By John Burns (WARNING! This is an opinion piece by MO‘s Senior Content Editor and does not represent MO‘s official position on anything at all.) In these trying times for all of us, the worst part is the simply not knowing, the worrying about your loved ones, the frustration of trying to keep track of …
By John Burns One nice thing about the motorcycle market’s troubles is a resurgence of the kind of fun little cheap bikes the codgers are always pining for. Case in point: the MT-03, the naked version of Yamaha‘s sweet little YZF-R3, and the newest member of its “Masters of Torque” naked-bike family – here to …
By Dirck Edge The FIM handed down its decision in the Andrea Iannone matter yesterday, concluding that the banned substance found in his blood following a test at Sepang on November 3 of last year warranted an 18-month period of ineligibility to participate in the MotoGP championship. The 18-month period began on December 17, 2019, …
By Wade Thiel Get Ready to Lay Down Some Rubber Dunlop has never really tried to create a motorcycle drag racing tire, until now. Meet the Dragmax. It comes in 190/50ZR17 size, which is the most popular size for serious drag-racing competitors on metric and V-twin motorcycles. The Dragmax is a radial tire. It uses …
By Wade Thiel The Bikes To Come After the Bronx and Pan America Harley-Davidson filed designs with the European Union Intellectual Property Office for two more unique models recently. The designs were spotted by Motorcycle.com. They both use the liquid-cooled Revolution Max engine that is in the Pan America and Bronx. The first design is …
By Wade Thiel Brough’s First JAP Twin-Cylinder 1,000cc Model It’s one of only two known to exist. This Brough Superior Mark 1 90-Bore had 1,000cc V-twin engine in 1922. That’s pure insanity, and it makes the bike one of the rarest two-wheeled vehicles in the world. The model you see here is in excellent, showroom …
By Staff Simply put—when you ride, your chain gets dirty. These products can help. Motorcycle chains work best and last longest when regularly lubed. Unfortunately, lubricants love holding onto dirt and grunge. Here’s how to clean it all up. …read more Source:: The Best Ways To Clean A Motorcycle Chain
By Wade Thiel Seeking to Change the Motorcycle Industry Damon Motorcycles revealed its new electric motorcycle, the Damon Hypersport at CES. The model caused quite a stir, and rightfully so. It’s a vehicle that is not only one of the most impressive electric vehicles created this far, but the Shift system and Co-Pilot safety system …
By Wade Thiel Seeking to Change the Motorcycle Industry Damon Motorcycles revealed its new electric motorcycle, the Damon Hypersport at CES. The model caused quite a stir, and rightfully so. It’s a vehicle that is not only one of the most impressive electric vehicles created this far, but the Shift system and Co-Pilot safety system …
By Evans Brasfield In my 24 years of road testing motorcycles, I can count on one hand (with fingers left over) the number of bikes I’ve tested that I genuinely disliked, and in the case of the 2020 Harley-Davidson Softail Standard, the list has grown by one. Take an otherwise solid motorcycle, give it an …