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At the Milan many new cool for young people less than 10 thousand euro. The style? Preferably naked, scrambler or cafe racer.

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The motorcyclist of modern times needs to spend less and still dream of driving a motorcycle “cool” . Those before and those after, all the manufacturers are shifting more and more of their goals to the bar means less powerful, the easy maintenance , technological enough yet aesthetically refined and appealing. The style? Preferably naked, scrambler or cafe racer . A philosophy dedicated to young people, sales data in hand, now prefer the smartphone the “smell of gasoline that makes my head spin.” The world of cycling will try to win them back for the sake of its future.

In the early days
EICMA, the annual Salon of cycling scheduled until Sunday, the Fair, there were facts captivated by valuable pieces: aggressive and chrome muscle bike, super derived from racing and crossover so comfortable to circled the world. A clear mind, passed the “hangover” from shiny metals, dreams from MotoGP and expensive launch control as standard, we can say: queens of their pavilions, the bikes easy .
Ducati, led to his stand the “little sister” of the Scrambler 800 cc presented last year: it is called Sixty2 (homage to the first model came out in 1962) and has a 399 cc engine by 41 hp . Cost? Certainly less than 800 to 8,000 Euros. Moto Guzzi has introduced on the V9 Bobber : from classic lines and a total black look that lends itself well to the trendy hipsters of today.

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special comes the Yamaha XSR 900. Less than 10,000 euro , here’s bike series inspired by that of the brilliant customizer Roland Sands. EICMA presented it none other than Valentino Rossi. If Kawasaki unveiled version “Sugomi” (colored black and crimson and Anodized), his naked access Z800 from 8,900 Euros, Honda has renewed its entire family of 500 cc (naked, sport and Crosstourer from 6,000 euro) and also unveiled two concept interesting style scrambler and cafe racer with 650 cc engines.

Back in style House Suzuki , which renewed a ” average “of past success, the naked SV650, more aggressive and streamlined version of the old. The Germans BMW wink to the young, entering for the first time in the small roadster with G310R. The price should be attractive. After 1200, this is the medium version from 800 cc for the legendary Triumph Bonneville: Street called Twin and consumes 36% less.

News also dall’Harley-Davidson has redesigned its custom access Iron and 883 from Husqvarna, which led EICMA the almost final version of his Vitpilen 701, cafe racer single-cylinder engine with 699 cc. Builders have moved even the “smallest” comes from the French Mash the Scrambler 400 to 5,740 Euros while the SWM is the cafe racer Gran Milan (€ 5,550) with engine 440. A surprise, however, was the glorious Benelli : It is called Lion Cub (see image at the beginning) the scrambler with 500 cc engine made entirely from the design center of Pesaro. The price? Top secret, but promise, the lower the competition.