This weekly motorcycle news roundup covers a wide array of new bike releases, spy shots, special editions, and industry news from major manufacturers like MV Agusta, KTM, BMW, and Royal Enfield, alongside emerging brands and classic motorcycle market updates.
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Welcome back everybody to another
episode of our weekly Moto news roundup
where this time around we'll be looking
at new bikes from MV, KTM, and BMW.
There's spy shots of a new KTM
middleweight as well, a bargain big
adventurer from Moto Marini, and rumors
of a new Mfield Scrambler for 2027. Then
we've got awards for Suzuki. We've got
new bikes from ZedX Moto, Itaria, a back
and CF Moto's new miniike looks
incredible. Then we've got a rare gem of
a classic, a record-breaking auction,
and also a look at Jucati's new approach
to maintenance schedules, which looks
like a little bit of genius. But before
we get underway, a massive thanks to
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find out more. So, let's kick off with
some new bikes. And first up, we've got
the Carbonia Nero version of um MV
Augusta's Brutali 800, which was
introduced just this week. It comes off
the back of MV Augusta changing their
pricing strategy a little bit lately to
pull it down and pull it in line more so
with the mainstream bikes. Take for
example the Brutali 800 coming in now in
the UK at £11,500
and that's down from over 15 grand last
time out. So, it really is a significant
repositioning. To do that, naturally,
the the standard bike is relatively
simple in its finish with it being
largely blacked out with a matte red
paint job that still, you know, looks
good, but it's not the most fancy MV
you'll ever see. Maybe this one though
offers a little bit of a middle ground
with this carbon black version available
now. And you'd say on the whole, it is
still pretty stealthy, but the red
wheels, the trellis frame as well do add
a bit of sportiness. and dare I say a
little bit of Jucati monster about it,
which I mean in the best way. So yeah, a
little more eye-catching perhaps than
the standard bike. Um, no exact UK
pricing on this one as of yet, but for
Italy it's um €500 on top of the
standard bike, so I'd probably expect
for this one about 12 grand. Over at KTM
though, while they're operating at the
other end of the pricing spectrum with
the reintroduction of their 450 Rally
replica, which is about as close as you
can get to owning your very own Dhakar
bike. Just 100 will be made with their
punchy 450 single. It's got rally
specific gearing and a Cropovich
exhaust, fully customizable WP Pro
suspension, CNC triples, a triple fuel
tank as well with almost 35 L of
capacity, a carbon navigation tower,
race ready bodywork, and that's amongst
many, many other changes. The price on
this one though, just over £33,000 for
the standard bike of which there'll be
100, but also they're making a Luchiano
Benvida's factory edition and that one
will be over £42,000.
Meanwhile, in South Africa, BMW have
just announced a couple of very tasty
looking special editions of both the
S000RR sports bike and its superpecr
sibling. These are called the M2
editions, referencing of course the um
BMW car of the same name. And both of
them get a black paint job, red accents,
a tinted windscreen, an embossed M logo
in the seat, and also some graphics on
the wheels. I believe there's an
Acropovich exhaust accessory available,
too. Now, the S model is 400,000 rand,
so that's about 18 grand. The M almost
900,000 rand, which is closer to 38. So,
similar in price to the standard nonM2
models, uh, but maybe just a little bit
on top. On the flip side, though,
they've also done an RR model of the
car. So, it's the M2 coupe RR edition
again with black paint, red springs, 20
mil lower as well, performance wheels,
uh, splitters and spoilers with red
accents, and, uh, a specially customized
Acropovich system for this particular
car. not massively a car guy. Uh but
that one and the bikes together that
would make for a pretty nice garage
setup. But anyway, back to KTM and we've
got more spy shots this week, but this
time appearing to show a new
middleweight Juke Naked. Now, my source
for these shots is calling it either a
490 or a 590. and their understanding is
that it won't replace the 390 Juke
single, but more so bridge the gap
between that bike and the 790 Juke by
coming in between sort of 55 and 75
horsepower. And it's a good point as
well. It's a massive step between the
390 which makes around 40 horses and the
790 which makes 95 horsepower. And so I
do agree that something around 60 or 70
would sit nicely in the middle and also
fill the gap that's left by the 690 Juke
single. Although this one is expected,
as you can see in the shots, uh to be a
parallel twin, I think the running gear
is pretty much as you'd expect with this
one as well, their in-house WP
suspension and brakes. Uh you can
probably take a good guess at how it
might look as well in the end, despite
the fairly uh rough looking test mule.
But I'd love to know what you think on
this one. Is 70 horsepower a bit of a
sweet spot, or is this another
unnecessary step in the KTM ladder,
which already has plenty of nakeds? Let
me know what you think down in the
comments. A couple of years back at Ike
in Milan, we saw the new Moto Marini
Xcape 1200, and I've got to say, it
looked really impressive on the stand.
Uh, but since then, we've not heard too
much. It turns out though, it has just
been announced as being available here
in the UK for 2026. And so while the
initial buzz might have died off a bit,
well, all the same, it is an interesting
looking bike owing, I guess, to the
Italian design, but also being
Chinese-made, it looks like pretty good
value for money as well. Now, at the
heart of it, we've got an 1187cc
87° V twin, which is good for 129
horsepower at 8,750
RPM and 106 new m of peak torque at
7,000. So, plenty of pulling power for
some loaded up adventure touring. And
there's also a good level of spec on the
chassis as well. You've got KYB
suspension with 180 mil of travel at
both ends. Brembo braking, a 19-in front
and a 17 at the rear. Both of them
tubeless and spoked and shot with
Pirelli's excellent Scorpion Trail
tires. Tech is fully fledged, too.
You've got a TFT dash, cornering rider
aids, TPMS, a dash cam connectivity, a
rear-facing blind spot radar, and then
cruise control, heated grips, heated
seats, both front and rear. And so,
you've got to say at £11,299
plus on the road fees. Well, it doesn't
look bad at all, especially considering
you can get three-piece aluminium
luggage for another £499 on top. So,
that would be a fully loaded adventure
bike for under 12 grand. There is, I
think, a catch though with these, you
know, very affordable Chinese adventure
bikes, especially the large capacity
ones, and I think that's the weight.
This one comes in at a pretty hefty 259
kg dry. As you'd imagine, with all the
fluid on board, plus the generous 24 1/2
L tank fully fueled up, well, you must
be looking at closer to 280 kg, which
isn't insignificant, and also 840 mil in
the seat. It's not tall, but I think
that's a lot of weight for a lot of
people at that height. All the same, I
think at that price, a lot of people
might be willing to overlook that,
especially if they're used to heavier
bikes or they're a tall rider. And so,
if you do want a little bit of Italian
swishness, but maybe at a more
accessible price point than your average
full capacity adventure bike, then it
could well be worth a spin, this one.
Meanwhile, we've got rumors that Royal
Enfield is set to launch a new 450
Scrambler in 2027 with Visor reporting
on this one and also plenty of similar
reports from Indian outlets. Now, the
idea is to find a bit of a halfway house
I think between the existing 450s which
are the Gorilla Naked, so a little bit
flat tracker inspired but fairly low
slung uh and then the 450 Himalayan
adventure bike with the liquid cooled
single. 450. I think it would also make
a great direct competitor for Triumph's
Scrambler 400. It will make similar
performance figures, probably a
similarish price, too. And I got to say,
it could run it close on looks as well
if Bike Deco's mocked up speculative
renders uh, you know, at all accurate. I
really like what they've done here.
Hopefully Enfield are working along
similar lines and I certainly think a
very cool looking mid-capacity scrambler
like that could help it to shift a few
units. Now they say it's slated for 2027
so could be one to keep your eyes peeled
for in the autumn at Ikema. Anyway, time
for comment of the week where each week
I'll pick my favorite comment from the
last episode and then at the end of the
month I will pick out my winner of the
month who will get a break free unit of
their choice. Last week, well, the
running theme for a lot of the comments
was the Brabbus electric bike, which I
don't think really hit the mark with
your average motorcyclist. There wasn't
a lot of love for that one, but there
was quite a bit of appreciation for the
new Gorilla Apex 450 from Royal Enfield
with flatter street bias bars and also
some proper road tires. On this one, DAC
767 said, "Royal Enfield did the right
thing at last. First thing I did with my
Gorilla was fit lower bars and Metsler
M3s will go on soon. So, it sounds like
a bit of a winning formula from some
firsthand experience there. So, thanks
to DAC767 for sharing that. But yeah, it
is the end of the month or rather it's
the 1st of May, so it's the start of the
next month and so I better pick out a
winner. I think I'll go for Craig Steven
McDonald from last week who left this
comment about BMW's patent for a new
version of their C1 scooter, but this
time with six extra wheels that come
down to help you balance when you're at
a standstill. So, well done to Craig.
Drop us an email at inquiriesob.cc
and we'll sort you out with your prize.
Now, over to Suzuki with news that their
GSX 8 and TT Retros just won a red dot
design award in Germany. And it kind of
got me thinking this one actually. I
mean, it is a good-look bike. There is
something to be said for the design, but
I wouldn't say it's exactly
groundbreaking. And also, it's not a
bike that's sold particularly well, and
they also had to drop the price
recently, which I think goes to show
that sales are a little bit slow. Plus,
I have seen quite a few press releases
recently about these red dot awards.
Jucati with the Diavo V4, the Panagali
V4 as well in 2025. Honda on the NC
750X. I think an even more unremarkable
bike perhaps than the um Suzuki retros.
And so what is the deal here? Are they
just paying for something to talk about
or is there any merit in winning a Red
Dot Design Award? Well, I did a bit of
digging on the Red Dot Design Award
website and it turns out it's a little
of column A, a little of column B. It is
meant to be genuinely a, you know, an
award that you win by a judging panel,
but it also isn't free. To even register
and submit your product, you've got to
pay between €470 and €890.
But here's the big one. If you win, you
have to pay them to license their logo
and name to use in your press releases.
And depending on which package you
choose, that's between €4,900
and €12,800.
though. Look, congrats to Suzuki all the
same, Manta, Ducatti, and Honda before
that, but maybe those fees do soften the
achievement just a little bit. Anyway,
back to the bikes. And MCM report this
week that Chinese newcomers ZedX Moto
are about to land in the UK after
signing with a distributor. And they
sound like serious business as well,
these bikes. It's easy to write off
another new Chinese brand as just
lowriced and a little low performance
perhaps. But ZedX Motor have won
multiple rounds of the World Super Sport
Champs in 2026 with their three-cylinder 820R.
820R.
The bikes they're planning on launching
look pretty tasty as well, like the
500RR inline 4, which is said to make 83
horsepower at 13,500 RPM and yet weighs
in at just 168 kg curb. So, if you like
a little slender screamer, uh then
definitely keep your eyes peeled for
that one. And there's also a retro built
upon the same platform called the 500F.
I think it's possibly borrowed a little
bit too much from Honda in the looks
there. It looks a bit derivative, let's
say. But also, that 820 model is said to
be available at some point, too. And so,
we could have some very interesting new
options here, especially with a price
that is still expected to be fairly
accessible for those 500s around the
five or six grand mark. Also back in the
UK though recently we've got ItalJet or
ItalJet or ItalJet. Either way fair to
say they make some of the coolest
looking scooters ever made. Visor down
report that they've been absent from the
UK for 3 years now but are set to return
with their 125 300 459 and 700
Dragsters. The latter as well. The 700
Dragster looks like a proper beast with
a 69 horsepower parallel twin. Along
with the high-spec chassis running on
Brembo brakes, for example, and Marzaki
suspension, not the sort of stuff you
normally see on a scoot. On top of that,
there's also the Roadster 400, which is
similarly distinctive in the looks, but
it's got a little bit more of a retro
vibe about it, which I think leaves it
looking a touch steampunk, maybe. The
big change though is that all of these
bikes will be sold direct through Italet
or however you say ItalJet UK um with
bikes either delivered to you or
collected from their HQ in Nottingham.
So no dealer specifically. And if you
want to get your bike serviced under
warranty, well apparently you can do
that at any VAT registered workshop. So
interesting approach and I wouldn't be
surprised if we see more and more brands
starting to move down this route in
future. One bike that unfortunately
isn't available in the UK though, and I
really wish it was, is the CF Moto XO
Papio. A super cool little 125 mini bike
with a bit of a retro sports bike look
with the round headlights and the full
fairings. Now, maybe I'm a little bit
late to this one, but Weeback Japan just
posted some images of their new colors
for 2026, and I've got to say, they look
fantastic, especially this one in the
full CF Moto Racing trim. Now, they've
also made a few changes for 2026, like
the riding position. It's a little more
sat up and comfy. Um, but all the info
I've seen so far is just for the
Australian market, so tough luck for
everybody else. A couple of quick
classics to look at now though. This one
is from Japanese magazine Young Machine
who reported that this Yamaha XT500 was
found in a Paris motorcycle shop still
crated up, never used after 40 years. So
yeah, it's in immaculate condition of
course which must be a real rarity for
these now and it's due to go on auction
soon in Germany. Now, XTS are still
very, very popular. And so, especially
in this condition, they estimate
conservatively it'll fetch around 15 to€25,000.
to€25,000.
Uh, but to me, that sounds a little bit
on the low side for a cult bike like
this that's never been used. I guess
we'll find out soon, though. There was a
lot of buzz this week though for another
auction of a 500cc Grand Prix bike from
1965 that was said to have been raced by
either Hailwood Agustinini or both and
they're not quite sure but it's in the
season in ' 65 where they finished 1 and
two in the championship. It's an envy,
of course. You probably knew that
already from the paint. But yeah, the
headline figure is that the original
estimate at the bottom spring staffers
sale, a big classic sale here in the UK,
was £160,000 to 220, but it absolutely
smashed it with the winning big coming
>> We are selling all the way. Congratulations.
Rounding off today though, well, I saw
an interesting bit of new tech or a new
approach rather from Jucati and it's
called predictive maintenance. A feature
that they'll be offering up for their
Desmo 450 MX motocross bike. And the
idea is you hook the bike up to their
free software, the Xlink app, and it
will give you your maintenance due dates
in real time. Thing is though, those due
dates are actually generated and
adjusted by an algorithm and it's based
upon the intensity of the bike's usage.
So, of course, a lot of hard racing
would bring those service dates forward.
Um, but if you just bought the bike for
gentler leisure use, then I guess it
would push those intervals back a little
bit. Now, naturally, dirt bikes have
much shorter intervals than road bikes,
but it did have me thinking all the
same. Well, there's a lot different
about steady motorway miles as opposed
to charging around back roads or the
track. So, could this sort of idea ever
make it to street bikes or do you see it
as just another unnecessary complication
of motorcycleycling? Let me know what
you think down in the comments below
along with all of the other stories this
week. As always, hit subscribe for more
of the latest motorcycle news and
reviews right here on Moto Bob. A
massive thanks for watching today and
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