A Classic Doctor Throwback It’s a mystery as to how Valentino Rossi has managed to pick the most amazing helmet...
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Chase was put on earth to collect hobbies. From competitive yo-yoing to riding on one wheel; he has ventured far into the land of diminishing returns and lives his life by the "10,000 hour rule". If it has mechanical parts and an unlimited ceiling for skill development you can count him in. Major Formula 1 nerd. Probably smells like diesel.
The First and The Only The new ECE 22.06 test is a nightmare for helmet manufacturers. Although it may be...
Another-other One Bikes the Dust Yep… Here we are. It’s almost May of 2021, and many of us are still in qazi-lockdowns with things being cancelled left and right once again. The 2021 Tokyo Motor Show is cancelled after the Association of Japanese Car Manufacturers came together and decided that...
A Motorcycle Unique to China The last Chinese motorcycle we covered was that pesky Panigale clone, but to shift focus...
Six-Times Why be a ‘Street Rossi’ (thanks Yammie Noob) when you can be a Street Marquez? If you’re itching to...
19 Million Scooters – 75 Years Vespa pretty much singlehandedly paved the way for modern-day scooters as we know them today. The Italian scooter manufacturer has just hit two very important milestones. The company has managed to successfully reach their 75th birthday, and even more importantly, have surpassed 19 million...
Made in China™ Ever dreamed of riding a Panigale V4 with 1/5th the horsepower and half the displacement? Do you...
Mirror Visors From the Factory We just recently covered Caberg’s newly released entry-level helmet (at an entry-level cost), and now...
A Healthy Feature List Sub-$200 Caberg just pulled the sheets on their new 2021 Avalon helmet. The Italian helmet builder has positioned this helmet with hopes that it will be a hot-seller in the entry-level helmet market thanks to it’s premium features and low cost. The Avalon has all the...
Another Certified Pre-Owned Program; Murica’ Edition In November of last year, Triumph rolled out their new ‘Certified Pre-Owned’ motorcycle purchasing...
Phase Two, Complete This week, Yamaha pulled the covers on their newly developed (in-house) electric motor that produces a stunning...
Perhaps Another Win For the Champion If you’ve ever heard of Nitro Circus, X Games, or Gymkhana, then I’m sure you’re more than familiar with motocross legend Travis Pastrana. From hillclimbing to rally car, there is no adrenaline-fueled sport that Pastrana hasn’t partaken in. In a strange turn of events,...
Triumph Has a New App to Keep You Safe on the Roads Using the internal accelerometers and sensors located in...
Long Name, Longer Miles No OEM motorcycle lineup is complete without a motorcycle geared towards long-distance touring. MV Agusta has...
Customize It Yourself, or Leave It to the Professionals Indian’s newly unveiled 2022 Chief is truly a sight to behold. After the first Chief rolled off of the production line in 1922, Indian has been hard at work over the century updating the motorcycle to give us the bike we...
The Mighty Ant Returns After a long road to recovery following his (hard to watch) high-side at Jerez circuit back...
The London Dragster How do you make an already expensive motorcycle even more expensive? MV Agusta knows the answer to...
Wire-Spoked Superveloce? I’m in. Euro 5 regulations haven’t hampered MV Agusta’s 2021 Superveloce, in fact, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer has taken the opportunity to bring some notable updates to the Superveloce line, including a new S version that has never been seen before. Both the engine and chassis for the...
The Champion Joins A Team Built for Winning The 2021 Dakar Rally Champion – Kevin Benavides – just signed on...
Gone In 48 Minutes In just 48 minutes after going public, the new (and limited) KTM 1290 Super Duke RR...
Why Stop When the Bike Can Do It for You? With so many many motorcycle OEM’s bringing big tech ideas to market such as front and rear radaring, it was only a matter of time before Harley-Davidson threw their chips into the pile as well. Patent filings reveal that the...
A Much Needed Update Chinese manufacturer Benelli has been hard at work since being reborn in the early 2000’s after...
Meteor Strikes North American Coasts Every time that I write an article about the Meteor 350’s success across seas, there...
The Final Piece to the Asian Market Puzzle In the short amount of time that the Trident has been available for purchase, it has already cemented itself as a brand favorite when it comes to riders seeking an intermediate motorcycle manufactured by a British OEM. The Trident’s sales have been...
Trials Tires For The Road Do you ever feel like bouncing on your rear wheel in traffic? On your daily...
Ténéré Touring Potential The Yamaha Ténéré family was designed to ride on any surface, but more importantly, go the distance....
Spring Break, or Bike Week? The ten-day festival of rides, dines, and bike swaps came to an end on March 14th, 2021. This wasn’t any small-scale event, either. Over 300,000 riders made their way to Daytona to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the event. It’s been two weeks since the...
Scooters Continue to Dominate Vietnam After four grueling years of trying to establish themselves in the delicate Vietnamese market, Royal...
Represent the Green Electric green can be a hard color to pull off unless it’s in the context of racing-related...
Sleek and Slippery In my opinion, one of the coolest parts of Kawasaki’s H2R is the winglets that are located where the mirrors typically are. Since the H2R isn’t a “street-legal” motorcycle, the Japanese brand opted for winglets (often found on MotoGP bikes) to produce downforce; because going forwards faster...
GB350 Touches Down in Japan After all this chatter and multiple (probably 10) news posts regarding India’s wildly successful H’Ness...
BRP Hopping On The EV Train By 2026 5 years isn’t a long time… It feels like just yesterday we...
Mips Concludes 2020 As A Success Mips is a big deal. They have over 26 partnerships with the world’s biggest names in helmet manufacturing that have resulted in the construction of 729 helmets that feature the almighty Mips technology. The safety titan has just published a 128-page report detailing every...
Swap It Like It’s Hot If you’ve been up to date with recent EV motorcycle news, you’d know that many...
Take a Seat… What a REVolutionary name for an aftermarket motorcycle part… Jokes aside, swapping the seat out on your...
With Updated Aerodynamics! Back when Ruroc first started selling helmets in 2019, my Instagram feed was completely plagued with advertisements for these graphic-heavy helmets. At first, I thought it was just a cheap gimmick, but here we are two years later and Ruroc has managed to solidify themselves as a...
Racing Quality At An Affordable Pricepoint Spanish helmet maker LS2 has a brand new helmet that they cooked up for...
Mutant DNA You probably saw the thumbnail image for this article before clicking and said to yourself, “what the hell...
Is A New Category Of Motorcycle Emerging? Yamaha just pulled the sheets on the official naming for their upcoming “R7” – a two-cylinder sport-bike with up-right ergonomics and parts shared from the highly successful naked Mt-07… To make things short, just imagine it to be an MT-07 with fairings. Why...
The Pan American Dream Nears Completion After 120 years of V-twin cruiser excellence, Harley-Davidson has finally changed the course of...