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A 5-Year Deal Harley-Davidson was able to ratify a contract with workers for the next five years. This deal secures...
Kawasaki appears to be joining Kymco in proposing a battery that can the owner can swap quickly to recharge their electric motorcycle. The company filed a patent for an electric version of its baby Ninja in 2013, but the patent has only now been published. In the main photo above, the...
Get Ready for a War, Harley With all the issues Harley has the last thing it needs is more competition....
A Big Engine for a Touring Machine There are images of an intricate custom motorcycle being showcased at many different...
Kawasaki Should Call This Ninja Raiden A recent patent popped up that shows a novel idea coming from Kawasaki for an electric Ninja 400. The patent was filed all the way back in 2013, but it just recently got published. While an electric Ninja 400 is cool, what’s most interesting is...
Fortunately, Nobody Was Injured A fire broke out at the Polaris Industries Spirit Lake facility on April 10. Polaris owns...
Kawasaki Motors Australia has listed the neo-classic W800 Cafe online at almost $3000 more than the currently discounted W800 SE....
Imagine How Cool This Would Be All-wheel drive is commonplace on cars, but it’s far more rare on motorcycles. There are some people out there playing with the idea, and now, Christini has a kit you can buy and bolt on your own KTM bike. The kit is designed for...
This Could Move Electric Bikes Forward According to a recent press release, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha are all working...
Indian Motorcycle looks like it could be throwing down a challenge to Harley-Davidson’s popular Road Glide tourer with a fixed-fairing model....
Powering Upcoming Bikes Harley’s new middleweight engine is now officially registered. It’s the engine that will power many Harleys of the future, and now that the European Union Intellectual Property Office officially has it on file, you can really see what it’s all about. Harley’s new engine is a liquid-cooled...
An Age-Old Race for a New Bike Electric motorcycles make a lot of sense for the Pikes Peak International Hill...
Royal Enfield is facing trialling times with a new CEO, plans to build an assembly factory in Thailand and the...
And We Assumed the Bike Was Fine If you had your heart set on really beating the crap out of your new KTM 790 Adventure R and were worried the suspension won’t be up to snuff, WP Suspension has the perfect upgrade for you. It’s called the XPLOR PRO, and...
It Looks Like BMW Will Build It Recently some design patents that were filed in Brazil made their way into...
Challenger is the third new model name Indian Motorcycle has trademarked since last December when they trademarked Raven and January when...
Could This be Yet Another Indian? Indian Motorcycle recently trademarked the name, Indian Challenger. This comes after a few other trademark name filings in recent months. The name Raven and Renegade were trademarked a while back and now it seems the name Challenger will join, making that three names trademarked...
No Agreement Yet It would seem that Harley-Davidson has yet another problem on its hands. The workers who build the...
Need to Have the Right Training and Equipment The Harley-Davidson LiveWire will be making its way to customers and that...
The RS 660 Concept Will to Life Aprilia is known for high-powered sportbikes, and that has always meant a bike with an engine displacement of 900cc or more. Now, it seems the Italian motorcycle manufacturer will bring a middleweight bike to the market. Aprilia will build the RS 660, according...
Newer and Better The Yamaha YZF-R1 is a force to be reckoned with in the liter bike category. It has...
Not a Good Sign While many people continue to discuss Harley’s future bikes, the financial folks have projected continued drops...
This Is a Serious Feather in Ducati’s Cap Ducati is no stranger to the prestigious Red Dot Design Awards. It won in the past for the 1199 Panigale and for the XDiavel S. Those awards were in 2013 and 2016 respectively. Now, the company has won again for the Diavel...
It Could Have a Large Selection of Electric Bikes If you thought the future of Harley-Davidson and the motorcycle industry,...
A Killer Scrambler-Style Motorcycle We recently reported on the teaser that Royal Enfield sent out. Now, it seems the motorcycle...
More Extreme, More Awesome I kind of can’t believe it’s been 10 years since Aprilia introduced the RSV4. To commemorate the superbike, the company has decided to put out a limited-edition version of the motorcycle that is a truly dominant force. It takes what the RSV4 is and ups the...
Ten years after introducing the RSV4, Aprilia has produced 10 extreme RSV4 X track-only models available at €39,900 (about $A63,700)....
The Consensus Is Pretty Positive Suzuki has revived the Katana name and added it to a new bike that pays...
Indian Motorcycle Australia has acquired several pre-production Indian FTR 1200 models for a roadshow of eastern Australia ahead of their arrival in July. The flat-track-inspired bike is in Melbourne until March 23, then Canberra Motorcycle Centre (March 25-26), Steel City Motorcycles, Wollongong (March 27-28), Sydney (March 29-April 1), Brisbane (April 10-14 and...
The Resurgence of an Icon as an Electric The Triumph Trident was a high-performance model that helped define the company...
ABS and a New Color Are Coming Stateside The Royal Enfield Himalayan is the well-received little adventure bike that I’m...
Is There Room in the Lineup? KTM has its new 790 parallel twin engine that it’s putting in bikes. The company has also said it’s working on a 500cc engine, but now it seems there could be an 890cc engine joining the KTM ranks. According to Asphalt and Rubber, KTM...
Car Tech Making Its Way to Bikes Many cars on sale today feature all kinds of radar technology designed to...
Could Possibly be Called the Trials 350 and 500 Royal Enfield is getting the most out of its current engines....
More Electrics and Possible Ride-Sharing Are Coming We all know what Harley-Davidson is focusing on a greener, electric future to help the brand pivot as it attracts a new customer base. A recent report from CNN suggests the company is seriously looking at electric scooter companies like Bird and Lime...
Not Just a Twist-and-Go System The Husqvarna Vitpilen and Svartpilen will both now be able to come with the Rekluse...
Throttle and bottle may not usually mix, but it does when Indian Motorcycle and Jack Daniel’s get together to produce...
Whiskey and Motorcycles Don’t Usually Mix This Well Whiskey and motorcycles are usually best enjoyed separately, but Indian Motorcycle and Jack Daniels thought their brands were complimentary enough to put out a special Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Indian Springfield Dark Horse bike. In all honesty, the brands do compliment each...
A Desperate and Angry Howl The new Triumph Daytona 765 is coming. The bike has been spotted before, and now...