.But while details are thin, it does seem to indicate the rumours are true, and Honda will release a CBR250RR in coming weeks or months.It’s been rumoured for some time, but now a leaked image of what appears to be a new Honda CBR250RR is floating around online. A couple years ago, Kawasaki pioneered the idea of having two bikes in the quarter-litre segment, with their twin-cylinder Ninja 250 and single-cylinder Ninja 250SL both occupying showroom floors in some markets (except in North America, where the Ninja 250 is a 300, and we don’t have the SL version).Honda could be making the same move — a slower bike to satisfy customers who want an affordable beginner machine, and a sportier ride that appeals to trackday riders, or speed enthusiasts in markets that restrict faster bikes. It doesn’t show much —

just a motorcycle that looks eerily similar to the machine hinted at by concept machines that appeared at the Tokyo Motor Show, as well as recent patent application drawings. We will likely see some high-tech touches (perhaps a slipper clutch, certainly EFI, and likely optional ABS), but don’t expect this to have the same refinement, or performance, as a true superbike.It’s unlikely the CBR250RR will be the high-RPM screamer that similar models were in the past.Where will this machine slot into Big Red’s lineup? Honda’s CBR300 is definitely starting to look pedestrian when compared to the competition ( Kawasaki Ninja 300, Yamaha R3, KTM 390).We saw the photo on Asphalt & Rubber, who found it on an Indian auto site. The profit margins aren’t there for that type of machine

Today’s version, while still somewhat agricultural in appearance and nature, integrates some modern touches like electronic fuel injection..The Sahara is a special-edition version of the Gear Up, Ural’s 2wd sidecar rig that has roots going all the way back to the M72 motorcycles of Russia’s Nazi-busting troops of the 1940s (technically, the roots go even further than that, to the BMW R71 that saw use by the German military). No doubt the Soviet soldiers who rushed their motorcycles towards Berlin would have been very grateful for such modern touches! However

, if they’d been electric wheelbarrow Company to save the $17,999 USD asking price, they would have likely been out of luck, as that would have been far beyond a Communist conscript’s pay grade. Find more photos, details, and a list of Canadian dealers, at Ural’s website here.The Sahara takes things even further, with add-ons like LED lighting, Givi windshield, a 12v accessory plug, several luggage racks, hand guards, protective crash bars, and even an optional winch mount.But lucky you! You live in a Western society where a credit company will lend you the money you need.One of Ural’s most popular models, the limited edition Sahara, is back in the lineup for 2016

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