2020 Suzuki SV650 On Sale $5,799.00

Suzuki riders struck motorcycling gold when the first SV650 debuted in 1999. Since then, this iconic motorcycle has seen continual improvements while still embodying the sporty personality that only a lively, mid-sized V-twin roadster can deliver. 

The SV650 has a polished powerplant that provides surprising performance with low emissions and outstanding fuel economy, mounted in a trim and lightweight chassis that delivers a sporty, exciting ride.

Recently, the SV650's muffler was repositioned to further increase the lean angle when cornering, along with a pair of four-piston Tokico brake calipers that were added up front for excellent stopping power.

The SV650 continues to deliver the sparkling performance, style, and value that a broad range of riders will enjoy. 

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2020 Yamaha MT-03 Review – First Ride

 

One nice thing about the motorcycle market’s troubles is a resurgence of the kind of fun little cheap bikes the codgers are always pining for. Case in point: the MT-03, the naked version of Yamaha’s sweet little YZF-R3, and the newest member of its “Masters of Torque” naked-bike family – here to take the fight to the KTM Duke 390, Kawasaki Z400, BMW G310R…

Packing the same 321 cc parallel twin into almost the same steel frame as the R3, and using almost the same everything else but for a sit-up straight handlebar instead of clip-ons, the whole package weighs in at right around 373 pounds. That light weight means 35 horsepower at the rear wheel (what our last R3 made) are plenty for bombing around town, and even better for unwinding Texas backroads – which is the focus of today’s exciting video. (The written test went up a couple weeks ago; this kind of quality takes time.)

2020 Yamaha MT-03 Review – First Ride

What do you want for $4,699? The Kawasaki and the KTM make more power; the Yamaha counters with a surprising amount of comfort, especially for a small bike, including a nice set of suspenders that complement its broad, cushy seat while keeping things nicely lined up even when flogging the little engine for all it’s worth out of every bumpy second-gear corner on Austin’s Lime Creek Road.

That’s Master of Torque, not Monster, and even if the newest MT doesn’t have tons of it, that’s part of the beauty of small things. Riding it swiftly and well is going to require a little rider participation and frequent use of the really good six-speed gearbox and light clutch, good for the soul. Its light weight makes it easy to hop onto, easy to lift off the sidestand, easy on gas… easy to ride and to live with. And though beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I dig the Ice Fluo with red wheels.

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The 2020 V-Strom 650XT Adventure

The 2020 V-Strom 650XT Adventure - Renowned for versatility, reliability, and value, Suzuki’s V-Strom 650 models have attracted many riders who use their motorcycles for touring, commuting, or a fun ride when the spirit moves them. These are touchstone motorcycles balanced with a natural riding position, comfortable seat, and a flexible engine character that produces stress-free riding during brief daily use or a high-mile adventure.
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The V-Strom 650XT Adventure comes equipped with adventure-ready tubeless-spoke wheels, plus a set of Suzuki’s aluminum panniers, a rugged accessory bar, a handlebar cross-brace, and mirror extensions.
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Loaded and ready for any road, the 2020 V-Strom 650XT Adventure continues the V-Strom family tradition of being a fun and logical motorcycle to buy and ride. The engine delivers stellar performance and great fuel economy while achieving worldwide emission standards. Suzuki’s engineering accomplishments also include low weight and a trim chassis, creating a V-Strom 650XT Adventure that is versatile, controllable, and financially accessible.
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The V-Strom 650XT Adventure is a motorcycle that’s greater than the sum of its parts, offering versatility, reliability, and function like no other bike in its class. Check out a V-Strom 650XT Adventure for your next ride and you’ll see it checks off every box on your exploration list. This V-Strom is so ready for adventure, all that’s needed is you and a map.

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The Multistrada 1260 S Grand Tour

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Designed for travelling, the Multistrada 1260 S Grand Tour is equipped with side panniers, centre stand and special seat bearing the Grand Tour logo as standard.

To offer utmost comfort also to the most demanding travellers, the Grand Tour is also equipped as standard with heated handgrips, additional LED spotlights, hands free tank filler plug and tyre pressure monitoring sensor, which allows for these parameters to be displayed on the instrument panel.

Furthermore, like for the rest of the Multistrada family, a wide range of accessories is available: touring or sporty ones and other more focused on off-road or urban use.

Heated plug-&-play handgrips. 

By setting one of three available levels, you can avoid the cold and subsequent sore hands, to ride even on the coldest days.

Additional LED lights. 

Reduced consumption and great luminosity for better visibility at night and in fog.

Hands-free tank filler plug. 

Thanks to the electric opening system, refuelling becomes quick and needs no key. It automatically unlocks when the bike is switched off and locks again 60 seconds later if refuelling does not take place.

Tyre pressure sensors. 

An accessory that ensures the control of the tyre pressure by transmitting the rolling data detected by the electronic components to the instrument panel. Thanks to this component, the manual pressure controls become superfluous, making it possible to immediately see any problems and guarantee maximum safety.

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Black Friday Weekend Sale!

It's that time of Year again!

                             Black Friday is right around the corner...and so are the SAVINGS!

 
Stop in to Pete's Cycle Baltimore or Severna Park to check out some amazing deals on any of our 11 Brands, as well as their Parts & Accessories! Take the hassle out of Holiday Shopping and get them what they really want! And maybe a little something for yourself! We are a one-stop shop and have so much to offer for Motorcycle, ATV, and even 3-wheel enthusiasts! There will be food, refreshments and Clearance Sales a plenty! So don't be a Grinch this Christmas, get excited and be prepared! See everyone soon!

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Conquer Snow Sales Event

Customer cash offer good on select models between 1/1/2019 through 5/31/2019. See dealer for additional customer cash available on prior year models.

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Safer and Faster Riding with Bosch's Motorcycle Stability Control for Ducati

Photo by Bosch as posted on Revzilla.com.

Riding a motorcycle just got a lot safer, thanks to the new Ducati stability control system developed by Bosch.

Stability control is a relatively simple system, where a computer works with sensors to recognize loss of traction, then automatically intervenes to stop the skid using the brakes and the engine; according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, it's estimated that stability control can eliminate one-third of fatal car crashes.

Stability control has been commonplace in automobiles for a while now, and recently it’s been making its way onto motorcycles via anti-lock braking and traction control systems. Whereas a car only moves in two dimensions (back and forth or left and right), a motorcycle has more options, like roll, yaw, and pitch.

The stability control systems found in motorcycles monitor and compare the individual wheel speeds, and notices if one wheel loses traction or the brakes lock up. When this happens, the system acts accordingly: it will cut the throttle or brake pressure to remedy the situation. What's more is that the Bosch system works even when the motorcycle is leaning into a turn.

"A five-axis accelerometer monitors lean angles and attitude," according to an article on Wired about Bosch's new system. "Data on acceleration, deceleration, yaw, roll, pitch, lift, and relative wheel speeds is collated and processed hundreds of times a second. If a problem is detected, the system does its work via Bosch’s ninth-generation motorcycle antilock braking system."

The system is able to alleviate pressure and maintain grip if a rider applies more brake than the available traction can handle, and can also redirect the braking force to the optimal wheel. The bike's performance is optimized in real time and updates by the hundredth-second, working seamlessly to provide the maximum braking force the bike can handle at a given angle of lean in a given condition.

The latest models to feature Bosch's Motorcycle Stability Control (MSC) and ABS with linked braking systems are the 2015 Multistrada and 1299 Panigale. Bosch's stability control on these Ducatis will not only keep riders safer in emergency situations but allow them to ride safely at faster speeds, too.

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May Begins AMA Motorcycle Awareness Month

With the beginning of Motorcycle Awareness Month on May 1, the American Motorcyclist Association is issuing a special appeal to motorists to be aware of their driving environment, check mirrors and blind spots before changing lanes and, especially, to watch for motorcyclists.

"The warmer weather in May brings out the riders who have been unable to ride all winter, so it presents an excellent opportunity for us to educate the non-riding public about the safety issues that affect motorcyclists every time we roll out of our driveways or onto a trail," said Rob Dingman, AMA president and CEO. "The AMA is monitoring more than 1,124 state and federal bills that would affect motorcycling safety or motorcyclists' rights, including many that deal with rider safety."

Among the top awareness issues in 2015 are distracted driving and the need for motorcyclist and driver training.

Sean Hutson, AMA government affairs manager for on-highway issues, said state legislatures are considering more than 150 bills that deal with distracted driving. Those bills range from prohibitions on minors using personal electronic devices to bans on the use of electronic devices by any driver.

Rather than solely seeking bans on specific forms of behavior, though, the AMA advocates legislation that includes enhanced penalty options to be determined by the courts in cases where distracted driving results in a crash.

In addition, the AMA supports training programs for motorcyclists -- including advanced skills courses - and more thorough education for motorists. A new law in Michigan, for example, requires motorcycle- and bicycle-awareness and safety instruction in all of the state's courses for new drivers.

Drivers can avoid crashes with motorcyclists by taking extra care and looking twice to spot motorcycles in traffic -- especially at intersections -- respecting the motorcyclists' space on the road and by not following too closely.

Motorcycle Awareness Month, launched by the AMA in the early 1980s and adopted by many state motorcycle-rights organizations, government entities and AMA-sanctioned clubs, is observed each May. Video and audio messages can be downloaded at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Rights/Resources/PublicServiceAnnouncements.aspx.

AMA position statements on distracted and inattentive vehicle operation and rider education, as well as other subjects, can be found here: www.americanmotorcyclist.com/rights/positionstatements.

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Triumph Speed Triple

Triumph’s best-selling Speed Triple range is set for a hefty makeover.

The new bike features a raft of changes the British firm will be hoping will be enough to keep the Speed Triple and higher-specification Speed Triple R able to fend off the competition in the naked bike class. The Speed Triple range can be directly traced back to 2005 when a slightly different bike was launched.

Since then the bike has seen mild tweaks and changes while all around it the naked bike class has been evolving. MCN’s road testers still rate the Speed Triple as one of the best road bikes in the class; its lack of power when compared to 160bhp bikes like the class-leading BMW S1000R. The three-cylinder engine has fantastic road manners and an engine note that still finds fans and for many the lack of electronic riders aids (apart from switchable ABS) appeals to many.

What we can see is a bike that has been given a set of styling and engineering tweaks to freshen up the design of a bike that can be traced in almost every regard back to the bike that was launched in 2005 and has barely been changed since. It appears this bike is the standard Speed Triple model but has been given a specification upgrade in terms of the brakes with the fitment of the Brembo brakes from the current R model to replace the lower specification Brembo radial calipers. The Showa forks from the standard bike are still in place.

We don’t really know the exact details of the specification changes we can see here because this bike is still 18 months away from being officially revealed MCN understands. This gives Triumph plenty of time to work on the smaller details and motorcycle firms often use a mish-mash of parts while bikes are testing as they are simply the ones that are at hand and fit.

One of the biggest changes to the bike remains one of the most mysterious in the form of the centrally-mounted air intake above the twin front lights. We can definitely see Triumph has added a ram-air system to the 1050cc three-cylinder engine and this would only have been done to boost power and overall efficiency. The ram-air scoop can be seen to run from above the front lights and then into a new headstock casting section which then attaches to the existing frame design. This is a cost-effective way of boosting power to the engine and only making the minimum of changes to the bike to allow the routing of the ram-air scoops.

Triumph never comments officially on spy shots taken of bikes before official launches so we can only estimate what improvements to power and torque can be expected but we reckon on power going up to around 140bhp from the current 133bhp with a corresponding lift to around 85ft lbs from 82ft lb currently.

The importance of any changes to the Speed Triple cannot be overstated for the British firm because the bike remains a big seller. In light of this it’s not hard to see why Triumph is apparently not making huge changes to the bike but the conservative nature of the tweaks to the bike may disappoint some who have been hoping for a much more radical overhaul.

Triumph insiders have told MCN this bike is an interim machine to tide the firm over while it works on a completely new bike which is many years away from showrooms as it has only just been started. Triumph has recently moved to refocus the work it is doing on the core of motorcycles which have come to be so integral to the modern history of the firm owned by John Bloor. Triumph has officially stopped work on a new single-cylinder 250cc range of bikes and has also recently closed a separate off-shoot called Trident Powersports which, after years of work, had now ceased to exist and all work in setting up a leisure sports division has been canned.

MCN understands a lot of work is underway at Triumph to give the current range of motorcycles a complete modernizing overhaul and the Speed Triple, along with the smaller Street Triple is going to be integral to that but we understand this bike will be revealed in finished form towards the end of 2016 for a 2017 model year release.

Before this bike comes along there will be an anniversary model launched called the Speed Triple 94 which will celebrate the 20 years since the bike was first launched. For now, Pete's Cycle is proud to carry this bike!

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Yamaha R3

Entry-level sportbikes have been coming on strong lately, with the recent release of the all-new KTM RC390, the updated-for-2015 Honda CBR300R and the Kawasaki Ninja 300, which received a major revamp for 2013.

Now Yamaha is getting into the game, as it announced at the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo), in Orlando, Florida.

2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 in Rapid Red

Introduced by recently retired Yamaha MotoGP racer Colin Edwards and his wife Alyssia, the all-new 2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 a chip off the supersport block, with sharp, angular styling like its 600cc R6 and 1,000cc R1 big brothers. It is powered by a 320cc, liquid-cooled parallel twin with DOHC, four valves per cylinder, a 180-degree crank and fuel injection, held in place by a steel frame. The transmission has six gears and final drive is via chain.

The fully faired R3 has a 30.7-inch seat height and an LCD instrument panel. Suspension is by KYB, with a 41mm fork with 5.1 inches of travel and a single shock with 5.9 inches of travel. Braking is handled by dual discs (ABS is not available) and the wheels are 10-spoke cast aluminum.
The YZF-R3 will be available in Team Yamaha Blue/Matte Silver, Rapid Red or Raven for $4,990, starting in March 2015.

In related news, Yamaha also announced that an all-new YZF-R1 will be unveiled at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy, on November 3, 2014.

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2015 Honda CRF 250R

Over the past few years, Honda has introduced dozens of new powersports products. And this latest introduction of 2015 models keeps that momentum rolling significant updates to the CRF450R and CRF250R motocross machines, and the return of popular off-road products.  

“We’re unveiling some exciting new models along with returning favorites,” said Lee Edmunds, Manager of Motorcycle Marketing Communications. “Our motocross bikes incorporate more race-proven technology for added performance. We’re also rolling out the CRF150R/CRF150R-Expert, CRF230F, CRF150F and CRF125F/CRF125F Big Wheel that have proven to be so popular over the years.”

The big news is Honda’s 2015 CRF250R will be equipped with a new-generation Showa Separate Function, Triple Air Chamber Fork (SFF-Air), the first reported 250cc machine to do so. Also, both bikes will have a new Engine Mode Select button that allows selection of one of three EFI/ignition maps.

In 2014, the Honda CRF250R earned another AMA 250 Supercross championship. Equally important, the CRF250R stood out as the ride of choice for Pro Supercross racers. An impressive 48 percent of all competitors in the 250 class rode Honda’s CRF250R in 2014. With a great powerband and nimble handling, the CRF250R strikes a unique balance that makes it fun to ride for both professional racers and weekend warriors alike. For 2015, the CRF250R offers a host of improvements, with a new-generation 49mm Showa Separate Function Fork, Triple Air Chamber (SFF-Air) air fork leading the way. This fork eliminates steel springs for less weight (2.8 pounds lighter) while offering a wider range of adjustments than a conventional spring fork. A redesigned muffler and new fuel map settings for the Dual-Timing PGM-FI fuel injection system increase engine performance for smoother acceleration, improved throttle response, quicker revving and more peak power. Like the CRF450R, the CRF250R also incorporates Honda’s new Engine Mode Select button that allows the rider to easily select one of three different EFI/ignition maps to match track/riding conditions. The CRF250R also features new front/rear wave-style rotors, a larger 260mm front disc brake and new graphics for a fresh look.

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Yamaha Raises $82,000 for Feed the Children

Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., held its annual employee and Star Touring And Riding (S.T.A.R.) event at the company’s Cypress, Calif., headquarters last Friday. Throughout the special event, which has come to symbolize the company’s successes and contributions from the race track to its local communities each year, Yamaha honored its 2014 motorsports racing champions as well as select past champions and celebrated 20 years of support for Feed the Children (FTC).

Throughout the championship celebration, special emphasis was put on Yamaha’s 20 years of support for the Feed the Children charity. Yamaha’s commitment to FTC helped raise $82,000 this year through employee donations, special dealer fundraising activities and direct corporate donations from Yamaha’s customer satisfaction team. The company’s unique Customer Satisfaction Survey program makes a donation for each survey returned by a Yamaha street and off-road motorcycle, ATV, Side-by-Side vehicle, snowmobile or generator customer.

This program alone raised $22,500 for 2014, and has raised more than $85,000 since it began in 2011.“Yamaha has maintained a major commitment to Feed the Children from California to Georgia, and we again thank the company and its employees for their ongoing efforts,” said Jessica Webb, of FTC, who was on hand to accept the Yamaha donation. “Thanks to Yamaha for supporting our local community especially as we head into the holidays.”

Yamaha has helped raise more than $5 million in cash and supplies for FTC over the past 20 years. Feed the Children is an international and nonprofit relief organization that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack those essentials.

Pete's Cycle is a supporting dealer of Star Chapter 262. Throughout the year, Pete's Cycle holds several fundraising events for Star Chapter 262 to raise funds for Feed the Children.

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Edge of Tomorrow Exclusive Triumph Thruxton

Tom Cruise stars in the si-fi military blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow boosting through the streets of London on a one of a kind Triumph Thruxton. Customized exclusively for the film, the bike features a one-off-matte finish paint scheme. The film was released June 6th 2014 with DVD and Blu-ray release dates expected in October. 

Although you won't find a bike quite like the one on the big screen, all Thruxtons are unique. Inspired by the London cafe race scene (circa 1960's) Thruxton's were tweaked by riders to maximize speed & sharpen handling. Dropped bars, single seats, and upswept exhaust are staples of the bike. 

The Thruxtons movie star looks resemble the classic bikes used by the cafe racers. They often self-modified there bikes to handle and preform on the city streets. Triumph has captured the look by integrating some of the most popular styling details into the Thruxton. 

- Classic 1960's paint schemes

- Fitted double seat with rear cover 

- Ace handle bars 

- Bar end mirrors 

- Twin instrument pods 

- Iconic air-cooled parallel twin engine 

- Moulded fuel injection 

- Double overhead camshafts 

Riding Position: Pure 1960s café racer but not at the expense of comfort, that's what the Thruxton is all about. So there's a sporty forward lean that makes you look the part. The footrests have been raised and set back to complement the bar position, so you are close to the bike and can really feel how the front end is performing. We’ve positioned the bar end mirrors to work best when you are tucked down and forward, providing a good view of the road behind around elbows and body. But none of this is so extreme that it spoils the feeling of versatility. You can still tour or commute on the Thruxton as well as take it for a sunny Sunday burn.

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2014 Triumph Thruxton are available at Petes Cycles at $9,099.00 

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