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Welcome to News Cycles, Common Tread’s roundup of what’s happening on our servers and everywhere else. Every Friday, look for a collection of news, stories, and all things moto from around the web. This week: a champion, the FTR1200, and other Intermot news.
Ana Carrasco becomes first female racer to take a world title
Ana Carrasco took the WSS300 title at Magny-Cours, becoming the first woman to win a world motorcycle championship. If you ask me, she's just getting started.
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman release entire “Long Way Round” series on YouTube
As Lance put it, “The Venn diagram of people who want to see it and people who have seen it by now is basically one circle. That's why it's on YouTube, after all.” But in case you like motorcycling adventures and haven’t yet seen Long Way Round, now’s your chance to watch the film that inspired countless ADV riders and sold a few BMW GSes, too.
Cooper Webb to KTM for 2019
Webb's leaving Yamaha for an orange ride in 2019. He'll join Marvin Musquin in training under Aldon Baker for Red Bull KTM. Is this the start of the next stage of his career? We'll find out soon at Monster Energy Cup.
2019 Indian FTR 1200 and FTR 1200 S first look
At last, it's here. Spurgeon's got all the details you're looking for in his first look at Indian's street tracker.
Intermot: 2019 Suzuki SV650X coming to America, better brakes
Suzuki's SV/SFV650 has been a staple of the middleweight scene since 1999. According to the company's website, they've sold over a quarter million of them. The SV's light update wasn't a huge story at Intermot, but there are two changes coming for the SV in 2019. First, the United States is getting the retro-styled SV650X ($8,399, $1,300 more than the base SV650, non-ABS). This variant gets clip-ons, a cafe fairing, and a ribbed seat, plus ABS as standard. Second, all 2019 SV650s and SV650Xs come specced with new four-pot front brake calipers, previously a popular upgrade among SV enthusiasts. Anyone else see hints of GS500 graphics on the 650X?
Did Moto Guzzi unveil the most salable bike at Intermot 2018?
Lemmy considers the impact Moto Guzzi's new ADV bike might have on the company's fortunes. Compared to releases by Moto Guzzi's competitors, the V85 TT stands to have a bigger effect on the bottom line.
Thanks for reading; that's all for this week! If you've got feedback or moto news you'd like to share, shoot an e-mail to commontread@revzilla.com. Check back for more News Cycles every Friday.
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