Isle of Man Searches for TT World Series Organizer and Promoter
21 Jan 2015, 14:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Most of you don’t remember the Return of the Man from the Isle of Man editorial we published about one and a half years ago, and even more people have never gotten to read it at all. However, ...
Guy Martin Rides the Britten V1000, the Sound Is Delightful
21 Jan 2015, 13:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Guy Martin is the lucky fellow who gets to ride the Britten V1000. This bike is one of the very few still around, a true engineering masterpiece
Record Sales in 2014 for BMW Motorrad, R1200GS Still the Best-Selling Bike
20 Jan 2015, 12:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW Motorrad announces another record year in motorcycle and maxi scooter sales, with the 2014 volumes being up a significant 7.2% over the previous year. The German manufacturer managed to sell 123...
MotoGP-Derived Honda RC213V-S Is Street-Legal and Can Be Yours for $170,000
19 Jan 2015, 13:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We caught up at EICMA 2014 with Honda’s new RC213V-S prototype, a machine which was supposed to become the street-legal version of a real MotoGP bike. Back then, nobody seemed to be 100% sure ...
Michael Dunlop Rides the New Yamaha YZF-R1 in the Isle of Man TT 2015 and Other Races
17 Jan 2015, 08:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Multiple TT winner Michael Dunlop has inked a deal with Yamaha and will dress the Milwaukee Yamaha Team livery for the 2015 edition of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. The team is officially supporte...
2015 Yamaha YZF-R1M Gets You Close to MotoGP Technology
17 Jan 2015, 08:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Rivalries are fierce in the superbike segment, and the pride is high, but when it comes to supremacy and hierarchies, the stopwatch readings at the track are the only thing that matters. The all-new...
The Legendary Britten V1000 Rides Again
16 Jan 2015, 12:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Britten V1000 is definitely one of THE exclusive motorcycles only few lucky guys have gotten to see on the track. With only ten units built before its visionary creator John Britten lost the bat...
British Magazine SuperBike Prints Final Monthly Issue, Goes Online
15 Jan 2015, 12:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The British magazine SuperBike is printing its final monthly issue for February 2015. However, SuperBike says that printed versions are not going to disappear for good, as two semestrial issues are ...
Kawasaki Ninja H2R Ad Makes Us Want to See It Up Against the Challenger SRT Hellcat
9 Jan 2015, 16:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though Kawasaki introduced both its new Ninja machines at EICMA in November last year and several millions of photos have been taken at the Akashi booth in Milan, it looks like the official vid...
Is the 300 KM/H Limit Going to Last Any Longer?
9 Jan 2015, 16:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The horsepower wars seem to have been rekindled, as Kawasaki’s latest deliveries in early November 2014 have kind of changed the game a bit. However, Akashi was not the only house which did it...
2015 Yamaha R1 on the Road to Austin, Episode 2
5 Jan 2015, 16:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha preferred to keep winter holidays celebration to a minimum, in favor of working hard to prepare their all-new YZF-R1 for the all-new MotoAmerica AMA Superbike Series which is set to debut th...
MV Agusta F4 RR SBK Does Not Surface Yet, but Its Price Is Now Known
5 Jan 2015, 15:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember the MV Agusta F4 RR SBK we mentioned in late October last year? Well, if you expected photos of this racing-focused machine, we‘ll just have to disappoint you, as the manufacturer of ...
Peter Fonda Auctions His MV Agusta F4CC as Promised
3 Jan 2015, 09:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Actor and iconic rider Peter Fonda has decided to let go of his prized MV Agusta F4CC, as he said he would when he rode the Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric prototype. Even though back then he was ...
Custom-Paint BMW S1000RR Looks Painfully Awesome
19 Dec 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even people who are not big fans of sport bikes agree that the BMW S1000RR is a looker. A fairly new member of the superbike family, the S1000RR has quickly built a very strong reputation and become...
Watch the 2015 Yamaha R1 Transformed into a MotoAmerica Superbike
16 Dec 2014, 16:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Yamaha is betting big money on the all-new, updated YZF-R1 machine. The house of Iwata is planning a full-on charge in the Superbike classes, with special care given to the equally new...
Custom-Painted Horn$leth Ducati 1198 Sell Like Hot Cakes for $86,000 a Pop
16 Dec 2014, 14:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now, if you had several tens of thousands to buy a bike, what would you choose? You could get one or even two new Kawasakis, a Ninja H2 for road insanity, and a Ninja H2R for going crazy in the conf...
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Announces New Track Time-Based Rental Fees
8 Dec 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Most racing circuits around the world offer rental services to supplement the cash flow, and amateur two- and four-wheeled weekend warriors can often be seen fighting for friendly glory around these...
2015 Kawasaki 1400GTR Transcontinental Supersport Still Has No Cruise Control
7 Dec 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some might not be too thrilled when they see the aggressive yet stout frowning attire of the 2015 Kawasaki 1400GTR, but we are completely under its spell. That is because the 1400GTR stands for one ...
BMW HP Motorcycles Might Just Make a Comeback
6 Dec 2014, 09:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While attending a BMW event recently we caught up with a Motorrad top hat (whose name will remain only known to us for now) and we chatted a bit over the directions the Bavarian bike-making industry...
2015 Ducati 1299 Panigale In a Sizzling Hot Pictorial
3 Dec 2014, 14:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here we go, bringing you some sweet photos and high-resolution videos of two new Ducati pieces of technology, the all-new bored-out 1299 Panigale and 1299 Panigale S beasts. We encountered them at E...