Honda Plans Twin-Powered CBR250RR, Not Sure If the Western Markets Get It
26 Jan 2015, 13:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s again show time with the Japanese magazine Young Machine, showing a mock-up of a potential quarter-liter Honda CBR bike which is rumored to enter production in the not-so-distant future. ...
Things You Can Do with Your Bike in Winter
23 Jan 2015, 16:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Frustration, longing, riding withdrawal anxiety and many more, you’ve most likely experienced them all during winter time, if you’re a motorcyclist. Some fellows are lucky enough and the...
New Small-Displacement BMW-TVS Bike Codenamed K03 in Parts Export Papers
20 Jan 2015, 16:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We are definitely part of the huge crowd which is eagerly waiting to see what bikes the BMW-TVS partnership will produce in the small-displacement category. We know that the Bavarian and the Indian...
2015 Honda Grom Shows Up in Four Sweet Colors
18 Jan 2015, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some know this bike as the MSX125, while to others only the name Grom rings a bell. Regardless of how you prefer to call it, this nifty Honda monkey bike cannot be overlooked. And to make things eve...
Mindless Rider Crashes Showing How Not to Ride a Ninja ZX-10R
15 Jan 2015, 10:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We’ve all done this at a moment in our lives: heading out on the open highway with buddies and twisting that throttle for dear life, whether to see whose bike is faster on that road or simply,...
KTM Rumored to Work on Small-Displacement Twin Bike Family
30 Dec 2014, 11:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / House Mattighofen is said to be working more or less secretively on a new family of small-displacement motorcycles, rumors in the Indian motorcycle industry say. These new bikes are however, going t...
Mahindra CR 321 Concept Could Be an Interesting Bike
23 Dec 2014, 10:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Designer Oberdan Bezzi has anticipated Mahindra’s first potential move in the segment of small-displacement bikes which might sell well in Europe. His all-new Mahindra CR 321 Concept is a dimi...
Small-Displacement Suzuki GSX-R Spotted in India
18 Dec 2014, 12:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Only days after we ran the editorial on the small-displacement sport Suzuki machines, or better said, the lack of such bikes, news arrives from India, where things seem to be on the move in this dir...
Motorcycle Licensing in Europe Explained
12 Dec 2014, 16:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In the biggest area of Europe, the riding season is kind of over, with only the southern regions still allowing motorcyclists to have two-wheeled fun without the need to use their “hardcore ge...
Does Suzuki Hate Small GSX-R Bikes?
11 Dec 2014, 17:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha YZF-R125, R25, R3. Honda CBR125 and the rest of the funky bunch. Quarter-liter Ninjas and the Ninja 300 bearing the Kawasaki emblem. Suzuki GSX-R… wait a bit, Suzuki what? I could very...
2015 Kawasaki Z250SL Spells Naked Fun, but Not the NSFW Way
28 Nov 2014, 16:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Kawasaki carries on the naked bike heritage with a model dedicated to first-time riders, the 2015 iteration of the Z250SL model. Basically, this bike solves two of the main problems new riders are u...
Oset MX-10, the Awesome Electric Off-Roader for Kids
26 Nov 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Looking for a 50cc-class bike for your kid but would rather choose differently than a gas-powered machine? How about one whose response you can tweak to match the growing skills of the youngster? De...
2015 Honda CB125F to Arrive in Europe Very Soon
19 Nov 2014, 12:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda announces the all-new CB125F, the successor of the CBF125, one of the best-selling eighth-liter machines in Europe. The new small-displacement Honda will be introduced this very weekend at the...
BMW Might Surface under-500cc Bikes Soon
16 Nov 2014, 09:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When it comes to the new bikes BMW and their partner TVS are working on, the only thing we have from India is dead silence. Fact is, neither BMW nor TVS are idling, as it’s hard to believe tha...
KTM 390 Adventure Bike May Still Become Reality
16 Nov 2014, 09:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We are positive that there still are young riders out there who are waiting for the KTM 390 Adventure. Once the initial rumor surfaced and the online media picked it up, imagination ran wild, and fo...
Hero Wants a Piece of the European Market with Its HX250R at EICMA · Live Photos
4 Nov 2014, 18:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We are rather disappointed to see that Erik Buell Racing has not brought the 1190 machines over to EICMA as we expected, and preferred to rely on a huge booth full with Hero bikes. However, among al...
2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 Uses Better Materials Than Expected at EICMA · Live Photos
4 Nov 2014, 15:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s no surprise to see a huge media crowd gathered for the official launch of Yamaha’s new range of sport bikes, especially as the motorcycling community has been waiting for the all-ne...
How the World Superbike Helps the Motorcycle Industry Grow
24 Oct 2014, 15:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When I was a kid, I used to believe that all racing was about was glory. Well, glory and money. Even in the bedtime stories my folk used to tell me, the mighty warrior getting rid of the dragon or w...
2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 First Official Pictures Show a Future Winner
16 Oct 2014, 15:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 is finally here, and we’ve got almost all the details about this ultra-hot appearance in the small-displacement segment. As expected, the R3 is a step up from the R25 ma...
2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S Revealed, Looks Like a Jewel
16 Oct 2014, 12:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Rumors that Kawasaki is working hard on an ER-6-derived cruiser turn out to be true. The house of Akashi has pulled the wraps off the all-new, hot, Vulcan S cruiser. It’s nice to see that Kawa...