By Gary Ilminen Harley-Davidson Gunnar Mesh Riding Jacket Test Here in Wisconsin, heartland home to the Harley-Davidson Motor Company and Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson, summer-like weather has finally arrived with some welcomed heat and humidity. It’s finally time to quit riding in snowmobile gear, and start thinking about staying cool as well as looking cool. Harley-Davidson’s …
By AMA Triumph Castrol Rocket Motorcycle racers to chase records at Bonneville Salt Flats The world’s fastest motorcyclists will compete for their place in history this Aug. 23-28 as they race for national and world records at the 2014 Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials. Over a typical running of the six-day event, the American Motorcyclist Association …
By Sam Sims 1955 Vincent Black Prince Project 1955 Vincent Black Prince This past weekend at Bonham’s Summer Classic Sale of Motorcycles and Motorcars in Oxfordshire in the UK, sales achieved over $4 million – double it’s 2013 total. In the motorcycle department, over 115 lots were sold totaling nearly $1.2 million. And the top …
By Andrew Oldar 2014 Honda CRF450R | Motocross Race Test In the past two years, the Honda CRF450R has undergone a slew of changes in its design, bodywork, and ergonomics. Last year’s Honda CRF450R marked a new generation for the brand, featuring a new Kayaba Pneumatic Spring fork, dual muffler system, and a redesigned twin-spar …
MCN is on the lookout for owners of the Benelli Tornado 900. We’ll be using the information to help with an article and there may be a chance you get featured in the paper. Just fill out the information below and email it to mcn.news@motorcyclenews.com along with a head and shoulder photograph of yourself. Name:Home …
Following the recent grand opening of its newly developed 100,000sqft distribution centre, Oxford Products is on the hunt for some of its historic race machinery to add some glamour to the finished buildings.The company’s wish list includes the Ducati 888 racers which competed in the hands of Trevor Nation, Robert Dunlop, Steve Hislop, Jim Moodie …
He’s been an inspiration to practically every biker on the planet and last Sunday at Mugello, Valentino Rossi continued to show that he is truly one of a kind. His 300th race wasn’t his best but it marked a milestone of almost unparalleled success that few of his peers will ever come close to matching. …
Ducati has at last officially confirmed the existence of the new Scrambler model and also presented a prototype model to the workers at the factory in Bologna on Monday. There are still no official images of the bike at this stage and the bike was locked away inside a large yellow container where small groups …
HTP back in Winners Circle with Danny Cox This report was prepared by Tim Hailey. The once-dominant HTP Performance motorcycle drag racing team has struggled through growing pains over the last couple of years, but HTP put pain in the past at the Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series Fast by Gast Summer Nationals at Maryland …