Motorcycles

Motorcycle companies have given us some magnificently silly model designations over the years. Indeed, it's a proud tradition at this point, a tradition to which Honda is submitting an entry for the text-message generation.

This supercharged, three-wheeled, ice-racing monstrosity once lived a happy, peaceful life as a Ducati Hypermotard, until Vitaliy Selyukov of Balamutti got hold of it and turned it into a mutant Trikenstein perfect for today's apocalyptic mood.

With 17.5-odd horsepower, a top speed over 85 mph and 4.4 kWh of battery, the new Falcon BLK by Cleveland CycleWerks could be a very fun little zero-emissions commuter ... if it wasn't for a prohibitive price tag.

Aeons ago, when the world made sense and Cosby was still on the box, Kawasaki made a 250cc sportsbike that revved sky-high and captured hearts. Now, it's resurrecting the mini-banshee with a shrieking, 17,000-plus RPM inline four called the ZX-25R.

When you're changing lanes on a motorcycle while wearing a full-face helmet, performing shoulder checks can be difficult. The Revan "dashcam" system is designed to help, by providing users with a heads-up display (HUD) of their blind spots.

Cake has today announced a new e-motorcycle. Based on the Kalk Or, the Kalk Ink comes with marginally heavier wheels and simplified suspension. It rocks the same drivetrain though, for speedy, emissions-free and fairly quiet backcountry exploration.

Thought lost for many years, the engine of this Taglioni masterpiece was rediscovered in Latvia and the frame in Croatia. Now, as the only Ducati 125/4 ever to exist, it's set to become one of the most valuable motorcycles ever sold at auction.

The eScrambler has been over two years in the making and is the brainchild of Switch Motorcycles from Matthew Waddick, also the founder of Shanghai Customs. It's still a prototype at the moment, but production plans are in full swing.

We've been waiting a decade for Zero to make a fully faired bike to extend the range of its excellent electric motorcycles, but Zero has held back, waiting for the chance to do it properly. Finally, here it is: the new SR/S sports tourer.

Further details have dropped on quirky Kiwi company UBCO's lightweight electric dirtbike, the FRX1. At just 132 lb, it packs 15 kW of torquey grunt, and offers a range up to 62 miles – at a price that might make it a winner.

Triumph's 765cc middleweight brawler comes down in price for 2020, but gains a design refresh, a bi-directional quickshifter and a revised engine with lighter internals for a sharper throttle response, among other updates.

Posted here for your gratuitous drooling is the winner of Best in Show at this year's Verona Motor Bike Expo in Italy. Starting life as a BMW R1100S, this beast has been stripped to the bones and rebuilt as a celebration of shiny metal.