BMW Motorrad introduced its new sport bike at Italy’s famed Monza racetrack, during the World Superbike race weekend, in May 9, 2009. The sophisticated, 193hp-strong supersport machine arrived in U.S. dealerships in January 2010, and since then, the S 1000 RR has earned three superlative awards from the U.S. media. Read the full article »

The Grand Prix Commission, MotoGP’s ruling body met at Brno at the weekend and they finalized the demise of the two-strokeengine from Grand Prix Racing. It’s long rumoured that the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) would phase out two-smokers. The new class will be officially called Moto3, with the first season to kick off in 2012. Read the full article »

The swedish company introduced the 2011 WR250 and WR300 enduro machines. The two models got only one important update on a technical level, the rest of the changes is aesthetic. These are two absolutely identical enduro all points of view, measures and equipment chassis, brakes and sizes. Read the full article »

Alka Design has created two special versions for the MV Agusta F4, both inspired by the world of supercars. The first one, dubbed the Libeccio is a studie inspired by the Pagani Zonda One, a one-of supercar made for Ana Al-Thani, the Sultan of Qatar. The Libeccio has - just as the Zonda - a body completely made out of carbon fiber. As far as we know, Alka didn' touch the engine, the inline-four produces still 186hp at 12,900rpm. Read the full article »

After announcing increased sales in the second quarter of 2010, the motorcycle division of BMW reported additional positivity for July. The sales of the German manufacturer rose 4.4% to 10,022 over 500cc, a segment that’s been on the negative side of sales across all manufacturers lately. BMW sold 9604 motorcycles in July 2009 in this segment. In the January-July period, BMW sold more than 67 000 motorcycles (previous year: 56 578). The best-selling model is – no surprise – the long-distance enduro, the R1200 GS, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Read the full article »

You love cruisers but from time to time you want more speed and you can’t afford two motorcycles? Fred Krugger found a pretty exciting solution for this problem. He built a motorcycle that morphs from cruiser to racer at the push of a button. His creation, the V-Rod powered Veon won the 2010 World Championship […] Read the full article »

No matter if you like the electric motorcycles or not - they're here to stay. We saw the amazing speed of the Motoczysz E1pc on this year's Isle of Man TT, and now here's Jenny Tinmouth's zero-emission lap record at Anglesey circuit, during a round of the UK TTXGP Championship. Her fastest lap was 1:20.922 and had an average speed of 69mph. Wonder how long it will take before electric machines lap faster than petrol-powered machines. Read the full article »

Graziano Rossi isn't a well known person, but if I tell you that his son's name is Valentino, does it ring a bell, doesn't it? The father of the nine-time MotoGP world champion has just started a new motorcycle company, which had a prototype called the "Ouroboros Zaeta" last year. That bike has officially been homologated last week and will be distributed in Italy for a price tag of €13,500. Read the full article »

Rumours have swirled since the introduction of Aprilia's 750cc Dorsoduro back in 2007, that the company plans a larger 1200cc version. It was four almost years ago but we finally got the confirmation of the stronger version, even if in a funny way. The news comes from Aprilia itself in a form of mistakenly posted service manual for the upcoming bike. Read the full article »

Suzuki finally decided to bring its highly awaited sportbikes to the Indian market - the GSX-R1000 and the Bandit 1250S. The two models have been succesfully reining supreme in the international market for long were desperately sought in India. Both bikes are known for their powerful engines and futuristic styling. Read the full article »