This week we’ve got a limited edition machine from the German car tuner Brabus, a delightful R nineT cafe racer from Switzerland, and a box-fresh Yamaha TZ500 from the north of England. Plus news of Triumph’s TE-1 electric sportbike.
The Brabus 1300R Most motorcyclists also have a car in the garage, but collaborations between makers of two- and four-wheeled vehicles are surprisingly rare.
That alone makes this machine newsworthy. It’s based on the wild KTM 1290 Super Duke R EVO, the 180 hp Austrian hyper-naked, and just 154 units will be made—half in red, and half in black.
Car fans will know Brabus (est. 1977) as the German tuning firm that builds heavily customized Mercedes, and also restores older Benzes.…