Collaborate Disseminate
It’s been 10 long years since Yamaha debuted the MT-09 (FZ-09), a super-accessible, affordable hooligan bike with an 847-cc triple motor full of concentrated fun exactly where street riders need it. Now, there’s finally a fully-faired R9 sportsbike.Con… Continue reading About bloody time: Yamaha’s cheeky big triple in a street sportsbike
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
Anyone who’s thought Speed Triple riders are nuts riding around on 178-horsepower monsters with zero wind protection can wear a satisfied smirk today. Triumph has revealed its new flagship: a neo-retro, bikini-faired Speed Triple 1200 RR cafe racer.Con… Continue reading After 27 years, Triumph turns the Speed Triple back into a sportsbike
Beijing’s Da Vinci Dynamics has launched its DC100, a high-performance electric streetbike with an impressive 250-mile (400 km) NEDC range, and some wacky “robotic” tricks, including the alleged ability to self-balance and follow you around.Continue Re… Continue reading This self-balancing electric motorcycle will follow you around
You knew it was coming… Yamaha has stuck its peppy 689cc CP2 parallel twin engine into a supersport chassis that looks like a proper racebike, but will be much more approachable and accessible for road riders. The problem is, they called it the R7.Co… Continue reading Yamaha resurrects the R7 nameplate, but definitely not the spirit
If the name Hayabusa doesn’t automatically spark a fireworks show of opposing emotions in you, let me bring you up to speed. Back before the turn of the century, all the way back in 1996, Honda released the fastest production motorcycle the world had e… Continue reading Suzuki’s outrageous Hayabusa gets a ground-up third-gen overhaul
Three decades ago, when people were just discovering Hammer pants and starting to ask hairdressers for “the Rachael,” a special breed of small-capacity sportsbike used to walk the Earth. In Australia and through parts of Asia, the rules at the time req… Continue reading Kawasaki ZX-25R: Return of the screaming weenie bike