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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.
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...
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! In other news: KTM’s stunt rider has released images of what appears to be the electric Duke lineup promised back in 2022 Our good Bavarian House of Motorrad has just...
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...
Today, we cover a more regular list of happenings about our good industry: Damon is taking a huge hit with the introduction of new tariffs, with their CEO even admitting that, “it’s been a wild ride.” Triumph debuts a new Special Edition Trident that pays homage to a 5-time Isle...
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...
Welp, it’s official: Tarriffs are officially in force, and with that come some changes to our good Powersport Industry. I’ll not beat around the bush; today’s helpings are hefty: Ducati’s given us yet another Lamborghini partnership with a new Panigale V4 Lamborghini …and Ducati’s also debuted a very nice new...
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...
Summer is right around the corner, the snowdrops are on their way out, and bikes across Zones 4-6 are busy dusting off their two-wheeled machines of choice for a tune-up and a yoink about the yard. Naturally, our good industry has accompanied our antics with a fine lineup of news...
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...
We have an update from the Team Orange corner of the industry, among other updates in the industry: KTM’s officially sorted things out with their major creditor in favor of bike production resuming for March of this year. On one end of the proverbial lab, BMW is working on an...
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...
Included in today’s new industry tidbits: Buell’s End-Of-Year release shows off continued expansion as development deadlines are met. BMW also shows off new company records, with over 210,000 motorcycles sold in 2024. Indian Motorcycles has issued a recall dealing with a false neutral on 4,926 of their Scout motorcycles. KTM...
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...
Today, we cut through the fog of cheese hangover that accompanies end-of-year festivities with a shocking deluge of to-do’s about the industry: KTM’s leaving MotoGP, and they’ll be gone by 2026 Despite Suzuki having already left the Grand Prix circuit, their President has hinted at another sportbike range; could this...
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...
Honda is so close to solving the next step in EV battery evolution! Today, we get to have a look at what Honda’s doing about this particular conundrum while looking at a few other bits of news floating about the industry for this week: Honda is working on making space...
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...
The week after EICMA always leaves a buzz in the air; today, that buzz is realized in the fact that sometimes, the covers aren’t lifted until after everybody has wrapped up and gone home. In this case, the offerings are a little too good to pass up: Norton’s going into...
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...
It’s official: We are in an EV market crisis. New electric vehicle sales may be slightly up, but used EV prices are plummeting (via Forbes). Add to this the fact that dealerships are struggling to keep up with inventory (via The Economic Times), and it almost makes sense that grid...
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...
Happy National Manufacturing Day! It’s officially fall, and thanks to the approaching 110th iteration of EICMA, things are really starting to ramp up in our markets. Exhibit A, this week’s news list. Take a gander, it’s a good one: Fox Factory’s made a brand new suspension system exclusively for Buell’s...
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...
Bring On the Bikes, Baby! There’s something intrinsically hilarious about National Day of Encouragement being a mere 24 hours away from National “Blame Someone Else” Day. We’ll be waiting with popcorn until November 24th before acting on Mercury being in the microwave – the presidential debate was all that and...
….and a “How To Train Your Dragon” Helmet for HJC (IYKYK) It’s National “Late for Something” Day, so if you’ve...