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Hey this is Rahul from RideWithRahul.com and a very Happy New Year, to all my
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subscribers and viewers, across the world. This video is done in collaboration with
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Max Tremo, he has Walkarounds of all the latest bikes in this channel in 4K
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quality so please visit his channel for that and tell him RideWithRahul sent
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you. We are at the EICMA to take a look at the top upcoming Superbikes of 2016. The bike
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we are currently looking at however this is the Suzuki's MotoGP bike, the RR-GSX.
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After Yamaha its Suzuki's turn to be inspired from their MotoGP machine and turn
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it into a road legal production motorcycle. In Suzuki's own words, "the king
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of sports bikes' is back!" The liter class bike brings groundbreaking
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technology with its VVT or Variable Valve Timing. It broadens the powerband.
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When you're thinking sports bike, it's mostly peeky power high up the rev
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range and impractical in everyday use. With the GSXR 1000 concept, Suzuki tries
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to redefine all that with this VVT technology. The bike shifts towards
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Harley like torque at bottom revs, then progressively changes to sport bike
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timing at peak revs. Best of both worlds, they say. The compromise between high
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peak power or more filling mid-range has finally been broken by this motorcycle.
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As this is officially a concept, Suzuki, has not yet released the details specs. The complete
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suite of electronics is however provided. We have ride by wire and a 10 level
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traction control system which is adjustable while riding. 3 selectable
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modes of engine power delivery which is also known as the SDMS (Suzuki Drive Mode Selector). You have
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electronic ABS. We have lunch control and a quickshifter to system for both up and
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down shifts. The downshifting is being implemented using on auto blipper. We're
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not expecting this motorcycle until the end of 2016 but when it comes it will
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be a game-changer, that is why I decided to start with the Gixxer. After a slice
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of the near future,
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let's look at the bikes that you would be able to buy right across the counter
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from the early months of 2016. Not exactly a superbike in the
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exact sense of the term but it's too big to be called a super-sports this is the
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Dukati 959 Panigale. The outgoing 899 which this motorcycle
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replaces, wasn't a slow bike by any standards but it required a lot of revs
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to build up to peak power and it was getting beaten by its competitors so
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Ducati engineers beefed up the bottom end and mid-range by increasing stroke length
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which resulted in a 57 cc overall increase, the new motorcycle produces a
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157 BHP with 80 pound-ft torque at the crank.
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Thing I like about Ducati, is even in its Supersport equivalent you're going to
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get the full electronics package. So you're getting the 8 way traction
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control which is adjustable and you have a three-way engine braking control as
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well with the multi-mode ABS. The chassis and engine are the same as before but
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the body panels get a few aesthetic tweaks highlighted by a wider front snout with
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bigger air intake scoops a reworked tail section and an all new exhaust. The bike
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also gets a new engine mapping. Let me know in the comments section below,
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whether you like this all the exhaust or whether you like the exhaust on the
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previous 899 Panigale. moving on to the third bike it's the Yamaha MT-10.
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Liter class naked bikes from japan is nothing new but I'm excited about this
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bike because it gets all the electronic package and meets the BMW S1000R and
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the (Aprilia) Tuono V4 head on. this will be at the top of the food chain on the MT/ FZ
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series of motorcycles. This is essentially a 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1
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stripped down to a naked bike. Yamaha gets passively aggressively with the design.
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There is a deliberate attempt to redefine the brand's styling cues from the
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past year and looking really good with this completely new shaped headlight and
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well proportioned geometric body panels, on the MT-10. Yamaha's trademark 998 cc
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crossplane crankshaft inline-4 engine is there and the power figures
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have not come in yet. I'm expecting around a 160 bhp at the rear wheel
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with a boost to the low and mid-range power.
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If you remember the cost effective version of the R1 which was called
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the R1S which had the steel rods connecting the engine instead of the titanium parts;
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this bike follows the same formula and it also loses the gyroscopes sensors which
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are present in the track version of the 2015 R1. Should be interesting to
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see the final pricing on this one.
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There is no word yet on whether this bike will be released in the USA or Indian
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market. We're going to do this in a way, one naked bike and one faired bike, so
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moving into the fouth motorcycle on the list, the 2016 Kawasaki ZX10R. I had
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ridden the 2015 version of this bike and I absolutely loved it but the 2016
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version gets a ton of changes. They're taking all of their research and
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development from the World Superbike Series and now it has been implemented into
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a production motorcycle. Last year it was Yamaha's turn to change it all up from
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MotoGP and this year it's Kawasaki. and for the end user it's really a win-win
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situation because you're going to use state of the art technology on an
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over-the-counter sport bike. All the motorcycle brands base electronics package
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on their vehicle dynamics model. Simply put, it's a mathematical model which is
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used to predict the behavior of the motorcycle in space and a just a feeling
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in suspension in real time to make them more recycled ready to tackle the
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upcoming session in the pre-programmed tracks that are already fed into the
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software so this is basically a 5-axis gyro system feeding the information
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of this motorcycle into the ECU which makes real-time adjustments into the
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motorcycle while it's blazing past a racetrack while taking into account
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wheel speed, throttle angle, brake line pressure, engine RPM etc
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other major advancements include the balance free fork by Showa which makes its'
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debut from the WSBK for the first time on a production motorcycle. It's
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supposed to take fraction of seconds
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directly off lap times and it would be nice to see how it compares against
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the 2015 R1.
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Another important thing is that this motorcycle gets a cornering management
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system, which is for those of you who like to break within corner or use trail
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braking. Now, when you're doing that, the bike tries to stand up making you run
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wide. With this motorcycle, the bike tries to maintain the lean angle even
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when you're breaking and it makes the cornering a little easier.
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Sounds fancy? We'll have to see what it feels like in real life! now let's take a
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look at a different sort of a motorcycle which is definitely taking the internet
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by storm.
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Everybody who loves motorcycles, loves this bike. I've never seen anyone who
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doesn't like a Ducati Diavel and with the 2016 X-Diavel, I think we're gonna love
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it even more, if that is possible. 2016 version gets a belt final drive.
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The forward mounted controls have been punched out further with more relaxed
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tracker style handlebars and it gets bigger displacement engine so Ducati's
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definitely believing in, there is no replacement for displacement sort of
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staff and what is new with the desmodromic variable valve timing
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engine is that it has a longer stroke and a higher compression ratio. The
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result? The engine delivers the torque at much lower rpm. The previous version
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delivered on 96 pound-feet at 8000 rpm but the current version is delivering 95
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pound at 5,000 rpm which means that the torque is available right in the low- and
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mid-range. This should completely change the feel of the motorcycle and put the
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torque to rival some of the dedicated cruisers from Harley Davidson. Styling
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also sees major revamp with the air intake scoops disappearing; displaying more
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of the beautiful trellis frame. The headlight shroud is also gone. They exhaust
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pipes have been rerouted and the new motorcycle has a more minimalist, pure
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concept bike type look which hypes its all new LED headlight unit. But why should
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you buy it over the other cruisers? Well, you're getting various riding modes
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with cruise control there is cornering abs and there is a hands free
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communication unit and a TFT dashboard. Basically you're getting an ultra-modern
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Cruiser which is extremely futuristic. Before we get
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to engrossed into the Ducati world let's get back to the sport bike world from
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another European motorcycle maker, Aprilia. In 2016, it's not an all new bike.
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the marked difference this year is the improvement of throttle response all
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across this 14,200 rev range. Some major changes coming the mapping. The rain map
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is gone and now it's replaced by a race map so the 3 modes are sport, track and
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race. There's a quick-shifter but the downshift is done by clutch because
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there is no auto-blipper. Aprilia was one of the first brands to introduce a full
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electronics package into production motorcycle and it gets ABS, traction
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control, wheelie control, launch control and now even there is an iOS app which
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requires you to connect your iPhone to the motorcycle over wi-fi and then on
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pre-programmed circuits around the world you can get real-time turn by turn
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adjustment of traction and wheelie control which basically means you can go
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into the details and fine tune the motorcycle according to your riding
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preferences. After the power saturation brands have realized that they can't just
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increase the power of Superbikes every year and now the focus is making that
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power more usable and making the motorcycles safer with
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electronic aids and at the same time making it faster motorcycle to ride on
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track.
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Optional electronic aids are becoming standard across all brands and though
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some people are against it,
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this is definitely going to happen more and more future. For 2016 a new street
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model called the KTM Super Duke GT has come out. Now this is a very exciting
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motorcycle because it's based on the award-winning 1290 Super Duke R. The
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Gt is a more touring oriented bike with a half fairing, a slightly large passenger
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seat and saddlebags as standard. This sounds like a simple upgrade and to an
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experienced motorcycle manufacturer like KTM it really is.
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Now, they have included reshaped combustion chambers that optimizes chain swirl.
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Intake ports that smooth throttle response at low rpm and the new connecting rods
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with improved bearings.
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This is just a small changes to the bike and the clutch has been hardened to 10% to
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allow extended high-speed running we get a new modular due to low and mid-range
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while still meeting the noise standards like the Super Dugard the GED boasts of
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all the latest rider aids among which the main is motorcycle stability control
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developed by Bosch. This incorporates cornering ABS, traction control, wheelie control
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and rear wheel mitigation, hill hold assist and a few other things into one
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single package and also all the other standard electronics is there.
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Basically a more practical Super Duke. they've taken the Super Duke and made it
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more comfortable so this is for the crazy guys would like to take
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such a motorcycle to tour and with that motorcycle we conclude the video today
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