Honda Reaches 300 Million Motorcycles Milestone with Gold Wing 40th Anniversary Model
25 Nov 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s rather hard to imagine how 300 million motorcycles look like, but this mental exercise is a must this fall, as Honda announces having passed this milestone in September 2014. That’s...
KTM 390 Adventure Bike May Still Become Reality
16 Nov 2014, 09:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We are positive that there still are young riders out there who are waiting for the KTM 390 Adventure. Once the initial rumor surfaced and the online media picked it up, imagination ran wild, and fo...
EBR and Hero Prepare Small-Displacement Line-Up for the Future
14 Nov 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Erik Buell Racing and its Indian partner Hero are working on a future line-up of small-displacement motorcycles. The info comes from EBR directly, via Gary Pietruszewski, VP of global sales, whom we...
Exclusive: Erik Buell Racing 1190 Bikes European Prices Unveiled, Lower than Expected
13 Nov 2014, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The name of Erik Buell is a synonym for high-performance race bikes on both shores of the Atlantic. Despite the harsh times the Buell company had after Harley dropped the sport bike segment, the reb...
Erik Buell Racing VP Exclusive Interview: EBR Plans to Conquer Europe with Lower Prices
10 Nov 2014, 13:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We caught up at EICMA 2014 with Gary Pietruszewski, VP for global sales at Erik Buell Racing (EBR) and he agreed to answer some of our questions. EBR have gotten past the rather hard blow of Harley ...
How the World Superbike Helps the Motorcycle Industry Grow
24 Oct 2014, 15:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When I was a kid, I used to believe that all racing was about was glory. Well, glory and money. Even in the bedtime stories my folk used to tell me, the mighty warrior getting rid of the dragon or w...
Harley-Davidson Sales Slowly on the Rise
23 Oct 2014, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Harley-Davidson’s sales in the Q3 of 2014 and in the first 9 months of the year are better than the figures recorded last year, a press release sent out to the media mentions. Harley stock own...
Very Cool Planetary Gear Reverse for Street Glide Could Expand to Any Bagger
17 Oct 2014, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here’s a very neat idea Yelvington Trikes presented at the 2014 AIMExpo, a bike show which is getting underway in Florida as we write. The idea is not exactly a science breakthrough, but is a ...
BMW Motorrad Passes the 100,000-Unit Mark in Q3
16 Oct 2014, 14:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW Motorrad announces another record milestone in the 90-year history of the brand: worldwide motorcycle and maxi scooter sales have surpassed the 100,000-unit mark in the first 9 months of a year....
What's with the Whole Beak Thing?
10 Oct 2014, 15:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I’m really not sure whether I should be spending my brain cells thinking about this matter, but from the industry’s point of view, I’d say it’s worth talking about the motorc...
Brammo Wants Crowd-Funding, Empulse Smokes Tesla Model S at Laguna Seca
24 Sep 2014, 10:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Brammo is looking for ways to help grow its business, but it looks like the way to do so does not lead to the stock markets, or at least, not yet. While going fully public is a rather lengthy proces...
Peugeot to Sell Scooter Division to Mahindra
19 Sep 2014, 12:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Peugeot Citroën Automobile Group (PAS) is said to prepare to dump its scooter division, as part of a strategic plan to try and cut down the financial losses the corporation has been confronting...
BMW S1000RR Launch Confirmed for Intermot, Record Worldwide Sales, 5 New Models Announced
15 Sep 2014, 13:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As expected, BMW has chosen the German bike show Intermot to introduce the 2015 model year S1000RR superbike. The upgrades machine has received for the new season are still shrouded in mystery, as n...
Did You Know That Valentino Rossi Is Producing Merch for Marquez, Pedrosa and More
12 Sep 2014, 07:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you’re a true diehard fan of Valentino Rossi and/or are getting used to spying on him around his Tavullia “home base”, maybe this article is no news for you… but the rest...
MV Agusta Rumored to Have Sold 20% Minority to AMG/Mercedes
11 Sep 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the move which was only rumored earlier this year turned out to be true: Mercedes (Daimler) is using its sports division AMG to buy a simple minority participation from the historic It...
Hail the New Supercharged Era
4 Sep 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Maybe I am a bit too eager to see the dawn of a new turbo era, witnessing motorcycle history in the making once more, but I just cannot help it. I will be honest and say that I never understood why ...
Electric Motorcycles and Scooters Sales to Reach 55 Million in 10 Years
3 Sep 2014, 13:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Navigant Research has published the results of a recent survey which aimed at estimating the dynamics of the electric motorcycle and scooter market for the future decade. These estimations should br...
Horex in Insolvency, Still Has Hopes
2 Sep 2014, 11:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the financial crisis is still giving certain motorcycle manufacturers a lot to deal with, especially those who produce expensive bikes. According to visordown, German makes Horex has j...
Hero Hires Former BMW Designer Markus Braunsperger
26 Aug 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Indian motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp is headhunting, and the latest name to join the ranks of the bike giant is Markus Braunsperger, who will head its R&D division. Hero’s Research...
What Happens to the Recalled BMW R1200RT?
17 Aug 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Finally, the customers who bought the 2014 BMW R1200RT equipped with the Dynamic ESA suspensions have received updates on the status of their recalled bikes. After around three months of riding ban,...