Kawasaki’s been rather busy as of late. From the brand’s incubating electric motorcycles and hybrid machines to the celebration of...
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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.
BMW Motorrad has just dropped their most powerful boxer engine ever, and it’s housed in the all-new R 1300 GS...
Edgar Heinrich, BMW Motorrad’s Design Director, is stepping down to make way for the mind that conceptualized the looks of BMW’s F 800 GS, G 450 X, R 1200 GS LC and R 1200 GS Avventura LC. According to BMW’s recent press release, Alexander Buckan isn’t exactly new blood to...
Our good Bavarians are readying to reveal the “R 12 NineT,” BMW’s refresh of their R NineT platform – and...
On top of providing a Shoei Adapter Kit and PACKTALK Edge Half-Helmet kit, Cardo Systems has come through with a...
Remember that stunning bit of two-wheeled luxury that KTM and BRABUS created, the 154-piece one that sold out in under 2 minutes? Well, we’re here to report that the collaboration is alive and well but sadly coming to a close; in commemoration of a stunning run, both KTM and BRABUS have...
Team Green is prepping to drop their first part-gas-part-electric “HEV” hybrid motorcycle into our markets – and recent spyshots from...
Big Red’s getting ready for MY2024 – and according to the accompanying paperwork, that means a handful of upgrades for...
… we saw this coming, but we certainly didn’t expect it to all happen at once. MV Agusta is filing to have a bunch of their motorcycles renamed, with evidence found via some paperwork sourced from Dennis Chung at Motorcycle.com. According to the coverage, the biggest name change will purportedly...
Just a short while ago, we covered Triumph’s brand new motocross machine, which was revealed at the final round of...
Curious what Ducati’s got in store for the rest of their World Première 2024? According to the California Air Resources...
Triumph’s new motocross sweetheart is finally here – and she couldn’t have asked for a bigger debut. Meet Triumph Motorcycle’s first pioneer in the motocross world. Christened the MX 250, this machine features 250cc of punchy power, with the machine flaunted at the finale of our very first SuperMotocross World...
It’s official, folks! On top of MotoAmerica’s King of the Bagger Racing Series securing their own (two) champ(s), we’ve got...
This year’s MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers series was a wild ride – and I’m not just talking about...
The Austrians’ newest Rally variant must have really hit the sweet spot for our industry’s riders because word from Superbike News is that the entire fleet has officially sold out! KTM’s 2024 890 Adventure R Rally became available on September 20th, with all 700 units gone in a mere three...
Royal Enfield’s apparently working on a new bobber bike that could be their “most expensive bike yet” – and there’s...
By now, it seems almost a given that the more recognizable of our bike brands are tapping into partnerships set...
This weekend, the world will see how our beloved MotoGP racers fare in the 13th race of the season, titled “IndianOil Grand Prix of India” or “MotoGP Bhārat” – India’s maiden GP round, to be held at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC). For GP pros like Fabio Di Giannantonio and...
Ryan Reynold’s newest two-wheeled addition to the garage is a pretty thing called the Arc Vector – “the most advanced...
Did you know that, of the 151,506 charging stations in the US, ~6,261 are broken, damaged or in need of...
We’ve already established by now that dedicated racers will swing a leg over virtually anything to feel the addicting tug of a new type of machine – in fact, some might argue the smaller the machine, the better the experience. For brands like Aprilia, however, the novelties of leaning knobby...
While the Bavarians might be dealing with a hiccough or two in their recent “stop sales” notice for every single...
UPDATE: Since the original press release publication, BMW has come out clarifying that the issue “is not safety-related,” but has...
Big news: Cardo’s just expanded helmet compatibility with a half-helmet accessory kit AND an additional Shoei adapter kit! The update comes in response to requests from Cardo users who wanted more accessibility and versatility – and Cardo delivered the following: Cardo Half-Helmet Accessory Kit Compatible with the PACKTALK EDGE, NEO...
Figures that the day Ducati releases their big-bore 2024 Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour in Episode 2 of their World...
After some serious patents and filings to the NHTSA, Ducati’s finally dropped their Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour – and...
Word has it that Ducati’s been hard at work in the lab, gearing up for a new bike drop – and if the whispers are on the mark, we’re looking at the potential of a single-cylinder Hypermotard for the coming 2024 model year. Coverage from Motorcycle Sports states that their...
Yammie’s given us a completely reworked machine to toot the marque’s proverbial horn on their weight-to-speed ratio! Meet the 2024...
*Disclaimer: Needing an in-depth, nerd-mode-on, nothing-excluded article on the Scorpion Wax Riding Shirt? This review is for you; otherwise, check...
Drumroll, please – our good AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame has welcomed their inductees for Class of 2023! Rita Coombs, Ryan Dungey, Barry Hawk, Grant Langston, and Travis Pastrana recieved their Hall of Fame Rings and gold jackets this past Thursday, with each pivotal figure contributing the following: Rita Coombs,...
To anybody who tried to put a cap on a generic retirement age from motorbikes… y’all haven’t met this crazy...
Ducati’s just made a new bit of tech that focuses on rider vulnerabilities on the road – and they partnered...
Every once in a while, without notice or warning, fate deals a particularly cruel hand. We in the Powersports industry have all felt this hand keenly at one point or another, though awareness of life’s precious significance doesn’t excuse the abruptness – nor does it make the tale any easier...
Great Britain will soon have a new pair of electric motorcycles on their turf – bikes that our industry have...
Honda’s got a lot of electric projects on the go, and this most recent one will, in my opinion, have...
Amidst Suzuki’s GSX-8S being nominated for 2023’s “Best Naked Bike of the Year MCN Award” and Energica winning “MCN’s Best Electric Bike of the Year,” Ducati has been working rather hard on punting out their own offering to a different genre. The machine is Ducati’s incubating DesertX Rally, and the...
2023’s been a fun year; Tyler O’Hara has snagged theSuper Hooligans Championship, the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride completely smashed their fundraising...
It’s official – deliveries of the LiveWire S2 Del Mar have begun in the US, and Micah Toll from Electrek...
Got a hard case of the Hump Day blues? The Grind Hard Plumbing Company has got your back with a weird and wacky chopper build that they’ve started. The starter ingredients? A pair of 46″ Micky Thompson Mudding tires and a KTM 1190 Adventure bike engine. … Yup, this is...
Ben Purvis from CycleWorld has just covered a set of patent papers that could show a full-fairinged version of the...