By Dennis Chung A new trademark filing for an “eSR1” logo may suggest an electric Aprilia scooter is on the way. The Aprilia eSR1 will likely share technology with another member of the Piaggio family, the Vespa Elettrica scooter. The European Union Intellectual Property Office published the trademark application today, showing a logo with “eSR1” …
By Chase Hadden A Replacement For the Sportster? The ‘Future Vehicles’ section of the Harley-Davidson website contains a new addition to the list; the ‘High-Performance Custom Model’ quoted as being planned for 2021. This list also has their highly anticipated ADV model, the Pan America, so you know this dream will probably become reality with …
By Chase Hadden Two Years In a Row The world’s oldest sanctioned race, Isle Of Man TT, has been canceled for 2021 due to pandemic complications regarding COVID 19. The last time the event was canceled was back in 2001 after the UK caught a bad case of Hand Foot and Mouth disease. This is …
By Wade Thiel A Super Cyber Week for Motorcycle Gear Did you not buy your motorcycle gear yet? If you missed doing so on Black Friday, that’s okay. Cyber Monday is here, and Revzilla will be running Cyber Monday deals all week. In a recent email, the company announced Cyber Week was in full swing. …
By Dennis Chung After brick-and-mortar stores began introducing special sales on the Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, online retailers extended the concept into the following Monday with another day of deals, now known as Cyber Monday. For 2020, Cyber Monday falls on Nov. 30. Here are some 2020 Cyber Monday deals on motorcycle gear …
By Brandon Jackson Introduction I still think of Scorpion helmets as a “new” manufacturer but as I did my research for this review I realized they have been around for quite a while now. In fact, it has been about 16 years since we reviewed their EXO 700 helmet (Dec, 2016) and we came away …
By John Burns Ten years ago, brethren, Honda broughteth forth to the US a scooter it claimed was the best-selling scooter in Italy. It was also designed by Honda Italy, so how bad could this sweet fuel-injected scooter be? By all accounts, the SH150i was a fine scoot, but what renders in Rome doesn’t always …
By Dennis Chung Piaggio‘s joint venture with Chinese manufacturer Zongshen has filed a design for a motorcycle that may be the closest thing we’ll see to a new Aprilia flat tracker. Zongshen-Piaggio Foshan registered the design in July with the China National Intellectual Property Administration, which published the filing today. The design is simply labeled …
By Dennis Chung Kawasaki typically tries to showcase some of the project it works on at motorcycle shows like EICMA. Last year, for example, Kawasaki presented an electric motorcycle concept and provided a look at its development. Obviously, there are no motorcycle shows this year due to COVID-19, but that hasn’t stopped Kawasaki from showcasing …
By John Burns Keep it simple, Stuart “Competition” is all relative. These gloves aren’t competition like your latest $400 Dainese racing gloves or anything, but they are more competition-ready than the regular Elkskin Ropers Aerostich has been selling forever. The difference is simply that these Competition Ropers have a hook-and-loop wrist closure to positively cinch …