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India's fastest electric motorcycle prepares to go racing
January 22, 2023India is not a country known for motorcycle racing – or indeed high-performance motorcycles. But Bangalore company Ultraviolette wants to start pushing the envelope, and it's announced its intent to go racing with its new F99 development platform. -
Retro-cool electric motorcycle picks up where 2020's Falcon left off
December 01, 2022Back in 2020, Cleveland CycleWerks revealed a retro-modern electric motorcycle called the Falcon. The company co-founder splintered the project into a new startup in August of that year, and now the Falcon has taken flight as the District. -
Suzuki fields new off-road oriented 2023 V-Strom 800 DE
November 16, 2022One year shy of its 20th birthday, the V-Strom swaps its trademark V-twin for Suzuki’s brand new 776-cc inline twin, and puts on a 21-inch front wheel. The result is an adventure touring package that can venture far from paved territory. -
Hub-drive Metacycle starts riding out to US reservation holders
November 15, 2022Sondors caused much excitement last year with the launch of a $5,000 electric motorcycle named the Metacycle. It's taken a little longer than anticipated, but the company has announced that deliveries have now started for customers across the US. -
Honda revives an all-terrain legend with the 2023 XL750 Transalp
November 09, 2022After 12 years of absence from Honda’s lineup, the Transalp returns based on the same engine platform as the 2023 CB750 Hornet. It's designed for all-terrain performance and features a lush electronic arsenal similar to that of the Africa Twin 1100. -
Vitesco now offers a hybrid motorcycle system; here are the pros and cons
November 09, 2022German company Vitesco believes emission laws will start forcing motorcycle companies to use hybrid power, and has presented an example of a hybridized Husky at this year's EICMA expo to give us an idea of how performance and weight will be affected. -
Suzuki's new GSX-8S naked bike doesn't quite whelm on the spec sheet
November 08, 2022Suzuki has hit EICMA with a brand-new 776 cc parallel twin motor, aiming to take on the middleweight market where a lot of the fun's at these days. The first streetbike to use it is the new GSX-8S, but on the spec sheet, it looks a bit undercooked. -
225-horsepower Aston/Brough superbike makes scorching EICMA debut
November 08, 2022A thousand lifetimes ago, at EICMA 2019, Aston Martin and Brough Superior teamed up on an eye-popping AMB 001 turbo sportsbike. In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of 2022, this sliver of unobtanium gets a souped-up 225-horsepower Pro stablemate. -
Cake launches its 4th electric moto platform with the Bukk off-roader
November 08, 2022Swedish maker of premium lightweight electric motos Cake has rolled into the EICMA 2022 motorcycle industry trade fair in Milan this week with a brand new medium-heavy model called the Bukk that's been designed for hard-but-quiet off-road riding. -
Triumph sharpens and stimulates 2023 Street Triple 765
November 07, 2022The fourth gen of Triumph’s middleweight streetfighter has received a facelift, upgraded electronics, a small power boost, sharper geometry, and sees the addition of a racier Moto2 limited edition to the 2023 standard duet of Street Triple 765 R and RS. -
Horwin goes tech-crazy on its new high-performance electric scooters
November 03, 2022Austrian-designed, Chinese-made electric motorcycle brand Horwin is hitting this year's EICMA motorcycle show in Milan with a super-scooter loaded to the gills with gadgetry, and a second wild concept that aims to upend traditional chassis design. -
Already insane Ducati Diavel gets faster and lighter with 168-horse V4
November 03, 2022It's been a decade now since Ducati torched the rulebook and unleashed the iconoclastic Diavel on an unsuspecting market. Now the company has snipped the final thread linking the Diavel to the average cruiser, ditching its V-twin engine for a V4. -
Ducati's latest street-legal superbike makes more than 240 horsepower
October 17, 2022Yank Ducati's new Panigale V4 R out of its crate, replace the purely ornamental standard exhaust with a titanium Akrapovic race pipe and fill it up with a fancy "performance oil" from Shell, and you're sitting on a machine capable of 240.5 horsepower. -
Honda debuts new in-line twin with the 2023 CB750 Hornet
October 04, 2022Ten years after the naked sportbike CB600F Hornet went out of production, Honda is plotting its return with claims of a class-leading power-to-weight ratio from its brand new 755-cc inline twin. The motor will also power the revival of the Transalp. -
Bandit9's shiny and affordable electric scooter rocks liquid-metal style
September 29, 2022Part urban mobility solution and part fashion statement, the shiny Nano e-scooter looks like it was plucked straight out of sci-fi movie set in outer space, but could be coming to the streets of Earth sometime in the not so distant future.
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