plant," said Shinji Aoyama, president and chief executive of Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt, which will reach its full capacity of 1.5 million units in 2010-2011. "We cannot let our sales stagnate, we will take a decision soon," said Naresh Kumar Rattan, marketing and sales head. India is the world's second-largest market for ...Read more.

Swan Honda has confirmed their completed line-up for the 2010 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship with James Ellison joining Stuart Easton to form one of the strongest teams on the grid in a bid to secure a maiden BSB title. The completed line-up was unveiled in front of thousands of fans at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show this past weekend. Former Tech 3 MotoGP and 2007 AMA Superbike Corona Honda rider James Ellison returns to the team focused and determined after finishing runner-up in 2009 following weeks of uncertainty over his BSB return when he was left without a ...Read more.

The first day of first test of 2010 for factory riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso is completed in Malaysia. The Repsol Honda Team began the first official test of 2010 today as the MotoGP winter break came to an end at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. With an unchanged rider line-up of Spaniard Dani Pedrosa and Italian Andrea Dovizioso, the factory Honda squad once again rolled up the garage shutters and got back out on track in preparation for the coming season. Although HRC’s engineers and test riders have continued development of the RC212V during the winter ...Read more.

The San Carlo Honda Gresini team pairing of Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli had their first contact with the 2010 RC212V at Sepang on Thursday. After a difficult start to their first day aboard the 2010 version of the RC212V, San Carlo Honda Gresini’s all-Italian line-up of Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli were pleased to have completed their first laps on the new prototype. The pair spent most of the first of two days testing at the Sepang circuit on finding their respective set-ups, as well as focusing on the power and traction combination of each machine. With an air ...Read more.

The Repsol Honda rider has told motogp.com his plan for the MotoGP test at Sepang, and has also discussed his thoughts ahead of the 2010 season. Dani Pedrosa begins his preparations for his fifth season in MotoGP on Thursday with the first of two days of testing at the Sepang International Circuit. In December he underwent surgery to remove a screw in his left wrist to improve mobility and reduce pain, and just hours before he takes to the track in Malaysia to work on the RC212V he will ride this season Pedrosa gave motogp.com his thoughts on the test and the challenges ahead in ...Read more.