A New VP for AMA Supercross! Yesterday, Feld Entertainment, Inc. announced their new Vice President in a press release. Dave...
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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.
Jack Miller Anticipates a Hard Season Ahead MotoGP’s lineup is set to give us a fantastic run this year. With...
What do you get when you grab an Italian mixing bowl, toss in equal parts craftsmanship, design and innovation, and slap the result onto a steel-tubing trellis frame with laid-back ergonomics? If you ask Ducati and Italian furniture manufacturer Poltrona Frau, they’ll answer with their newly revealed project, fresh off...
Well. That was a close call. When we received news of the Chinese power crisis back in Q4 of 2021,...
Forcite’s just secured over $6 million, funded post-series A – and we’re expecting big things for the Aussie startup. The...
We’ve just had word that the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show will be returning to Austin, Texas, just in time for the MotoGP weekend, with a fleet of unique builds showcasing “the beauty of what can be created by hand, from welders to leather makers, engine gurus, and metal tinkerers.” This is...
With 2021 being the rollercoaster that it was, supply chains around the world have been hit with a crisis of...
I think we can all agree 2021 was a record-breaking year for business owners in the Powersports industry. From the...
U.S. Gov’t Members Meet with Motorcycle Industry Leaders To Talk Priorities in the Powersports Community The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) have just hashed out a huge meet with the U.S. D.O.T. Secretary and other gov’t department staff. The topic? Big...
A New Deal in Metal to Aid Efforts Towards World Land Speed Record We’ve just had word that Lightning Motorcycles,...
When the King of the Baggers (KOTB) racing series was unveiled for MotoAmerica’s 2020 season, crowds went wild. Here was...
1980s Edge Meets Moto Muscle DNA Indian Motorcycles has tied themselves with Workhorse Speed Shop to give us a jazzy number for the track – and the mastermind behind the build is none other than Brice Hennebert, the creator of Appaloosa, the Indian Scout based Sprint Racer. We’re also told...
Yammie’s ADV Middleweight Just Got Rougher and Tougher for EU Yamaha has just gone back to adventure bike basics with...
Garner Pleads Guilty to Re-Investing Pensioners’ Funds Back Into Norton Back when we covered the reveal of Norton’s swanky, ultra-light...
We’ve just had a heads up in a specification document (the same housing further information on Indian’s new Pursuit model) that Indian Motorcycles will soon launch a high-spec Challenger Elite bagger for the bike-minded masses – and word is that it will sit higher on the top-spec shelf than Indian’s...
‘Build. Train. Race.’ Now Features More Rounds, More Riders, More Opportunity. With Royal Enfield releasing a gander of their long-anticipated...
Proceeds To Be Donated to Conservation Efforts We all knew at this point that CAKE’s electric machines were being snatched...
When we were given the tasty tidbits of gossip that included filed trademarks by Indian Motorcycles on a new “Indian Pursuit” (and as-yet-to-surface Indian Guardian) back in 2020, we didn’t have much to go off of except the name. With further updates the following year telling us that the Pursuit’s...
With the emergence of Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire brand, many saw the One – the brand’s first electric motorcycle – as an...
When KTM revealed that they would be partnering with Prime Automotive Tuning brand Brabus to bring a souped-up bike to...
Harley-Davidson’s new XL boy has just been labeled as the first bike in India to attempt a 24-hour endurance feat – and with H-D’s Twitter update reporting that the Sportster S gunned a full 3,141 kilometres with an average speed of 130.9km/h, we’ve a new level of respect for the American...
I was going to start off with a long list of pear-shaped jokes, but I think I’m going to hold...
Well, it seems that 2022 will be an interesting year if the blistering paces of the economies’ companies are any...
When KTM launched their electric off-road machines (the Freeride E-SM, E-SX and E-XC), we kind of got the picture that parent company Pierer Group would eventually go ham on the clean green initiative – and thanks to “a leaked document from a model planning meeting,” that initiative has just made...
The schedule for KTM’s ‘Ride Orange’ street demo has been officially released for this season, with the series kicking off...
An Auto Performance Shop Partnership Shouldn’t Look This Good If you’ve ever wanted a bike with supercar genetics, you’re looking...
Featuring Partnerships with Pirelli, Dainese, and AGV We’ve just had word that Aprilia’s Racer Days are back – and the premium motorcycle experience just might get you rubbing shoulders in the box with 13-time Premier Class race winner Massimiliano “Max” Biaggi. The experience is second to none; with riders flocking...
Super Soco Wasn’t At EICMA…But Their Bikes Were If you were at this year’s EICMA, you would have seen models...
If there’s one thing we love here at wBW, it’s moto-inspired eye candy – and what better place to take...
Our favorite Italy-based tyre manufacturer has just released their hot-off-the-block Diablo Rosso IV Corsa slicks – the sportiest tire in the current range of the brand. Pirelli’s press release tells us that these rubbers feature a higher grip in dry conditions, sport enhanced ‘fast’ handling thanks to the composition adhering...
When Harley-Davidson gave the world their contribution to the adventure segment, many were taken aback at the manufacturer’s goals to...
In line with the livery reveals of Ducati’s Desmosedici and Honda’s Repsol (and Yamaha’s WithU RNF Team and Monster Energy...
We’ve just had word that Honda’s CB500X, CB500F, and CBR500R have been updated for this year – and with a U.S. debut slotted for 2022, we’re excited to see the machines drop into the colonies proper. It’s long been known that Honda occupies a unique niche in the motorcycle segment; with...
Muc-Off, a retail store dedicated to “being active – whether it’s on a mountain, trail or at the skate park,”...
We’ve just had a recent press release from Vance & Hines stating that the aftermarket exhausts and electronic fuel management product...
Yesterday, we covered the basics on what we knew about Project Triumph TE-1 – an electric motorcycle prototype created in collaboration with four companies: Triumph, Williams Advanced Engineering (WAM), Integral Powertrain Ltd., and WMG (University of Warwick), with the project itself being funded by the government for Zero-Emission Vehicles through...
We’ve just had word that Switzerland might finally remove the country’s ban on petrol motorsports – and if the revision...
Well, it’s finally happening. After years of being a client-exclusive brand, Tesla has unveiled a universal supercharger network that will...
In line with the livery reveals of Honda Repsol and the WithU Yamaha RNF team reveals, Ducati’s Desmosedici team has now added their gauntlets to the proverbial pile with the unveiling of their new livery – by all appearances unchanged, bar the new sponsor logos. However, if you look a...
The Honda Repsol Team has pulled the wraps on their new livery for the 2022 season – and with Marc Marquez...