It's an age-old internet debate: 100bhp is all you need.If you live in France, it's all you're allowed. The 100bhp limit was introduced there in the '90s and it's still going strong today. Well, strong in a restricted kind of way.The Hype

1990Motorcyclists didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as the Nineties began. Bikes were getting ever faster and more powerful, but the threat of a 100BHP limit hung in the air. There was some great new machinery for those who could afford it

THE 100BHP limit in France is due to be revoked.A vote in the EU parliament has opposed the French 100bhp limit which was introduced in 1985 as a bizarre way to try and cut motorcycle accidents. France is the only EU member state to apply the 100bhp

of the parallel twin engine used in the German marque's F800 (which could mean around 100bhp on-tap for the rider – ulp).We like it, drive to both the front and back may seem a great idea for riding up a near-vertical hill, but imagine what that’d be like hunking

HERE is the first look at the new Husqvarna Nuda 900R, the firms first entry into the street bike market.Powerplant is a parallel twin donated from BMW and bored-out to 900cc with 100bhp plus from the engine, with a claim of 73lb/ft of torque. Dry

THIS IS a clip of the new MotoCzysz D-10 electric motor being put through its paces on the company's dynamometer.The result is an astonishing 250ft-lbs torque - that's treble the output of a road-going Ducati Desmosedci MotoGP road bike.The new engine's priced at $24,000 (£15,600...

YOU'RE LOOKING at the new Moto Guzzi Stelvio, which is Guzzi's entrant to the ever-increasing big-capacity trailie-styled streetbike market. The machine uses a 1200cc twin-cylinder engine with over 100bhp on tap. 50 mm upside-down forks

whether his stated aims – of creating a bike with 100bhp, a weight of 120kg and a price of 8000 Euros – could be turned to reality. But if they could...What do you reckon? Does the idea of a Superlight have you more interested than the idea of a

Suzuki GSX1250FACost £6,700 (est) Engine 1255cc inline four Power 100bhp Wet weight 257kgA 1250 Bandit with a full fairing and that’s about it. Looks cool and with a price tag expected to be just over £6,500 that’s a hell of a lot of bike for your

,000 miles from new.Just over 100bhp is churned out by the air-cooled, across-the-frame, six-cylinder engine - not much by modern standards, but it's enough to propel this beast through the quarter-mile in under 12 seconds -  quite something in the late 1970s