This week, we’ve got a plethora of brands slowly opening up their offerings in anticipation of the fall season: Royal...
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Amanda Quick spends her time managing her business, digging into old bike manuals and prepping for Canada's warmer seasons. Her love for bikes has her head stuck in the more futuristic predictions of the Powersports industry, seconded only by her love for cello and obsession with effective communications.
Articulate nerd with a terrible sleep schedule and a dotty love for horsepower.
This week, we’ve got some really exciting bits of news from all corners of our industry: Ural’s punting out a...
We’ve got a very nice addition to last week’s shenanigans at Team Orange: MV Agusta has broken either silence on what’s going down after their return to Sardarov family lines. Royal Enfield has officially brought back a bit of their heritage with the return of the Bear 650 Honda’s Transalp...
After a long, rather intensive time for Pierer Mobility, KTM is officially out of the red and under new ownership!...
This week, we have a super celebratory list for the gander: Honda has officially reached the milestone of 500 million...
Our good industry just doesn’t let up, and the week’s news shows it: KTM’s only been back at making bikes in their production facility for about six weeks, and they’re already needing to halt production due to a lack of parts. EV bike brand ZERO Motorcycles has officially revealed that...
Today, we cover a more regular list of happenings about our good industry: Damon is taking a huge hit with...
Last week’s list of intrigue gives way to another list of residuals, starting with Harley’s CEO hunt: Some of Harley’s...
Today’s a whammy of a day for the Powersports industry, and it ain’t because new stuff happened today… Rather, it’s because tariffs are finally staying put long enough for us to look at the data. Now that it’s been a handful of days since tariffs were imposed… moved around… increased…...
Welp, it’s official: Tarriffs are officially in force, and with that come some changes to our good Powersport Industry. I’ll...
In the week’s docket of to-do’s we have a plethora of powersports pieces recently revealed and hot off the press,...
It’s that time of the week again, folks! This time, the industry has afforded a rather wide range of news for our perusal: Energica’s financial bankruptcy is being reconciled in the form of an auction, with the company going to the highest bidder. Ducati releases financial year, celebrates revenue of...
Summer is right around the corner, the snowdrops are on their way out, and bikes across Zones 4-6 are busy...
Daytona’s back, baby! Included in the festivities are continued updates from the doings of our good Powersports industry, including the...
Once again, we’ve been given a rather detailed update from the House of Mattighofen, and it comes alongside some additional to-do’s in our industry: KTM’s approved to pay off 70% of their total debt, equating to roughly $840 million being paid by May 23rd. Triumph has logged their best-ever year...
We have an update from the Team Orange corner of the industry, among other updates in the industry: KTM’s officially...
Daytona Bike Week will soon be upon us, and the motorcycle industry is already stirring in anticipation of the riding...
As always, the start of 2025 has brought a ton of movement in the moto industry, continuing with this week’s list below: Kawasaki’s working on a two-stroke that’s headed across the pond to England! KTM’s restructuring efforts now included the stepping down of the face of KTM, CEO Stephan Pierer. ...
Included in today’s new industry tidbits: Buell’s End-Of-Year release shows off continued expansion as development deadlines are met. BMW also...
It’s 2025, and a new year of bikes and tech are just waiting for their big debut! In line with...
This week’s news list is slightly off-kilter and more than a little interesting: Harley-Davidson is working with Hero Motocorp to release a new bike that will likely not see American shores While Harley finds successes with Hero Motocorp, LiveWire teases a new bike that poses… interesting range for a tourer-type...
Today, we cut through the fog of cheese hangover that accompanies end-of-year festivities with a shocking deluge of to-do’s about...
Happy Hump Day from the wBW team! Today, we’ve got a neat handful of news from nearly every corner of...
As we blast toward the end-of-year holidays, our industry continues punting out various bikes, not least of which are featured in today’s column: Krämer has finally released their EVO2-690R! Kawasaki’s Ninja 7 Hybrid has been undergoing testing with MCN… but a software-related recall has halted all riding, and there’s additional...
Honda is so close to solving the next step in EV battery evolution! Today, we get to have a look...
Did you know that many – if not most – bike dealerships are reporting a sales slump compared to the...
Oh, you thought that the antics of the world’s largest motorcycle expo meant that there would be LESS to chat about between now and the turn of the year? CFMoto, KTM, Souo, and Triumph want you to think again: CFMoto’s 675SR-R will finally be released in Europe for 2025. KTM’s...
The week after EICMA always leaves a buzz in the air; today, that buzz is realized in the fact that...
It’s official: EICMA is here, and this year, the World’s Largest Motorcycle Expo ain’t playing. Among the plethora of people,...
While electric motorcycle brands continue on a downward trend across our industry, ICE power has never had a more passionate following; that being said, whatever Zero Motorcycles has been up to appears to be working for them. In other news, we have quite the pre-EICMA lineup for today: Zero Motorcycles...
It’s official: We are in an EV market crisis. New electric vehicle sales may be slightly up, but used EV...
In a major move that no one could have possibly anticipated, Energica, the electric motorcycle company with the biggest growth...
One Step Closer to EICMA! We’ve been skipping through autumn with this past week’s worth of news being no less hefty. Take a look for yourself: Yamaha’s finally revealed their long-anticipated R9! 😍 Kawasaki’s Given us an insane amount of tech in their new Versys 1100 SELT ABS. KTM gives...
Happy National Manufacturing Day! It’s officially fall, and thanks to the approaching 110th iteration of EICMA, things are really starting...
Happy Crush-a Can-Friday! We’ve got a smattering of news scattered across the industry for your weekend perusal: KTM’s partnered up...
Bring On the Bikes, Part II! Happy butterscotch pudding day from the wBW team! Today, we’ve put together the residuals from last week’s findings with the freshest news from our good industry: Triumph finally reveals their Speed 1200 RS Registered patents show that Honda is thinking about an electric sidecar...
Bring On the Bikes, Baby! There’s something intrinsically hilarious about National Day of Encouragement being a mere 24 hours away...
….and a “How To Train Your Dragon” Helmet for HJC (IYKYK) It’s National “Late for Something” Day, so if you’ve...
….And Royald Enfield is flying Jim to the Himalayas! We really couldn’t keep the secret much longer, so there you have it: wBW will officially be a part of Royal Enfield’s massive, 11-day excursion through the Himalayas, where our man Jim Pruner will be trying out the new Himalayan 450...
Happy National “Ride the Wind” Day from the wBW team! On this fine day, Napolean I kicked himself out of...