A MASSIVE Happy New Year from the wBW team! Hold on to your eggnog – this particular batch of bike...
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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.
Happy holidays from the wBW family! This week, we’re looking at a significant shift from 300ccc to 400cc for multiple...
Naturally, we’ve got a big bag of goodies for this week’s news list, courtesy of our good Powersports community (and Santa’s little helpers, if you’re into that sort of EOY cheery baloney): Indian Motorcycles – in France – has collaborated with a custom company for a bespoke Challenger Venum that...
This week, major OEM takeovers and commitment to our good industry’s concept corners punt us toward the new year: Bajaj...
It’s always fun to see what the moto industry is cooking up for the close of the riding months; in...
This week, we have hints of EICMA connected to new updates in our good moto industry: Harley-Davidson has given us a Solo Trim Package for their Heritage Classic, Street Bob, and Street Glide models. Indian Motorcycles may have revealed a bit about what they want their future to look like...
As a reminder, we’re taking last week (and this one) to cover the scads of cool bikes, new tech and...
As EICMA has so much new stuff to offer this year, we’re going with a slightly different format; for the...
We really didn’t expect any less from the week leading up to EICMA, did we? Ducati has revealed the New Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Ducati Factory Racing Teams for Supercross, Motocross, and Supermotocross racing! MV Agusta has revealed a new initiative they’re calling the SARTORIA MECCANICA – a customization...
We continue in what is fast-proving to be our typical bag of fall moto goodies for this week’s list: Norton...
Man, I love this time of year. On top of the dog days cooling down to entertain a nippy morning...
Honda’s 2026 lineup continues to set the standard across nearly every motorcycle category, from accessible entry-level machines to race-bred superbikes. The brand’s focus on reliability, advanced technology, and a diverse range of models ensures there’s a Honda for every type of rider, new commuter, and seasoned enthusiast alike. This list...
We have a positive utopia of bike news this week, with a large percentage of news-worthy offerings hinting at EICMA...
This week, we’ve had an interesting turn of events in the buy/sell category, among other things: Fuell has been auctioned...
This week, there was enough on the docket to get excited about a new type of punt: KTM is working on a platform that will slide in right between Kawasaki’s H2 and the V3R with a neat electronically assisted mechanical supercharger. Kawasaki has given us a press release for their...
Well, there’s certainly a lot of movement as we continue toward EICMA this week: Despite Ducati’s V21L not being ready...
We’ve got a killer list for mid-September: Ducati has had its first event showing off the V21L, and Honda’s “EV...
It was a hot, seedy day in Southwestern Ontario. I was yoinking my Yamaha R3, Baby Shark, into a sprinter van for a Grattan track day, rocking it along my friend’s ramp while fumbling about for my buzzing phone, which had been largely ignored until the incessant chaos in my...
This week, amongst the mundanities of the Powersports industry (if you can even label our badass happenings “mundane”), I had...
Today, we have quite a mash of things going on about our good industry: In fine form and right on...
There’s been quite a bit of movement in multiple corners of our good industry this week. Here’s what’s been going on amidst the Sturgis hullabaloo: KTM is back, and they’ve just released their enduro lineup, with promises of the larger-capacity EXC models soon to follow! Harley-Davidson has named Artie Starrs...
As ever, the Powersports industry doesn’t sleep. Here’s the most recent industry to-dos floating about as of a few days...
This week, we’ve been looking at a bit of movement in KTM’s corner, as well as the stock market…specifically, how...
Naturally, a step nearer to EICMA means a slew of patents and other bike-related news, including the following: MV Agusta’s Lucky Explorer 5.5 emerges to debut to moto society proper – only the bike has debuted under the name of a Spanish motorcycle company, not MV Agusta. Honda’s cooking up...
In every interview, there are topics that are easy to discuss and topics that don’t come as easily to the...
This week, we have a rather special lineup for your perusal: We were able to get a hold of Damon’s...
We have finally reached the point in the year where manufacturers from all over the world are submitting, registering and filing papers that give us an idea of what’s coming down the pipeline. Included in the bevy of bike peeks is the following news list: EPA filings suggest that Kawasaki...
These days, it don’t take much to open the news and grimace, which is why shiny stuff in the Powersports...
This week, we’ve got a plethora of brands slowly opening up their offerings in anticipation of the fall season: Royal...
This week, we’ve got some really exciting bits of news from all corners of our industry: Ural’s punting out a “Ural Neo 500,” estimated to be their most affordable sidecar yet – and it’s coming to America! Kawasaki’s facing a recall affecting the crankcase bolts on over 17,000 motorcycles, with...
We’ve got a very nice addition to last week’s shenanigans at Team Orange: MV Agusta has broken either silence on...
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 units manufactured to date, totaling a staggering half-billion vehicles made for the pleasure of riding. Indian Motorcycles’ FORGED series is back, and this time, Season Four showcases a very nice...
Our good industry just doesn’t let up, and the week’s news shows it: KTM’s only been back at making bikes...
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 Shareholders are trying to ensure that Jochen Zeitz isn’t able to be reelected to an Executive position as the CEO hunt continues ( and they’re so driven they’ve even made...
Today’s a whammy of a day for the Powersports industry, and it ain’t because new stuff happened today… Rather, it’s...
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, including Episode 1 of Ducati’s World Première 2026 begins tomorrow, unveiling the brand’s first motocross machine! Honda has just revealed a retro-stylin’ CB1000F concept that’s rumored to eventually be released...
It’s that time of the week again, folks! This time, the industry has afforded a rather wide range of news...