By Wade Thiel Revzilla, CycleGear, J&P Under One Umbrella I reported a while back on the appointment of Ken Murphy to CEO of Comoto Holdings. In case Comoto doesn’t sound familiar to you, the company owns Revzilla and CycleGear—two of the biggest online motorcycle gear and parts sellers out there. Now Comoto has purchased J&P …
By Andrew Cherney Bikes BMW, Honda, and Triumph all make baggers not named Street or Road Glide. Harley’s Street Glide and Road Glide get all the attention, but a new crew of baggers from BMW, Honda, Indian, Yamaha, and others deserve a close look too. …read more Source:: Top Non-Harley Baggers For 2020
By Wade Thiel A Modern Classic 300 Would Fit Well Yamaha’s XSR line of bikes has two models. There’s a 700 and there’s a 900. Now new rumors have surfaced that indicate the company may be looking to put out a 300 version of the bike, and it makes a lot of sense. iMotorcycle was …
By Wade Thiel Norton Made £6.7 Million, So What Happened? I’m not one with inside knowledge of Norton Motorcycles, but I will say that it seems like things should have worked, at least from what was out there in the news. But the company entered administration. According to MoreBikes, the company’s sales resulted in £6.7 …
By Staff Run all of your headphones on Apple’s latest phones. Lightning to 3.5-millimeter headphone adapters allow the latest iPhones (equipped with Lightning ports) to run any headphones. …read more Source:: Top Headphone Adapters For iPhones
By Dirck Edge Widely rumored, Jorge Lorenzo, shortly after retiring from racing, has decided to accept an offer from Yamaha to serve as a MotoGP test rider for the 2020 season. Lorenzo has five World championships, including three in the MotoGP category – each earned aboard a Yamaha. Here is the press release from Yamaha: …
By Staff Protect yourself from the hot pans in the oven or on the stovetop. A selection of heat-resistant oven mitts to withstand high temperatures while cooking. …read more Source:: Oven Mitts To Keep Your Hands Safe From The Heat
By Wade Thiel Things Just Got a Little More Interesting Cleveland CycleWerks announced via a press release its new partnership with the U.S. company Sphere Brakes. The company is aptly named. It has a new sphere brake that was created in Erie, Pennsylvania, that uses mechanical, hydraulic, electrical or pneumatic pressure to apply hemispherical pads …
By Wade Thiel Essentially Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Norton Motorcycles has one of those names that has a long history behind it. The future of the company, however, is questionable. Norton just went into administration in the UK, which is the equivalent of filing chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Accounting firm BDO was appointed administrator …
By Dirck Edge On the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Maverick Viñales has extended his contractual relationship with the Yamaha Factory MotoGP team, today Yamaha continues with important news. Last year’s rookie phenom Fabio Quartararo has signed a two-year deal beginning in 2021 to join Viñales on the Yamaha Factory team. Meanwhile, nine-time World champion …