Aprilia

This year the Autumn Stafford Sale seemed more eccentric than normal, with some extraordinary motorcycles selling for not very much, and at the other end of the scale, several of the most expensive two-stroke motorcycles ever sold at auction.

The new Aprilia Shiver announced at EICMA last November is now for sale featuring the same 900 cc engine (up from 750 cc), advanced traction control, redesigned exhaust, and new chassis.​

RM Sotheby's Duemila Route Auction contained 423 cars, 150 motorcycles, 60 boats and racing hydrofoils, 117 bicycles, bobsleds, and more. Here's the highlights of the motorcycle section.

Control is the key word in the new Aprilia RSV4s and Tuonos, and the result is near limitless adjustments over nearly every aspect of these bikes, many of them on the fly.​

It's silly season in Milan, with manufacturers jostling for the spotlight with a cavalcade of new bikes, model updates and wacky prototype concepts at the 2014 EICMA motorcycle expo. Here's our favorite new bike highlights from one of the biggest motorcycle shows on the global calendar.

The first round of the World Superbike Championships was held at Phillip Island on the weekend with strong indications that the 2014 championship will be won on one of five bikes: Aprilia RSV4, Kawasaki ZX-10R, Ducati Panigale, Suzuki GSX-R1000 or a Honda CBR1000RR.

The scooter and motorcycle are morphing into a new form with the power, braking and roadholding of the motorcycle, and carrying capacity, protection, comfort and ease-of-use of the scooter.

The convergence of the car and the motorcycle we forecast last year looks set to continue with the first public showing today at EICMA 2010 in Milan of a range of three and four wheeled scooters by Italian start-up Quadro.

There were many wonderous things at this year's Intermot Motorcycle Show, but few will capture your imagination as much as this home-made Ducati V8.

If we thought last year's RSV4 was racetrack-focused, the new Arpilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition makes it look like a courier hack.

The world's fastest road bike derivatives went to Monza last weekend and Aprilia and BMW show signs of beating the Japanese manufacturers at the horsepower game.

After seven of the 14 legs of the 2010 Dakar Rally, the usual suspects have found their way to the fore once more. VW Touaregs hold the first three spots, while in the bikes, KTM’s 690s hold first and six of the top 10 places.