After a very active year, MV Agusta’s COO sets the proverbial record straight on company directives. This past year has...
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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.
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Fuel pump impeller could swell and cause the fuel pump to stop working, increasing risk of a crash. ~10,969 units...
CAKE’s bikes have officially carried “the first female duo to ride electric motorcycles across North America!” Remember that “Electric Conquest of Continents” that CAKE was doing, the one where their electric motorcycles were pitted against vast acrage with the intent of maximum mileage on minimal charges? Well, these bikes just...
2023 may be almost finished, but MV Agusta is as busy as ever with its new production line. According to...
If you’ve ever wanted to try an electric motorcycle, Zero’s MY2024 incentives are making the task slightly easier. Zero Motorcycles...
Christmas is over, the new year is nearly upon us, and tickets are hot for the new Pro Motocross Championship! Here’s the official schedule for the 2024 Championship (pricing updated as of Dec 27, 2023): May 25: Fox Raceway National (Pala, CA) Ticket Price Range: $35-$625 June 1: Hangtown Motocross...
Patent filings show Kawasaki working on a Versys 7 Hybrid bike 2D sketches show similar aesthetics to Kawasaki’s current Versys...
Triumph has released a photo of what appears to be a Daytona on their Instagram. Base is expected to range...
Krämer’s class-leading, competition-only fleet could soon be joined by a fairingless speed demon. For those of you who don’t know, Krämer Motorcycles is a USA-based brand that builds “race-ready motorcycles for America’s fastest riders.” Their most recent build – the 2024 Krämer GP2-890RR – boasted a luxurious $39,995 USD price...
Royal Enfield’s Shotgun 650 is confirmed for global markets (including North America) Debut date is listed as “early next year”...
CES 2024 to feature brands such as Honda Motors, Damon Motors, Verge Motorcycles and Yadea Honda to showcase their incubating...
Bosch wants to provide 100% of the Motorcycle Stability Control (MSC) systems they would like on the world’s motorcycles. Bosch cites 30% of all accidents to be a result of a lack of safety aids like traction control. Future goals for the company include making MSC systems more affordable for...
Antonio Cairoli and Alessandro Lupino to front Ducati’s motocross efforts in the saddle Machines will be competing for the very...
Harley-Davidson is recalling their 2023 FLHXSE (Street Glide CVO), which could be hard to control at high speeds Remedy will...
Royal Enfield’s debut of the Himalayan 450 could be followed up by more machines using the same platform Other movements from RE include news that a number of models will soon follow the recently debuted Super Meteor 650. These machines will take on the 650 platform. Royal Enfield’s Chief of...
Five collectible Panigale 2023 Replica models to celebrate efforts of Bagnaia, Bautista, Bulega, Martin, and Bezzecchi in MotoGP, WorldSBK, and...
Our good House of Mattighofen has just debuted a new program to get riders fine-tuning their lean game. What is...
Kawasaki’s finally given us a look at their first hydrogen bike! Meet the “Ninja H2 HySE,” Kawasaki’s first hydrogen-powered motorcycle and a machine created with the aid of the “HySE” Consortium (Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, and Toyota). Until now, sneak peeks at trademark patents and news of Toyota’s involvement in...
A rear spoiler that Aprilia tested on the MotoGP circuit has resurfaced in a series of patents. For the record,...
**NOTE TO THE READER: Descriptives of the function of Tesla’s “Autosteer” (and relating issues) have been moved to the bottom...
Badly positioned crankshaft position sensor could cause engine to stall 1,215 units have been cited to carry this fault (~3%) Affected bikes include 2023 and 2024 Chieftain/Roadmaster/Springfield models Indian Motorcycles is recalling 1,215 units from their Chieftain/Roadmaster/Springfield ranges. According to the NHTSA, this recall deals with a crankshaft position sensor...
BMW may not be interested in joining MotoGP’s two-wheeled effort, but they’ve got a sweet safety car for all the...
Bentley X Ducati Limited Editon Diavel V4 fleet will be a 500 + 50 numbered series inspired by the Batur...
Suzuki to reserve electric power for small-displacement commuters (~125cc) The first electric plug-in two-wheeler is on track for a 2024 debut Bigger EV power isn’t an option for Suzuki unless “there’s a breakthrough in the technology” or “something changes the situation drastically in the future” Suzuki’s bow out of MotoGP...
Dorna Sports CEO proposes power cuts for MotoGP bikes Displacement cuts to be unanimously approved by all manufacturers, with implementation...
The CryptoDATA-RNF-Aprilia team accepts cancellation of their contract with Dorna, IRTA Compensation payment to CryptoDATA-RNF allows “amicable agreement” between all...
MV Agusta’s just partnered up for “the most exclusive collaboration in the motorcycle world.” The artist responsible for this clean bit of avant-garde art is Daniel Arshsam – a Long Island local known for marrying art, architecture, and performance “to confuse and confound expectations of space and form” (via Arsham)....
PIERER Mobility will move partial production/certain R&D activities to China (CFMOTO) and India (Bajaj Auto) “Individual mid-range models” (no bicycles)...
PIERER Mobility to focus on motorcycle brands KTM, GASGAS, Husqvarna, and MV Agusta New strategies include divesting from “the non-e-bicycle...
Royal Enfield has gone from debuting their Super Meter 650 to Canadian, American, and European markets to working on the remainder of those 28 bikes they’d promised to punt out in the next seven years (well, the next four, considering they said that in 2020). One of the bigger names we’ve...
Apparently, Santa likes 1964 Polaris Sno-Traveler Pacer K80D snowmobiles, and this one sold for a tidy $4,869 USD. She’s no...
Certain CAKE Ösa Flex models are being recalled for their aluminum steering column, which could break, “causing a loss of...
A new study from Piaggio Group has given us Vespa’s current worth – and considering today’s market saturation levels, the Italian luxury moped/scooter brand ain’t doing half so bad for itself. According to the official press release from Interbrand, Piaggio’s commissioned study put Vespa’s value at a +19% growth of...
Remember how Honda said they’re gunning to punt out 30 electric motorcycles (and $3.3 billion in related investments) by 2030?...
Royal Enfield has just done what Harley-Davidson did with the release of their H-D1™ Marketplace, and all we can say...
We’ve got visuals on a new bike undergoing testing on public roads! Given the various Powersports partnerships knocking about our good community, I can’t help but feel that spy shots are just going to get harder to identify from here on out. Take this recent set of spy shots from...
We all like staring at bike art, but what about a 1/12th scale gold statue of a Limited Edition Gold...
If you have a CFMoto 700 CL-X made between January 20, 2022 and February 2, 2023, then you might want...
It’s been a month or three since LiveWire has begun deliveries of their second zero-emission motorcycle offspring, the S2 Del Mar. Sales haven’t been doing so well for the brand as of late, so it makes sense that LiveWire would be readying to punt out something fresh to our good...
It feels like only yesterday that our favorite Hinckley-bsed bike brand popped out their beginner-friendly Speed 400 / Scrambler 400...