Motorcycle News
2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Report
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From the 2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 13-16, 2009 Page 1: Friday, February 13, 2009 Indy Live! Port-A-Chopper Folding Trailer Ceramic Bearings Speedway Shelters Heidenau Tires EZ-Cruz Cruise Control Road Warrior Paint Protection Forcefield Sub-Pro 4 Page 2: Saturday, February 14, 2009 AM Wacky Wheels Teiz One-Piece …
2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Report
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From the 2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 13-16, 2009 Page 1: Friday, February 13, 2009 Indy Live! Port-A-Chopper Folding Trailer Ceramic Bearings Speedway Shelters Heidenau Tires EZ-Cruz Cruise Control Road Warrior Paint Protection Forcefield Sub-Pro 4 Page 2: Saturday, February 14, 2009 AM Wacky Wheels Teiz One-Piece …
2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Report
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From the 2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 13-16, 2009 Page 1: Friday, February 13, 2009 Indy Live! Port-A-Chopper Folding Trailer Ceramic Bearings Speedway Shelters Heidenau Tires EZ-Cruz Cruise Control Road Warrior Paint Protection Forcefield Sub-Pro 4 Page 2: Saturday, February 14, 2009 AM Wacky Wheels Teiz One-Piece …
2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Report
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From the 2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 13-16, 2009 Page 1: Friday, February 13, 2009 Indy Live! Port-A-Chopper Folding Trailer Ceramic Bearings Speedway Shelters Heidenau Tires EZ-Cruz Cruise Control Road Warrior Paint Protection Forcefield Sub-Pro 4 Page 2 (This Page): Saturday, February 14, 2009 Wacky Wheels Teiz One-Piece …
2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Report
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From the 2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 13-16, 2009 Most of the exhibitors at the annual Powersports Dealer Expo try to keep the same location on the floor grid each year, and once they move up the food chain from newbie to old-timer and find the “perfect” location, …
2007 Motorcycle Accessories – Page 2
webBikeWorld Live Report From The 2007 Powersports Dealer Expo Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 – Indianapolis, Indiana: Continuing our live coverage of the 2007 Powersports Dealer Expo, held each year during President’s Day weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana. My overall impression is that the show has more international vendors this year, with large and sophisticated displays of …
2006 Motorcycle Accessories
Page 4: More live reporting from the 2006 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2005 Dealer Expo All text and photos © webWorld International, LLC 2001-2007. All rights reserved. GMax modular helmets are distributed by Hap Jones and others. The GMax regular street helmets weren’t impressive, …
Motorcycle Accessories News
Continuing our live report from the 2005 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana – February 19-21, 2005. More: 2005 Dealer Expo Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2006 Dealer Expo Feb. 19, 2005 – 19:12: Here’s another page with more goodies. I’ll probably call it quits for today after this and get some dinner and …
Motorcycle Accessories News
More from from the 2005 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana – February 19-21, 2005. More: 2005 Dealer Expo Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2006 Dealer Expo Feb. 20, 2005 – 06:15: Tons more stuff to see. I could go nuts with posting photos, so I’ll try to show only the accessories I think …
2007 Motorcycle Accessories – Page 5
webBikeWorld Live Report From The 2007 Powersports Dealer Expo Live Report Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 Still some interesting motorcycle products to report from the Dealer Expo. I have more photos but that’s it for now, I may post a new item here and there in the …
2006 Motorcycle Accessories
Page 5: More live reporting from the 2006 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2005 Dealer Expo All text and photos © webWorld International, LLC 2001-2007. All rights reserved. The Suomy Vandal is another new helmet for 2006 which was released at the show. It will …
2006 Motorcycle Accessories
Page 2: More live reporting from the 2006 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2005 Dealer Expo All text and photos © webWorld International, LLC 2001-2007. All rights reserved. 2006 is shaping up to be the “Year of the Motorcycle Helmet”. …
2007 Motorcycle Accessories – Page 3
Live Report Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 Sunday, Feb. 18 – Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 – Indianapolis, Indiana: This is Page 3 of our live coverage of the 2007 Powersports Dealer Expo, held each year during President’s Day weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana. On This Page: Öhlins MotoGP Forks and Rear Shock …
Ducati Paul Smart 1000 – GT 1000 – Sport 1000
DREAM MACHINES: DUCATI LAUNCHES THREE NEW CONCEPT BIKES IN TOKYO Photos courtesy of Ducati Motor S.p.A. “Inspired by the Sportbikes of the 1970s, Ducati’s Three Sport Classic Prototypes are the Stuff of Enthusiast’s Dreams” DUCATI TO PRODUCE MOTORCYCLE CONCEPTS! Update: Time to order your Sport 1000, GT 1000 or Paul Smart 1000 from your local …
Triumph Tiger Project Bike Blog
The 1998 Triumph Tiger “Steamer” Blog Welcome to the webBikeWorld Triumph Tiger blog! Here you’ll find information about Triumph Tiger parts, accessories, repair, maintenance and more. Much of this information is also available through other sources. But we figured our Tiger project bike is an integral part of the webBikeWorld team and, as such, it …
2011 Powersports Dealer Expo Live Report
2011 AFX Helmets 2011 Dealer Expo Report Home wBW 2011 Dealer Expo Reports 2011 Nexx Helmets 2011 AFX Helmets Caberg Helmets U.S. Update Motorcycle Photo Slide Show Bell Revolver Bell RS-1 Bell Custom 500 Bell Moto-9 and Moto-4 Klim Enduro Clothing e-Tint MX-8 and AX-9 LCD Visor Inserts Warn Motorcycle HID Lights and XT15 Winch Vemar …
2008 Powersports Dealer Expo – Motorcycle Accessories – Page 2
2008 Powersports Dealer Expo – Motorcycle Accessories – Page 2 Summing up the 2008 show, I’m convinced there are a couple of interesting trends, as I mentioned earlier. First, motorcycle clothing manufacturers are finally getting serious about women riders, with good-looking but functional and safe clothing. Rev’it (more later) and Teknic are offering high-quality motorcycle …
2006 Motorcycle Accessories
Page 3: More live reporting from the 2006 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | 2005 Dealer Expo All text and photos © webWorld International, LLC 2001-2007. All rights reserved. Our friends at Zeus had a small display, with what looks like a freshened design for the …
BMW Bouncing Ball Screen Saver
BMW Screen Saver for Old Windows Machines The BMW logo is a classic! It’s a simple, strong and powerful identity, it represents the history and heritage of BMW motorcycles for the last 80 years. So here is a really cool BMW Motorcycle screen saver. It’s a 3-dimensional bouncing ball with the BMW motorcycle logo in high …
Motorcycle News From webBikeWorld.com
These motorcycle news stories were posted on the webBikeWorld.com home page. Once a link is removed from the Motorcycle News column on the home page, it is posted here, by month for the calendar year. News from previous years is linked in the right-hand column. 2015 Motorcycle News New Arai Signet-Q Pro Tour Graphics Announced “A …
Motorcycle Live 2015
On a global scale it might be overshadowed by EICMA in Milan, but for bikers in the UK, Motorcycle Live, which takes place at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, is the big one. This year’s show ran from 28th November until 6th December; I went along on Monday November 30th to check it out. This was “Media …
2016 BMW Retros
BMW Gets the Message: Retro Sells If anyone could do retro — and if anyone should have jumped on the retro bandwagon long ago — it’s BMW. The German company, in their inimitable way, decided that only the future held promise. Retro is so…stale. Or something. The R NineT sort of changed that; it’s “Retro …
2015 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and Versys 650 LT Preview
The 2015 Kawasaki Versys Gets an “LT” Makeover The Kawasaki Versys (review) has its fans…and just as many detractors. More than anything else, the styling created this dichotomy. Well, that should no longer be a problem. The 2015 Versys looks like a sharp, modern adventure-touring bike in the current faux AT style that’s in vogue. Both the …
BMW S1000XR Review
The BMW S1000XR: Adventure, Sport and More! As an early adopter of most things, including technology and new motorcycles, investing in both has and remains a huge sometimes consuming part of my life. But over the last ten years Beemers — typically of the Boxer variant — along with three of the 800 vertical twin …
Yamaha Super Tenere
One Crashed Super Tenere Sometimes, there’s just a little too much “Adventure” in Adventure Touring… How Tough Is It? Yamaha has a hit with their new Super Tenere and motorcyclists are clamoring to know more about it. The Super Tenere and the BMW R1200GS (info), along with the Moto Guzzi Stelvio (info)and review) are the current premier choices …
Honda Crossrunner
Honda Crossrunner Redux The Honda Crossrunner and Honda Crosstourer (report) were introduced at the 2010 EICMA show, but I wasn’t impressed. It looked like Honda rummaged through the parts bin to come up with something — anything — that would roughly look like an adventure-tourer. The Crosstourer disappeared at the 2011 show but the Crossrunner was slightly …
2014 BMW U.S.A. Motorcycle List Prices
Study Finds U.S. Motorcyclist Fatalities Down 7% in 2013 May 8, 2014 (Press release edited by webBikeWorld.com) – For only the second year since 1997, U.S. motorcyclist fatalities are projected to decrease in 2013 (once data is fully analyzed), according to a new analysis of preliminary state data released today by the Governors Highway Safety …
Sena Universal Intercom
Sena Announces Universal Intercom With Cross-Brand Compatibility Will Be Available Via Firmware Update to Sena Intercom Owners! (Nov. 4, 2013) – Sena Technologies, Inc., a Bluetooth innovator in the motorcycle and outdoor activities market, has released a Universal Intercom feature for their full product line. The Universal Intercom is a unique technology to the industry, …
Women Motorcycle Riders Feel Happier
Study Reveals Female Motorcycle Riders Feel Happier, More Confident and Sexier Than Women Who Don’t Ride December 29, 2013 – Harley-Davidson commissioned a study of female motorcycle riders and issued the following press release, edited by webBikeWorld.com. Who knew that the key to happiness might be where women least expect — out on the open road, and …
2014 Honda Motorcycles
2014 Honda Motorcycles Announced More wBW: Motorcycle Reviews | Product Reviews | Helmet Reviews November 20, 2013 – Honda introduces 13 new or revised models for 2014. Honda introduced its 2014 lineup, with six new models, two new 650cc machines with in-line 4 engines, a new CTX trio with distinctive custom cruiser look and new styling directions for VFR800F and …
Sena Nexx X-COM and SX-COM Bluetooth Intercom
Sena and Nexx Partner on X-COM and SX-COM Bluetooth Intercom (Nov. 5, 2013) – Sena Technologies, Inc., a Bluetooth innovator in the motorcycle and outdoor activities market, today announced their recent partnership with Nexx Helmets to create the all-new X-COM and SX-COM Bluetooth communication devices. Both of the all-new units have been designed to be …
Sena H-Talk HJC Bluetooth Intercom
Sena and HJC Announce the H-Talk Bluetooth Intercom November 4, 2013 – Sena Technologies, Inc. today announced their recent partnership with HJC Helmets to create the all-new H-Talk Bluetooth intercom system. Sena also announced today the Sena Universal Intercom (report) and the X-COM and SX-COM intercoms for Nexx helmets (report). H-Talk is a communication system that will be integrated …
2013 AIMExpo Photos
More Photos and Motorcycle Gear From the 2013 AIMExpo October 19, 2013 – Here are more photos from the show. I didn’t get all the details on these but will follow up on some of them with a detailed review. More: 2013 AIMExpo Reports Publication Date: October 19, 2013 Note: For informational use only. All material and photographs …
Cardo SHO-1 Shoei Intercom
Cardo and Shoei Announce Intercom Partnership October 28, 2013 – Shoei and Cardo announce a high-end communication system for Shoei Customers Shoei Co., Ltd. and Cardo Systems Inc. announced today that they have signed an agreement under which Cardo will design, develop and market an unique and high-end communication system to specifically fit the Shoei Neotec, …
BMW R-Bike Motorcycle Recall
BMW R-Bike Motorcycle Recall Models: BMW R Model Motorcycle Year: 2003 Number Potentially Involved: 7,000 Dates of Manufacture: December 2002 – August 2003 Defect: On certain motorcycles (Opposed Twins w/Two-Spark Ignition), the electrical wiring for the oxygen sensor and the ignition lead for the right-hand secondary spark plug have a parallel routing over part of …
MSF Online Motorcycle Safety Course
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Announces an Online eRider Course August 2013 – Designed to promote lifelong learning in a convenient, informative online format, the new Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic eCourse is now available for $19.99 on the Motorcycle Safety Foundation website. The highly interactive three-hour MSF Basic eCourse incorporates photos, graphics, video and more to provide …
QB Carbon Ducati MotoGP Replica Bodywork
QB Carbon offers MotoGP replica bodywork kit for the Ducati 748/916/996/998 (Photos Courtesy QB Carbon) This is a SWEET! A complete MotoGP replica bodywork kit for the 916/748/996/998 series of Superbikes! The bodywork is manufactured by QB Carbon, the leading manufacturer of carbon fibre products in the U.K. QB Carbon, based in Nottingham in the U.K., supplies many …
2013 BMW Motorrad Days
2013 Motorcycle News BMW Motorrad Days Set for July 5-7, 2013 More: wBW BMW Motorcycle Page | wBW Motorcycle Product Reviews May 8, 2013 – The BMW Motorrad Days 2013 will celebrate 90 years of BMW Motorrad history in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This year the world’s biggest BMW Motorrad meeting will take place from July 5th – 7th. Once again, the organizers …
Nolan NCom Multi2 and B1
Nolan Ncom Multi2 and B1 “Basic” Intercoms Announced March 7, 2013 – Nolan announced today the Multi2 and B1 motorcycle helmet intercoms. Here is an edited version of the Nolan press release: In 2006, Nolan took the riding industry and the electronics world by surprise by being the first company to introduce a Bluetooth system to …
Honda CTX700 & CTX700N
Honda CTX700 and CTX700N Announced More wBW: Motorcycle Reviews | Product Reviews | Helmet Reviews February 12, 2013 – Honda Announces the CTX700N and CTX700, the first models of the CTX Series to bring the “Comfort Technology Experience”. Honda today unveiled the CTX700N “naked” bike and the CTX700 motorcycle equipped with a cowl at the International Motorcycle Show in Chicago …