Motorcycles

LAND Moto, an all-American moto startup, has churned out a beautiful adventure bike based on a new drivetrain. But for a retail price of $11,200, it is far more expensive than the usual e-motos most under-18 buyers seem to be riding around on.

Think mini motos, and you’d undoubtedly think about the Honda’s mini line-up: the Cub, the Monkey, the Trail, and the Grom. But what if these bikes could get even “mini-er”? Say hello to the Bluroc X-Bongo 50.

Once written off as novelties, e-dirt bikes have matured into serious off-road machines – it's the one category that's experiencing the most growth in the two-wheeled EV space. And now, NAVEE has just come up with its first-ever dirt bike.

I wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t heard of Great Wall Motor Company by now. But you probably have heard about Souo S2000, the monstrous eight-cylinder, two-liter cruiser bike from China. Now it’s reportedly coming to the US.

The Komodo is the most powerful production bike Talaria has released so far. All thanks to a peak power of 43 hp and a gut-wrenching 556 lb.ft of torque. Those numbers put it past most modern 450-class four-stroke enduro bikes.

It looks like KTM will lead the way for the biggest displacement ADV with the 2026 1390 Super Adventure R, which bumps from 1,300cc in the previous iteration to 1,350cc now. But is that necessarily a good thing? How much power does one really need?

It took many decades for collectible Japanese motorcycles to get any respect on the auction block. It was 2009 before a Japanese motorcycle first topped the USD$100,000 mark at public auction, but collector generational change is inevitable, and Honda has now been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959 and today’s collectors are finally beginning to correctly frame the company in historical perspective.

Motorcycle manufacturers are getting more and more open to taking risks, it would seem. Case in point: Segway's Xaber 300. Its highlight is three selectable power modes that simulate 150cc, 200cc, and 300cc gas bikes.

The whole point of making new bikes from scratch is creating them the way you want, right? Think aviation-inspired geometry, carbon-fiber body, top-spec components, and an artsy design. Throw a 150-mph electric motor in there, and see you later!

Phelon & Moore made its comeback in the two-wheeled scene only recently. It looks like the brand isn't resting on its laurels, coming up with an adventure scooter in a span of mere months since its revival. And it's coming for Yamaha and Honda.

You know you have a proper enduro on your hands when it has Graham Jarvis’ credentials behind it. That’s the Jarv-E project, and it isn’t just another ambitious electric motorcycle; it’s a proper hard-enduro bike designed for technical trail riding.

What was announced as a 2050 pipe dream by Kawasaki, the company's hydrogen-powered, four-hooved, all-terrain robot horse vehicle Corleo is actually going into production and is now expected to be commercially available within a few years.

Whether it’s internal combustion being pushed in new directions, electrification finding more convincing use cases, or brands revisiting legacy nameplates, 2026 is shaping up to be a year where companies take real risks instead of playing it safe.

Everyone seems to want a piece of EV action, and the odd Russian firearm manufacturer is no exception. Yup, Russia's state-owned Kalashnikov Concern, maker of the AK-47, has just churned out an electric enduro of its own.... that comes with a sidecar.

Verge has been working on an extraordinary bike with a hubless motor for years now. Today, it's upped the ante on range with a solid-state battery, making the Verge TS Pro arguably the longest range electric two-wheeler you can buy.