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This project is the brainchild of serial inventor Dezso Molnar, creator of the GT flying motorcycle and the upcoming Streetwing flying car. Molnar teamed up to design and execute the Surfcycle with another West Coast innovator, Craig Calfee of Calfee D… Continue reading Surfcycle: A highway-speed, lane-splitting stand-up scooter on steroids
Honda has patented a new type of airbag system for motorcycles, which would rapidly inflate in a crash or fall situation, wrap around the rider’s torso in a great big hug, and detach from the bike to protect the rider when the two are separated.Continu… Continue reading Honda patents crotch-firing, torso-hugging detachable motorcycle airbag
Two companies – France’s CX Air Dynamics and Sweden’s Mo’Cycle – are now selling airbag jeans for motorcycle riders. They sit flat as you ride, but in a crash, they balloon up like Sam Smith at the Brit Awards, protecting your knees, hips and thighs.Co… Continue reading Motorcycle airbag pants are here, and boy do they look funny
Praga stunned us with its futuristic, ultra-lightweight Bohema supercar last year, but this Czech company has taken a retro angle on its first streetbike in nearly a century. The ZS 800 combines a gorgeous classic look with some nice modern thinking.Co… Continue reading Praga resurrects girder-forked hardtail motorcycle from 1928
After 12 years of absence from Honda’s lineup, the Transalp returns based on the same engine platform that debuted with the 2023 CB750 Hornet. It’s designed for all-terrain performance and comes with a lush electronic arsenal similar to that of the Afr… Continue reading Honda revives an all-terrain legend with the 2023 XL750 Transalp
German company Vitesco believes emission laws will start forcing motorcycle companies to use hybrid power, and has presented an example of a hybridized Husky at this year’s EICMA expo to give us an idea of how performance and weight will be affected.Co… Continue reading Vitesco now offers a hybrid motorcycle system; here are the pros and cons
The fourth generation of Triumph’s middleweight streetfighter has received a facelift, upgraded electronics, a small power boost, sharper geometry, and sees the addition of a racier Moto2 limited edition to the 2023 standard duet of Street Triple 765 R… Continue reading Triumph sharpens and stimulates 2023 Street Triple 765
It’s been a decade now since Ducati torched the rulebook and unleashed the iconoclastic Diavel on an unsuspecting cruiser market. There had been power cruisers before, but never one like this.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Ducati… Continue reading Already insane Ducati Diavel gets faster and lighter with 168-horse V4
Yank Ducati’s new Panigale V4 R out of its crate, replace the purely ornamental standard exhaust with a titanium Akrapovic race pipe and fill it up with a fancy “performance oil” from Shell, and you’re sitting on a machine capable of 240.5 horsepower.C… Continue reading Ducati’s latest street-legal superbike makes more than 240 horsepower
Ducati has expanded its best-selling Multistrada family with a new Rally model based on the luxurious V4 S and upgraded with a series of changes and new tech designed to enhance its touring character, both on and off the road.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Ducati unveils the 2023 Multistrada V4 Rally all-terrain globetrotter