Because the annual EICMA commerce present wraps up in Milan, we’re having a look at a few of our favourite highlights from the previous week. We begin with the brand new Royal Enfield Basic 650 and Moto Guzzi V7 Sport, then study the bonkers 2025 KTM 1390 Tremendous Duke GT. Husqvarna introduced their new Pioneer electric dust bike to the present, whereas Honda confirmed off a wild V3 prototype engine.
2025 Royal Enfield Basic 650 Though Royal Enfield’s twin-cylinder 650 platform has spawned a number of new bikes, every alluring in its personal method, it has offered an issue. Many followers of the model initially fell in love with iconic Royal Enfields just like the Bullet 500 and Basic 500—and people bikes are woefully outdated by comparability.
However what in case you might mix the classic type of these traditional bikes with the fashionable drivetrain of the model’s newer choices? Royal Enfield has completed simply that with the launch of the brand new Royal Enfield Basic 650.
Sharing a chassis with the Tremendous Meteor and Shotgun 650, the brand-new Basic 650 is a skillful train in nostalgia. Slightly than frivolously fettle the Tremendous Meteor or Shotgun 650 as a hat tip to the outdated Bullet and Basic, Royal Enfield went all-in on the bike’s bodywork and trimmings.
For those who’re conversant in these bikes, you’ll spot refined particulars just like the ‘eyelid’ above the headlight, the built-in sprint panel on high of it, and the tubular struts that assist the entrance and rear fenders. The taillight meeting is a useless ringer for older Enfield designs, and the facet covers are a delicate reminder of the Bullet and Basic’s side-mounted toolbox.
The teal livery proven right here is straight out of Royal Enfield’s again catalog, proper all the way down to the color-matched body. Laced wheels and vintage-style silencers drive the purpose house.
We’re massive followers of Royal Enfield’s parallel-twin engine and the way straightforward it’s to get together with. Add to that the styling of the Bullet and Basic 500, and also you may simply be onto a winner. [Royal Enfield]
2025 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport Moto Guzzi debuted a handful of updates for its standard V7 platform at EICMA. However the largest information was the discharge of the 2025 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport—a motorbike that Moto Guzzi is asking “probably the most technologically superior V7 up to now.”
Modifications to the V7 for 2025 embody Euro 5+ compliance, a brand new multi-map ride-by-wire throttle, a four-percent improve in energy, and a smoother torque curve. It’s now able to 67.3 hp at 6,900 rpm and 79 Nm at 4,400 rpm.
The styling of Moto Guzzi’s latest trendy traditional is in some way concurrently extra trendy and extra traditional. A 21-liter [5,5-gallon] gas tank takes heart stage, with freshly designed facet panels, a shorter rear fender, and a extra aggressive exhaust routing add to the bike’s sporty vibe.
The V7 Sport takes that bundle, and provides 41 mm upside-down forks, twin entrance disc brakes, a further ‘sport’ driving mode, and an inertia measurement system for managing traction management and ABS. The girthy twin rear shocks are adjustable for pre-load too.
The Sport mannequin additionally will get light-weight alloy wheels, aluminum headlight ears, bar-end mirrors, a singular handlebar high clamp, aluminum inserts on the facet panels, and a particular seat with crimson distinction stitching.
It’s hardly a groundbreaking improve, however we’re not even certain the venerable V7 platform wants one. The V7 has at all times bought by on attraction somewhat than outright efficiency, and the 2025 Moto Guzzi V7 delivers that in spades. [Moto Guzzi]
2025 KTM 1390 Tremendous Duke GT The brand new KTM 1390 Tremendous Duke GT broke cowl at EICMA, and we’re unsure how we really feel about it. On one hand, its mix of outright hooligan efficiency and touring consolation is downright irresistible. Then again, it’s ugly as sin.
The Tremendous Duke GT’s largest improve is the 1,350 cc LC8 V-twin engine that it will get from the Tremendous Duke R Evo. Added to which might be a center-mounted ram air consumption, a brand new airbox, a wider radiator, and revised gearing in fifth and sixth. All informed, it makes 140 kW [187,7 hp] and 145 Nm and weighs simply 213 kilos [470 lbs]. Oof.
The KTM 1390 Tremendous Duke GT additionally borrows the Tremendous Duke R Evo’s chassis, with WP Apex semi-active suspension at each ends. It’s additionally specced with Brembo brakes, with twin Brembo Stylema calipers gripping 320 mm floating discs on the entrance.
There’s extra tech than you possibly can shake a stick at aboard the Tremendous Duke GT. The bundle consists of a number of rider modes—together with a monitor mode and two which might be customizable—and quite a lot of ABS settings. The 8.8” TFT show packs a full smartphone connectivity suite plus offline map navigation.
A brand new entrance radar provides adaptive cruise management, braking help, distance help, and a bunch driving function. There’s additionally a ‘consolation’ mode for the digital suspension that’s designed to clean out bumps on lengthy rides.
Styled by KTM’s common design accomplice, Kiska, the Tremendous Duke GT wears a comfortable twin seat, a 19.5-liter [5.15-gallon] gas tank, and a windscreen to make its intentions clear. Gigantic LED mandibles protrude from the entrance of the bike to kind the GT’s distinctive headlight. Love or hate it, a minimum of it’s not bland. [KTM | Images by Rudi Schedl]
Husqvarna Pioneer electrical dust bike Husqvarna introduced a brand new electrical dust bike to EICMA: the 2025 Husqvarna Pioneer. And in case you’re considering that its chassis, motor, and battery pack look loads like these of the 2025 KTM Freeride E, you’re not alone.
Most, if not all, of Husqvarna’s present bikes are fashions from their father or mother firm (KTM), in several clothes. So it stands to purpose that the Pioneer would comply with the identical recipe.
Husqvarna’s press launch claims that the Pioneer’s motor was developed in-house, however on condition that it seems to be similar to (and makes the very same numbers as) the KTM unit, we’re not shopping for it. That’s no unhealthy factor although—but it surely does make the ‘Pioneer’ moniker appear ironic.
Specced as a street-legal dust bike, the Husqvarna Pioneer makes 19.2 kW peak energy and 37 Nm of torque, for a high velocity of 95 km/h [about 60 mph]. Its 5.5 kWh Li-Ion battery is nice for as much as three hours of driving and might be swapped out for a completely charged spare in 10 minutes. It additionally comes with switchable rider modes, traction management, and the standard digital frou frou.
The Pioneer’s chromoly body is propped up on WP Suspension parts, with 250 mm of entrance and 240 mm of rear journey. The entrance forks use an air spring (you get a pump with the bike), and there’s greater than sufficient adjustability at each ends. The Pioneer additionally has ProTaper handlebars (with levers to manage each the back and front brakes), ODI grips, Braktec brakes, and Michelin enduro tires.
The place the Husqvarna Pioneer strays considerably from its sister bike is in its aesthetics. It’s wearing plastics that comply with the ultra-clean design language the Husqvarna has cultivated over time. Wrapped in a standard white, blue, and yellow livery, it’s somewhat fetching. [Husqvarna]
Honda V3 engine with electrical compressor Despite the fact that Honda introduced two electrical bike ideas to EICMA this 12 months, it was a brand new engine prototype from Huge Pink that stole the present. Sporting a singular V3 structure, the triple-cylinder mill additionally featured a world-first electrical compressor.
Honda says that the liquid-cooled 75-degree V3 powerplant is being developed for future bigger displacement bikes. The concept is to extract the utmost efficiency from the engine whereas making it as lithe as doable.
Sitting atop the V3 mill is the electrical compressor, which might management the compression of the consumption air, no matter engine rpm. The concept is that high-response torque might be delivered from tremendous low within the rev vary, making for a really responsive journey. The compressor doesn’t require an intercooler or the requisite plumbing, making it simpler to bundle tightly.
Honda confirmed the engine off in a stunning trellis body, which was hooked as much as upside-down forks, a single-sided swingarm, and sporty alloy hoops. That tells us that Honda has already designed much more than simply the motor… [Honda]
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