BMW R1200GS Proper Commercial Surfaces
15 May 2014, 15:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I got criticized for calling one of the early commercials for BMW‘s new, liquid-cooled R1200GS Adventure “sickeningly cheesy”, but it’s the very German manufacturer which pro...
BMW Motorrad Sales Growth Accelerates in April
13 May 2014, 10:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Official figures from BMW Motorrad show another “best month in history”. The Bavarian manufacturer has recorded another month with two-digit growth figures, with the April sales in Europ...
Is This the New Honda Africa Twin? Guess Not.
12 May 2014, 07:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A photo rumored to be the new Honda Africa Twin started circulating around the web yesterday. While it’s still impossible to verify whether it shows the actual production version of the Africa...
ZimZamBot Trailer, an African Touratech Adventure
27 Apr 2014, 09:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / June 2014 brings a nifty new DVD from Touratech, the ZimZamBot movie. If you know one or two things about Africa, I expect that you’ve already figured out that this new adventure movie takes p...
The New Africa Twin Is a CRF...
25 Apr 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Back in the late summer of 2013 I wrote a wishful editorial, hoping that the rumored new-generation Africa Twin Honda was reportedly planning to manufacture would not follow the 1200cc trend. The ne...
2014 Honda CB500X Receives New Corbin Dual Seat
24 Apr 2014, 12:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Seating comfort is one of the premium features of a bike, but when we’re talking all-rounder, adventure-touring machines created for accommodating the rider for 10 hours or more a day, things ...
Tacita Announces Italian Test Rides for the T-Race Electric Enduro Bike
7 Apr 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Italian electric off-road bikes manufacturer Tacita announces test ride events which will take place in different regions of the country. What’s even cooler is the fact that Tacita is organizi...
Ural Sidecars Philippines Commercial, Open House Announced for April 19
6 Apr 2014, 08:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the new Ural sidecar motorcycles reached the Philippines, too. At least, this is what I get from watching this cool and rather lengthy commercial from that part of the world. Aside ...
Ventz Will Keep Riders Cool in the Summer Heat
5 Apr 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here’s Ventz, a cool idea which will keep you cool, if you don’t mind the repetition. Ventz is a simple idea, the kind which makes you ask yourself how come you haven’t thought of ...
Aprilia 750 Pegaso V2 Crossover Concept by Oberdan Bezzi
4 Apr 2014, 08:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Oberdan Bezzi brings forth a new concept, an Aprilia 750 Pegaso dubbed V2, and which could very well become a bestseller for the Italian manufacturer. I am definitely not the only rider who woul...
Garmin Reveals Zumo 590LM Premium Motorcycle GPS
3 Apr 2014, 16:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Garmin reveals a new GPS dedicated to motorcycles, the Zumo 590LM. Of course, this unit can also be used inside cars with the right holder, but its special construction makes it impervious to vibrat...
Sea to Summit Amazing Spark SpI Sleeping Bags for Motorcycle Tourers
31 Mar 2014, 14:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The weather is becoming increasingly suitable for longer bike hauls, and I bet there are a lot of guys who have been counting as the minutes passed until they could go camping outdoor once more. Asi...
Sell That Mojo!
28 Mar 2014, 16:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Whether a BMW fan or basher, we all must admit that the brand has pretty much all it takes to be more successful with each passing year. The motorcycle division of the Bavarian manufacturer has surf...
Dakar 2015 Presented in Paris, Honda Massively Involved with the Rally
27 Mar 2014, 14:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The outlines of the 2015 edition of the Dakar Rally have been recently presented in Paris, France. The next year’s rally will take place in South America, just like we already knew, taking all...
2014 GS Trophy Latin America Team Announced
21 Mar 2014, 14:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One more GS Trophy team was announced last week, and this time it’s the Latin America one. March 14-16 saw the battle in the the Latin America Regional Qualification, with riders from Chile, C...
2014 Yamaha XT1200Z Super Tenere Glorifies Adventure and Curiosity
21 Mar 2014, 13:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Big, powerful, feature-laden bikes have a special kind of magic allure and we’ve seen most of the manufacturers surfacing at least one version of the 1200cc-class adventure bike during the las...
BMW Motorcycles Win Three Motorrad Magazine Prizes
20 Mar 2014, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW Motorrad has won three of a total of 8 categories in the Motorcycle of the Year 2014 readers’ choice awards. The Bavarian manufacturer won the readers’ votes for the “Touring B...
BMW Plant Berlin Manufactures 500,000th GS Boxer Motorcycle
20 Mar 2014, 12:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW announces their 500,000th boxer GS bike manufactured in the Berlin plant. Long-standing motorcycle production at BMW’s Berlin-Spandau facility commenced back in 1969m as the plant used to ...
BMW R1200GS Wants to Be a KTM 990 Adventure
17 Mar 2014, 12:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though the BMW R1200GS and the KTM 990 Adventure are sworn enemies, customers who decide for either bike are surely in for quite fun times aboard these bikes. While an R1200GS vs 990 Adventure ...
Where Does Motorcycling End and Marketing Begin?
12 Mar 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The golden age when motorcycles were the crowned queens of the world’s roads are gone, and that’s a fact. Society has come a very long way since the 1950’s and pretty much everythi...