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Keis $260 G701 Heated Gloves Come Without Batteries
Heated Gloves, or Heated Grips? Hmmm… Keis has introduced a new competitor to the playing field when it comes to keeping warm towards the end of the riding season. Their new G701 heated gloves provide battery-powered heat to your hands when riding or shoveling the sidewalk. These gloves are designed with one primary objective – …
H-D Releases Screamin’ Eagle Engine Upgrades for Milwaukee Eight Motors
Bigger is Better Crank the most performance possible out of your Milwaukee Eight crate engine with new Harey-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle engine upgrade parts. This is a huge release of parts from the guys over at the H-D factory, with both stage III and stage IV kits to select from to bring your H-D motorcycle to …
Cafe-Racer Styled Gonda GL 1000 GoldWing by DS Motorcycles
Porsche 911 of the Motorcycle World DS motorcycles (AKA Dragons Motorcycles) is a custom motorcycle builder that brings cafe-racer stylings to large-displacement touring bikes such as the Honda Goldwing and BMW K1100. Earlier this month they debuted the Honda GL1000 Goldwing build they created. The motorcycle features a 1500cc 6 cylinder boxer engine from a …
2020 Yamaha ‘Yard Built Contest’ Winners #BackToTheDrawingBoard Video
Biker-Builder ‘Bad Winners’ Disrupts Yamaha’s Yard Built Contest Yamaha chose the XSR700 for this year’s ‘Yard Built Contest’; a contest that has been spitting out radical and elegant custom motorcycles since 2014. Already having a vintage heritage styling with the Yamaha XSR700, you know designers will be keen to provide builds similar to the ones …
SHARK Helmets’ EVOJET Finally Available at UK Dealers
“I Think I Forgot Where I Parked My Spaceship” We’re back with more news regarding the triple-threat in new helmet technology; the SHARK EVOJET is finally available for UK riders to purchase at their nearest dealer. The EVOJET – for those who haven’t seen our previous article about it – is a modular helmet boasting …
Moose Racing Competition Waffle Grips – The $10 MotoX Grip Option
Slim Feel for Fast Off-Road Bikes If you ride motocross or dual sport bikes, you’d be the first to know how quickly you can shred through a set of grips from leaning the bike over into dirt in the frequent event you end up tipping over sideways. Having your handlebars dig into the dirt will …
Dainese Buys-Out TCX Boots
Gear Up, Rossi Italians have a knack for making expensive high-quality stuff. I like to see Dainese as the Ducati of the gear world. Not only do they manufacture quality gear for consumers like you and me, but these products are backed by their experience in MotoGP among other race series. Just bought an R1 …
Aprilia And Vespa Reveal BS6-Compliant 125cc Scooters for India
Piaggio Gets Its Emissions Game On Aprilia and Vespa sell a lot of scooters, so the companies, which are both under the Piaggio umbrella, needed to keep up with emissions standards. Both Aprilia nad Vespa launched BS6-Compliant 125cc scooters to keep their vehicles out there as options for buyers. Between the two companies, three new …
New French Helmet Maker KSH’s Smart Helmet Calls for Help
Get the Help You Need After a Crash The French startup Kosmos Smart Helmets (KSH) is manufacturing helmets that will call for help in the event of an accident. The helmet pairs to a smartphone via Bluetooth. Then once it detects a crash, the helmet will ask if the rider can make the emergency call …
Nexx Helmets Offers New X.G10 Saloon Jet Helmet
Retro Styled We’ve been pretty impressed with the last few Nexx helmets we’ve reviewed, so it’s cool to see the company come out with a new lid. This one is called the X.G10 Saloon Jet Helmet and it offers unique retro styling with some modern flair. Nexx previously sold the NEXX X.G10 helmet, but this …
MV Agusta Seeks Distributor for Indian Market
A New Distributor Could Mean a New Era for MV Agusta In the past, MV Agusta has used the distribution partner Kinetic to get its bikes distributed in India. Recently, there have been rumors that the companies would break ties. In a new video, the CEO of MV Agusta Timur Sardarov confirmed these rumors while answering …
Motorcycle Luggage Preview: Mosko Moto Reckless 80L v3.0 Revolver
Is Version 3.0 The Charm For Mosko Moto’s Reckless Revolver Luggage? Last month Mosko Moto (a White Salmon, Washington based company) announced the immediate availability of a new Reckless 80 Liter, V3.0 Revolver Luggage system. This is the third iteration of their popular flagship rack-less luggage systems, and the V3.0 Revolver is touted as the …
Twisted Throttle and Denali Electronics Ambassadors for 2020
A little while ago I got an email from Twisted Throttle saying they were accepting applications for 2020 brand ambassadors. Needless to say, I applied almost immediately because who wouldn’t want to have access to the awesome collection of aftermarket accessories sold by Twisted Throttle?! In case you’ve never heard of TT, have a click …
BMW Reveals the R 18 Cruiser
It’s Finally Here BMW revealed the R 18 today, and the bike is no joke. The motorcycle looks almost as good as the concepts did. The BMW R18 is the company’s first motorcycle with its new 1,800cc boxer twin-engine. BMW did a virtual reveal of the bike and streamed it on YouTube. I’ve included the …
Honda Reveals the CB-F Concept
A Great-Looking Motorcycle Honda held a virtual motorcycle show, giving people a look at its lineup and some future bikes for the brand. One of the motorcycles it showcased was the Honda CB-F Concept motorcycle. The bike was planned to be revealed at the 38th Osaka Motorcycle Show, but that was canceled due to the …
Royal Enfield’s Sales Slump Ends
RE Back to Winning Royal Enfield saw sales slip for 36 consecutive months, but the numbers for February put the company back in the green. The real question is if the company can keep this positive momentum rolling as 2020 continues. I reported the other day that India’s motorcycle market was down again overall. However, …
Southern California Motorcycles Opens Pedal Assist Bicycle Store
Will This Become More Common? On Saturday, February 29, Southern California Motorcycles will open a pedal-assist bicycle store. Partnering with Giant, Liv, and Momentum, this store will offer bicycles with electric power. There’s a point between electric motorcycles and electric bicycles that’s a bit of a gray area. This gray area exists for customers as …
Suzuki Announces 3 Accessory Packs for the V-Strom 1050
Big in Size, Accessorize Suzuki’s V-Strom 1050 will arrive in showrooms this year. When they do, you’ll have three new accessory packs to choose from. The accessory packs are focused on three different types of riding: city riding, touring, and adventuring. The packs are called Explore, Tour, and City. You should be able to tell …
You Can Now Rent a Harley LiveWire Through Twisted Road
Forget That $30,000 Price Tag One of the biggest complaints with the Harley-Davidson LiveWire is its high $30,000 price tag. If you don’t have $30k to burn what do you do? Well, now you can rent a LiveWire to experience the future of Harley-Davidson. The motorcycle rental service Twisted Road has two Live Wires available …
Will Yamaha Make a More Extreme Ténéré 700?
It’s Possible The Yamaha Ténéré 700 is a bike that’s not yet available in the U.S. but people are seriously pumped for it. The motorcycle retails for under $10,000 and it’s a good adventure bike by most accounts. However, some folks don’t feel it’s as extreme as it should be. Well, it now seems that …
Could Tesla Build an Electric Dirt Bike?
A Tesla Two-Wheeled Off-Roader Recently, Tesla showed off its new Cybertruck. It caused quite a stir. A small part of the Cybertruck presentation was a Tesla four-wheeler ATV. It was announced recently that the four-wheeler would enter production at some point in the future. Even more recently, Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO floated the idea of …
Arai Helmets Receive the FIM Gold Medal for Safety
This Is the First-Ever of its Kind Awarded Arai has made history by winning the Fedreation Internaitonale de Motocyclisme’s (FIM) first-ever Nicolas Rodeil del Valle gold medal for safety. The award has been given before for “two-wheel racing activities and management of business,” but it has never been awarded for safety equipment to a gear …
[HELP WANTED] Looking for Hot* Reviewers
For wBW, This is the Hardest Time of Year For most wBWers, the snow is flying and the bikes are parked. It’s my annual pavement purgatory, and it will be many months before the warm weather gets me back on two wheels. Boo. I heard this rumor, though, of places where people can ride their bikes …
Piaggio has a New Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel
The V85 TT Continues to Excite Moto Guzzi’s V85 TT took the world by storm last year. It’s one of the most important motorcycles that the company has put out in the last several years. That’s why Piaggio wanted to keep the good times rolling. The company showed off a new V85 TT Travel at …
The Aprilia RS 660 Is a Middleweight Scalpel of a Sportbike
Compact and Sharp The RS 660 was rumored and spotted and teased before its debut at EICMA. Now the bike has been revealed and it is as sexy as I imagined it would be. The bike looks like a shrunken down version of Aprilia’s other fancy sportbikes. The bike is designed for aerodynamic stability and …
Aprilia Teases the RS 660 in a Weird Ad
Working Out, Motorcycles, Lions Aprilia’s RS 660 will be a cool bike. I’ve written about how the motorcycle has been spotted and the hype surrounding it. The company recently released a teaser for the bike, and it’s kind of an oddball. If you replaced the product with a fancy perfume or workout brand’s athletic wear, …
Ducati Scrambler Concepts are Coming to EICMA
The Motard and Desert X There’s a lot to love from Ducati for 2020. The company has a new Panigale V2, a new version of the Multistrada, and the new Streetfighter coming. It may also have some cool new off-road bikes in the future. At a recent 2020 lineup announcement, the CEO Claudio Domenicali talked …
Benelli Takes Aim at Royal Enfield With Low-Cost Retro Cruiser
All photos courtesy of Benelli Italian-brand Benelli on Tuesday introduced its long-awaited Imperiale 400 retro-styled cruiser with an impossibly low price – Rs 1.69 Lakh, or about $2400 USD – designed to cut into Royal Enfield’s sales in its home market of India. The new motorcycle is powered by an all-new, 374 cc, fuel-injected, single-cylinder, …
Indian’s new PowerPlus Engine Delivers 121 hp
Most Powerful in Its Class Indian Motorcycle has revealed its new PowerPlus V-twin engine. The company claims the engine is the most powerful in its class. This engine is a liquid-cooled V-twin with a displacement of 1,769cc. The engine punches out 121 hp and 131 lb-ft of torque. The company said that this new engine …
Indian Announces 2020 Thunder Stroke Lineup
Which Do You Want? Indian Motorcycle has officially announced its air-cooled cruiser and touring lineup. This comes about a week after it announced the Scout lineup for 2020. The big news for the big bikes is that there’s now a larger Thunder Stroke engine. Indian created a 1,901 cc (116 cubic-inch) variation of the engine, …
Here’s How Much More Affordable an Electric Motorcycle Is to Ride
Yes, It Is Cheaper Right now electric motorcycles are more expensive to buy than gas-powered motorcycles. However, something people don’t think a ton about is the cost of ownership. Basically, how expensive is the bike to ride and own? The video below breaks down the cost of powering your motorcycle clearly. The YouTuber usmcsaxoki did …
Ducati Has Two New Scramblers On the Way
Ducati Scrambles Things Up Even More The Ducati Scrambler is a well-loved machine by many riders. There are currently eight different versions of the bike. There’s the Icon, Cafe Racer, Desert Sled, Full Throttle, Sixty2, 1100, 1100 Special, and 1100 Sport. Ducati must have decided that eight was simply not enough, so it’s adding two …
A Honda X-ADV 300 Scooter Could Come to the U.S.
Honda Will Expand Its Adventure Scooter Line Honda’s X-ADV recently passed up the BMW R 1200 GS in terms of sales in Europe. This makes it a true force to be reckoned with and Honda has realized its hit. The company now has a 150 version and is reportedly thinking of a 300 version, according …
Want Elvis Presley’s Harley Electra Glide? It’s Going Up for Sale
Rumor Is It Could Break the Motorcycle Auction Record If you’re looking for a legendary piece of motorcycle history, then look no further than this bike. Owned by the King himself, this is Elvis Presley’s 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH 1200 Electra Glide. It will go up for auction at GWS Auctions later this month. The minimum …
Test: Yamaha’s Niken Leaning Trike Does In Fact Have More Traction
Yamaha’s Claims About This Bike are True The Yamaha Niken is an odd machine. It features two wheels up front, one in the rear and lets you lean like you would on a regular motorcycle. While it looks a bit odd, it undeniably works. Many people have ridden it at this point and the vast …
Could Yamaha Offer a Grom-Battling Mini Tracer?
It Would Make Sense The rumors are swirling that Yamaha may do a smaller version of the Tracer with a 125cc engine and bring it to the States. Morebikes reported on some spy shots that show a bike that could be it in Vietnam testing. However, the publication notes that there’s no guarantee that it …
Did Honda Tease a New Africa Twin?
A New Adventure Is Coming Rumors of a new Africa Twin have surfaced in the past. Sometimes its that Honda will build a bigger one, sometimes its that the company will build a smaller one. I don’t care what it chooses to build, but I’m excited about it. The Africa Twin is a killer bike, …
Triumph Confirms the 2020 Daytona 765
It Will Be a Limited Edition Model Triumph has said that there will be a new Daytona 765 for 2020. However, the company also said that it would be a limited edition motorcycle, which is sad news for many people because it means many of us who would like to get our hands on one …
MV Agusta Sells All Brutale 1000 Serie Oro And Superveloce 800 Serie Oro Bikes in a Few Days
That Didn’t Take Long With the brand’s recent advertisement getting the conversation going about what’s appropriate for a motorcycle ad, you might have thought MV Agusta would have had at least a little trouble selling the Brutale 1000 Serie Oro and the Superveloce 800 Serie Oro. You’d be wrong. The company managed to sell all of …
Ducati Will Build the Panigale V4 25° Anniversario 916 Special Edition
Ducati Honors One of Its Most Important Motorcycles To honor 25 years since the legendary Ducati 916 made its official debut, the company will build 500 special edition Panigale V4 motorcycles. Called the Panigale V4 25° Anniversario 916, the bike will have an exclusive livery and some special racing equipment installed on it. Ducati plans …
