EICMA 2019

In a foggy and wet Milan, the Euro 5 class made a thunderous debut at EICMA 2019 with bigger and more powerful engines. The show demonstrated increasing competition from the Far East at all levels, and was garnished with some exciting announcements.

KTM brought a bumper crop of new goodies out for EICMA 2019, including a capable-looking new 390 Adventure bike, a faster, firmer Duke 890 R to go alongside the "scalpel" Duke 790, and a fresh chassis overhaul for its 1290 Super Duke R flagship.

This curvy, flat-helmeted thing is the result of an all-British partnership between Aston Martin and the revived Brough Superior brand. Built on a 180-horsepower turbo V-Twin, the AMB 001 is Aston's vision of what a cutting-edge motorcycle should be.

Kawasaki has taken a 49.9 percent stake in fancy-pants Italian brand Bimota, and is resurrecting it with a monster motorcycle. The Tesi H2 adds Bimota's famous center-hub steering and chassis to the wild Kawasaki H2 supercharged motor.

Harley-Davidson is not messing around. It's on a moon-shot mission to save itself by morphing into a modern motorcycle company. Step one: the electric Livewire. Here's steps two and three, the Pan American adventure bike and the Bronx streetfighter.

Two very exciting new bikes from Aprilia at this year's EICMA show: the production model of the RS 660 middleweight sportsbike – virtually unchanged from the concept we saw last year – and a Tuono 660 concept using the same architecture and engine.

Ducati has just debuted the most extreme petrol-powered supersport bike in history. The new king of the Panigale range is a World Superbike homologation special with a set of specifications that should strike fear into the heart of any mortal. Oh, and it's got wings, too.