Antonio Cairoli and Alessandro Lupino to front Ducati’s motocross efforts in the saddle Machines will be competing for the very...
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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.
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...
Zero Motorcycles has officially landed itself a trophy that no other electric bike brand has been able to get ahold...
It is with heavy – but full – hearts that we make space on this platform for a gent who carried a wealth of racing history to the ripe old age of 95. Cecil Sandford was, as Mat Oxley (Motorsport Magazine) puts it, “the last surviving champion from the first...
The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) has just taken its opinions on motorcycle safety and shoved them to the forefront of...
Remember when we caught wind that CFMoto was working on a three-cylinder engine back in March? If CFMoto succeeds at...
It feels like yesterday when Triumph announced that they would be entering the motocross industry back in July of 2021; since that date, the brand has released Episode 1, Episode 2, and Episode 3 of their “Vision to Reality” series, where they’ve shown the design, development, and manufacturing process in...
We have a pair of organizations crying for ABS to be a necessity in U.S. motorcycles – and although the...
MotoAmerica has just partnered up with ALT Sports Data and signed an “Exclusive Global Sports Betting Data Rights Agreement.” In...
We have another world-first for the books! A short while ago, Shark showed off a new motorcycle helmet called the Aeron GP; this lid was developed in collaboration with Honda LCR MotoGP star Johann Zarco, and features aero fins that adjust to the rider’s desired positioning. While the idea of...
Indian Motorcycles is thinking of supporting our hardcore motorcyclists who continue to ride in chilly weather by working on a...
Big Red is gathering some serious funds and forces to push out a staggering 30 electric motorcycles, all of which...
To those in our good Powersports industry who still give a thumbs-up to the “more is better” mantra, Yadea’s newer electric offering appears to have been developed just for you. Meet the Yadea KEMPER, a zero-emission bike sporting a 40kW mid-drive motor and a monstrous maximum wheel torque of 570...
The Austrians have finally punted out their new successor to the 1290 Super Duke family – and it’s the 1390...