MSVR’s just become Europe’s promotional partner to one of the most insane motorcycle races in existence – and they’re bringing...
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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.
Back in 2022, the world’s leading bike-and-sidecar manufacturer had to move their headquarters due to geopolitical complications (aka., the Russo-Ukrainian...
In the measure of absolute energy, children are prime specimens (or should we say suspects)? Endless reserves of half-pint welly may be the birthright of our next-gen younglings, but not knowing where the “off” switch is can play havic with core memories (one could even argue that peeling our half-pint...
On September 28th, BMW will reveal a machine that’s long been on the spy shot docket: The all-new R 1300...
KTM’s about to celebrate 30 years of their iconic Duke range, and rumor has it that they’re preparing a wonked-out...
Kawasaki’s electric “Ninja e-1” and “Z e-1” have already been peeked to the public ahead of their EICMA, but what about that hybrid-electric motorcycle that Team Green has been cooking up in the lab? Good question. Here’s what we know so far about Kawasaki’s Ninja HEV, complete with sources: The...
While two-wheeled Kawasaki bikes continue to play Bonnie and Clyde with the “Top Gun” franchise, the sun-kissed shores of Algarve...
Triumph’s finally released more information on the heart that will be powering their incubating motocross range for the 2024 SuperMotocross...
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of a key member of our Powersports industry. Earl Bowlby was a fantastically talented AMA Hillclimb competitor, one of the best of the 1970-1980s, with 10 AMA National Hillclimb titles tucked into his proverbial belt. Born in 1933, the...
Just yesterday, Ola’s CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal, teased a sneak peek of a bike he said was in the “big reveal”...
In today’s industry, motorcycle variants are the key to diversifying responsibly for a target audience; deck out a trustworthy machine...
In the bid to bring their unique, hubless electric bikes to US markets, Finnish brand Verge Motorcycles has taken on a new Chief Financial Officer by the name of Mark Wilson – an expert in our industry, with a portfolio showing off time spent at both Aston Martin and McLaren...
The guys that distribute Forcite and Dainese gear – that bought and absorbed Kuryakyn and sponsored Chix on 66 –...
Back in February of this year, Ola teased a series of 5 bikes, with the general consensus being that some...
Kawaski’s small-but-mighty ZX-25R has just been updated for 2024, proving that Team Green still cares about her rev-happy fans. For this year, Kawi’s updated the 25R’s 249cc inline-four heart to a higher 12.5:1 compression ratio, publishing an output of 47hp. To put the above into perspective, our lean, mean, green...
One of the best places to grab a look at the coming year of bikes is the California Air Resources...
Back in 2022, ARCH Motorcycle put together a contest with their partner, Öhlins Racing AB – all in the name...
On top of being on the board for a swappable electric battery system, playing a key role in the cutting-edge hydrogen consortium “HySE,” and contributing to the integration of 30,000 electric fast-chargers to America starting in 2024, Big Red’s also trying to put the world of ICE bikes and electric...
Team Green’s got a birthday coming up – and seeing as this September is officially 70 years with Kawasaki (on...
The guys that gave us “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning” (2023) have just shaped up a new action thriller for Netflix-ers...
Ever since Suzuki’s new adventure-ready V-Strom 800DE / Adventure (aptly nicknamed the “P-Strom”) popped into existence at EICMA 2022, we’ve been wondering if the Japanese motorcycle marque has any inclination to set upon new cycles for the streets. Based on a recent filing with the California Air Resources Board (CARB),...
Sometimes, it’s worth it to harken back to an era where the only measure of time was the local opinion...
On this grand day of record-breakers, we shine a well-earned spotlight on Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia’s #1 and the winner of...
“You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime.” Wise words from a man who, if the above equation is right, has lived many lifetimes aboard his speed demons of choice. Burt Munro is more than an iconic...
Akrapovič has a new slip-on exhaust for the fun, infectious Yamaha YZF-R3/MT-03 duo! As an avid owner of an R3,...
https://youtu.be/0dDa8869-FY Today, Royal Enfield has officially lifted the covers in their Custom Super Meteor 650, a bike whose debut was...
On the heels of Yamaha’s sales successes comes Big Red, happy as a clam with profit up +77% for Q2 of this FY2023. According to MBT, Q1 of Honda’s fiscal year saw ¥363 billion ($2.5 billion USD) in profit, with sales upping to ¥4.6 trillion ($32 billion USD). The healthy +21%...
Yamaha has just given us a look at the results for the first half of their FY2023 – and they’ve...
In a world where electric transport is overly saturated, it pays to be able to play to the industry’s highs...
Moto Morini’s General Manager has imparted to Moto.it that they’re working on a new V-Twin platform – and it’s going to be at EICMA 2023. This year, the Milanese motorcycle marque is primed to toss us a trifecta of tantalizing novelties: First, A large-and-in-charge ADV bike; second, a middleweight unit...
As a newsie gal, I have a specific routine: Work out, grab a coffee on the way to the office,...
MV Agusta’s added a tantalizing layer of incentive to the purchase of one of their 2023 models; as of July...
Our favorite Noale-based bike brand has been tinkering around with carbon fiber for the chassis situ of their MotoGP RS-GP, re-animating Ducati’s experiments of over a decade ago. According to Mat Oxley’s Twitter post, Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia’s test rider) took the thing for a spin at Misano, with the bike’s...
While Kawasaki readies their electric “Ninja e-1” and “Z e-1” duo for later this year (EICMA, presumably), Verge revels in...
The sun is out, Q3 is in full swing, and Italian Volt has officially confirmed that they will be at...
And, just like that, Kawasaki’s brought their iconic Ninja ZX-10R and Z900 back for the new model year, just in time for August’s moto markets! For this season, we’re told by Kawasaki that the ZX-10R sports new, integrated winglets (got to keep up with “fast fashion”), as well as the neat...
Ducati’s not even into Episode 2 of their 2024 World Première, and they’ve already incorporated a hoot of a time...
Remember when the European Government approved of “TEN-T,” a fast-charging network set to be installed along the country’s highways by...
When you’re a noted techy giant like BMW Group, getting ahead of the game means approaching from more than one angle of advantage; in this case, the advantage is a partnership that will grant BMW access to the world’s highest-performing quantum computer. In plain French, BMW’s betting that “harder, better,...
Kawasaki’s officially on the move, filing homologation papers for her two electric motorcycles in Australia – and we can’t help...