There are a lot of exciting changes happening in the powersports industry right now. From electric motorcycles to smart helmets, brand announcements to innovative technologies. We love talking about and sharing all things motorcycles. Updated every business day.
Swedish helmet Protection specialist company Mips is always in the business of safety first. When it comes to the creation of a motorcycle helmet, however, the new gadget – despite often boasting new safety tech – has to go through rigorous testing before hitting the market. As backward as it seems, those tests can often …
Amidst the gigantic leaps in improvement that we have seen for the electric mobility space comes a niche of advancement that we don’t often think of when it comes to motorcycles: Voice Assist technology. Sure we don’t need it, but many manufacturers are already integrating voice assist into their own brand bikes – from Harley-Davidson’s …
When BMW Motorrad dropped their 2022 Riders’ Gear Collection, they included a very nice helmet in the rack with the rest of the apparel. Let’s check it out. The report from RideApart states that The Sao Paulo Jet Helmet (named, we’re guessing, after Brazil’s vibrant financial center of the same name) is “a basic, breezy …
“Rally Raid Looks and Functionality For Less” New Addition to Fit All Huskie 701 (Post-2008) and KTM 690 Models Adventure-Bike.Be has just come out with an all-encompassing Rally Adventure kit for the Husqvarna 701 and KTM 690 – and we’re loving the budget-friendly quality. The report from ADVPulse states that the Belgian company started up …
When the UK stated that they would be cutting the very same grants that they had put out to encourage the masses toward electric travel, many were confused as hell – I know that I certainly was. It didn’t make sense – we even covered the reaction of Chief Executive of the Motorcycle Industry Association …
Bimota’s Lab Might Have Some New Buns in the Oven When Bimota revealed their KB4 at EICMA, we were pretty jazzed – after all, Kawasaki’s hands in the ‘boutique brand’ were resulting in some pretty neat machines – and now, we’re told that Bimota plans on branching out into other segments. Source: VisorDown “We are …
Our Current Status in the Trudge Toward Less Greenhouse, More Green A handful of big names have assessed our current status when it comes to e-mobility, with results in the manufacturer’s sector as well as business districts. It’s been a while since we covered the fact that Europe was on track to cut 78% of …
A Bike For The Masses, In Support of Mental Health Charity We’ve just been given the heads up that Royal Enfield is teaming up with the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), to give in the name of mental health – and one of the ten prizes included in the raffle is a Continental GT 650 …
Yamaha USA’s got a new CEO! America, meet Mike Chrzanowski – founding member of Yamaha’s Global Manufacturing Committee and vice chairman of Global Executive Transformation for Manufacturing According to the report from MPN, Mike Chrzanowski succeeds Kazuhiro Kuwata, who has served as president of YMUS since 2018. Having begun his journey with Yamaha USA (YMUS) …
How much money have you spent on your motorcycle’s anti-theft safety? If you’re somebody like me (a private person in possession of a fully functioning garage and hardly a need to keep it outside with the prying eyes), you might not have spent very much at all – especially if you’re required to have insurance …
Think Transformer’s ‘Bumblebee’…Tattooed. Damon Motors has given us a bit of a sneak peak of the elusive HyperFighter Colossus just in time for the end of Q4 – and despite the near-mythical qualities of these machines, I’m digging the decals. Canadian-based Damon Motors has been growing an interesting reputation for stage-shy tendencies when it comes …
Electrification On The Battlefield Let’s face it – electric motorcycles weren’t chosen by the masses because they were easier to make, better, more fool-proof. That’s the dream, but not the reality. They do, however, pose a huge potential for the future when it comes to energy efficiency and functional usefulness – and for the UK …
