Things aren’t always what they seem here in the Powersports industry, and this week’s tidbits are a prime example: Riser...
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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.
We’d imagine this week’s forecast won’t surprise anyone, but just in case, here’s a list of what’s made the top...
This week, we have a bevy of brilliant news bits floating around Daytona Bike Week: According to recent filings, the 2026 Honda CB1000F has officially been certified for the US market, merging classic AMA Superbike aesthetics with modern IMU-based electronics. BMW Motorrad has unveiled the one-off R 1300 R SuperHooligan,...
We’re on the cusp of Daytona, and already this week’s news is showing off a bevy of beautiful things for...
We’ve got a lot of company-based movement to show off for this week: A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched...
Today, we have a wealth of topics floating about the Powersports Industry: Switzerland’s new FIM Motorcycle Museum is opening in a few scant weeks! With the final paperwork now complete, Indian Motorcycles stands as an independent company. Two electric motorcycle companies went to court over similar motorcycles… who will win?...
This week, we have the usual diverse news offerings to glaze the palate: Triumph is releasing a limited edition of...
This week has less of a “volume news” vibe and more of a “critical hits” sort; on top of some...
This week, we have a bevy of bikes set to tout their new lineup model names to the local – and international – markets, as well as a few other tidbits: Shark’s released an IRID® Photochromic Visor that adapts to light in less than one second – and it’s currently...
2026 is shaping up to be quite the Drama-Llama🦙 – we weren’t even able to cover half of it in...
A MASSIVE Happy New Year from the wBW team! Hold on to your eggnog – this particular batch of bike...
Happy holidays from the wBW family! This week, we’re looking at a significant shift from 300ccc to 400cc for multiple brands, among other to-dos: Triumph is releasing a flat-track-inspired Tracker 400 and cafe racer-inspired Thruxton 400 to markets for their 2026 and 2027 model years BMW is retiring its 310...
Naturally, we’ve got a big bag of goodies for this week’s news list, courtesy of our good Powersports community (and...
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 case, we have a short but sweet list of goodies to accompany the Thanksgiving prep and general wet-weather hoonery: Indian Motorcycles is thinking seriously about their commitment to MotoAmerica’s...
This week, we have hints of EICMA connected to new updates in our good moto industry: Harley-Davidson has given us...
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 next two weeks, we’ll be breaking up EICMA’s updates into a multi-part news series, beginning with the noteworthy offerings that have dropped as of November 4th. Hold on to your...
We really didn’t expect any less from the week leading up to EICMA, did we? Ducati has revealed the New...
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 or three, we have the following residuals accompanying the continued ramp-up to EICMA: Polaris has released its majority stake in Indian Motorcycles to Carolwood LP; Indian Motorcycles is now working...
Honda’s 2026 lineup continues to set the standard across nearly every motorcycle category, from accessible entry-level machines to race-bred superbikes....
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 off and sold for $170,000, raking in just 2% of the company’s total debts. KTM has released the all-new 300 XC-W HARDENDURO for both US and Canadian masses! MotoGP has...
This week, there was enough on the docket to get excited about a new type of punt: KTM is working...
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 Fun” prototype has been rebranded in anticipation of the next step in the company’s development phase. Our good pope has signed off on a BMW Transcontinental that will be auctioned...
It was a hot, seedy day in Southwestern Ontario. I was yoinking my Yamaha R3, Baby Shark, into a sprinter...
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 time after their announcement to resume production, KTM has revealed their MY2026 690 Enduro & 690 SMC R. Audette Motorcycles has published a custom bit of eye candy they’re calling...
There’s been quite a bit of movement in multiple corners of our good industry this week. Here’s what’s been going...
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 LiveWire is doing. Here’s the full lineup for today: KTM has officially put themselves in a position to resume production, and they’ve just teased an adventure bike we’ve been waiting...
Naturally, a step nearer to EICMA means a slew of patents and other bike-related news, including the following: MV Agusta’s...
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 new CEO, Dominique Kwong, who sat with us to talk about everything from the HyperSport to Damon.io. Honda’s V3 bike has officially been confirmed for a US debut, making room...
We have finally reached the point in the year where manufacturers from all over the world are submitting, registering and...
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 Enfield has released coverage of their electric Himalayan in North India via a social media account, proving the machine is on the way! Kawasaki’s hydrogen motorcycle is back as “Mission...
This week, we’ve got some really exciting bits of news from all corners of our industry: Ural’s punting out a...