By Wade Thiel Let the BMW Good Times Roll BMW is on a sales increases run that’s years long. The company posted an annual sales increase for the eighth straight year. The company saw an uptick in sales of 0.9 percent for 2018. That brings BMW’s annual total of motorcycles sold to a strong 165,566. …
By Wade Thiel The Bikes Return to the Desert The Mint 400 is a desert race close to Las Vegas. The race used to have several classes of vehicles compete, but it shut down in 1989. Some folks resurrected the race in 2008. However, motorcycles were not included. That changes this year. This year, the …
By Dirck Edge Honda announced today that new Repsol team member Jorge Lorenzo “has sustained a fracture to the left scaphoid while training in Italy … he will undergo surgery tomorrow (January 21) after additional checks.” It is unknown whether this injury is in any way related to the left wrist fracture Lorenzo suffered last …
By Dirck Edge Pictured above is a promotional photo from Ducati presented in conjunction with the launch earlier this weekend of the 2019 MotoGP Team, this year featuring the returning Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci (replacing the departing Jorge Lorenzo). It shows the new “livery” on the bike, but not the final version of the …
By John Burns And in those waning days days of the 20th century, everybody knew his place. Crotch rockets with cylinders numbering four, came from the East in great numbers to be ridden by sybarites and Phyllistines, and motorcycles from Germania were for aged gentlepersons of great wealth and knowledge but low testosterone. And you …
By Wade Thiel An Electric Italian Stallion Is Coming Electric motorcycles are starting to really come into their own. I made a prediction that 2019 would be a breakout year for electric bikes. It’s shaping up to be true. Ducati is in the game. At a Motostudent event in Spain, Claudio Domenicali, Ducati’s CEO, said …
By Wade Thiel The Stories You Need to Know This is the news roundup for the last couple of weeks ending today, January 13th of 2019. There’s been a lot of news recently and rather than bore you with all the details, we thought we’d pick the most interesting topics to keep you in the …
By John Burns If you had to restrict yourself to one word to describe Neil Spalding‘s epic MotoGP opus, that word could be “dense.” The level of technological detail is over the top, charting all the changes of every points-scoring motorcycle since the prototype four-strokes first appeared in 2002. If you ever wanted to be …
By Troy Siahaan If there’s one thing that gets motorcycle riders – and Motorcycle.com readers – worked up, it’s the debate about whether a three-wheeler is considered a motorcycle or not. If you’re one of the haters, this news might brighten up your day: Campagna Motors, the company best known for producing the T-Rex, is …
By Evans Brasfield 2019 Triumph Speed Twin Editor Score: 88.25% Engine 18.0/20 Suspension/Handling 13.5/15 Transmission/Clutch 9.0/10 Brakes 8.5/10 Instruments/Controls 4.0/5 Ergonomics/Comfort 8.75/10 Appearance/Quality 9.0/10 Desirability 9.0/10 Value 8.5/10 Overall Score 88.25/100 Within Triumph‘s Modern Classics line there was always a sizable gap between the Bonneville T120 and the Thruxton. The Bonnie had a nice standard …