Luxury motorcycles traditionally equate themselves with first-class travel due to their comfort, craftsmanship, and ability to make long interstate journeys. Performance bikes typically move in the opposite direction, shedding weight and unnecessary comfort in exchange for components designed to tolerate sharp reactions, hard acceleration and riders who consider the recommended corner speeds to be a
If you had told motorcycle fans a year ago that one of the industry’s hottest personalities would be the founder of a young Chinese manufacturer, many would have raised eyebrows. Yet here we are. ZXMoto has already done what many thought was impossible, winning the FIM Supersport World Championship with its 820RR-RS. Now its founder,
Motorcycle Sports has been contacted by a man identifying himself as a current Ducati employee, who claims that the sale of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. has moved beyond speculation and into a formal process. We are publishing the substance of that claim because of its importance, while clearly stating at the outset that we have
Bajaj is taking all the right steps. The Indian company came to the rescue of KTM in 2025 and is now the controlling force behind the Austrian brand. Since then, Bajaj has implemented financial practices to turn the orange ship around, gaining recognition and making headlines along the way. So when I heard that a
Of all the motorcycle brands, Yamaha is one of the few brands that has been able to strike an almost perfect balance between performance and reliability. These two generally mutually exclusive features are the keys to any positive motorcycling experience. Riders are quick to defend their favorite brand, which inevitably sits on one side of
B2B News | Nine years after launching with promises that seemed too bold to be true, Damon Motors has reached its real endpoint — not a dramatic bankruptcy filing or a farewell press release, but a storage locker in Vancouver that was sold because no one paid rent. Our latest article about Daemon’s downfall was
One of motorcycling’s great sporting rivalries will be felt again this October when the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show sponsored by Carroll Nash will be bigger and better than ever, and you can be there to interact with the stars of the show. The event, taking place at the Stafford County Showground on 10-11 October, is
If you know motorcycle racing, you know that the Red Bull Rookies Cup feeds the Moto3 World Championship, which ultimately feeds the MotoGP grid. But long before the riders reach the Red Bull Rookies Cup, they are competing in MotoMiniGP. It’s small by name, but not by nature. The MotoMini World Series is essentially the
Daemon Motors is dead. It appears that the company has gone bankrupt. The last remaining officers, the only people who actually worked there, have split up. The site is dead. Manufacturing facilities in Canada and the United States have long been dismantled. Many prospective adopters are asking about their 100% refundable down payment on social
A spec sheet can only tell you so much before it starts reading like a dating profile written by the manufacturer’s legal department. Light weight. Daring. Complex. ready for anything. Sure, friend. So when BMW Motorrad Philippines invited me to ride the new F 450 GS ahead of its local launch, I wanted to know