Hero HX 250R Comes to Europe
10 Oct 2014, 11:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hero has filed a trademark request for the HX 250R name, and this means we are definitely getting it in Europe. The European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) mentions the trade...
2015 KTM Freeride E-SM, Supermoto Goes Green but Stays Orange
5 Oct 2014, 08:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / At Intermot, KTM unveiled its newest addition to the electric line-up, the third member of the Freeride E family, the E-SM, with SM obviously standing for “supermoto”. Adding to the exis...
Reasons for Not Riding a Bike and Their Rebuttal
26 Sep 2014, 15:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some things will never change, and one of them is the worried looks on the face of certain people when one of their friends mentions that he or she is considering starting to ride a motorbike. A han...
An Anti-Guide to Motorcycle Riding
24 Sep 2014, 15:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After watching a rather disturbing video yesterday, I thought that today’s larger article should deal with these matters. It’s really hard for me to decide whether it will be an editoria...
2015 Honda CBR150R Looks Great, Will It Arrive into the Western Markets?
14 Sep 2014, 07:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM), Honda’s Indonesian branch reveals the all-new CBR150R, and we’d so love to see this bike making inroads to the western markets, replacing the current 125er. E...
Why Warm, Sunny Weather Is Sometimes Your Enemy
12 Sep 2014, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Once, someone asked me which weather was the most dangerous for riding a motorcycle. Of course, I skipped the first answer that usually comes to the mind of a rookie, and that was obviously “r...
Never Too Old to Die
5 Sep 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / To some, the words that will follow might seem plain common sense, a tautology… and it’s true, they are. Still, I believe that it’s also great to remember how fragile we are from ...
2015 Suzuki GSR250F, the Heavyweight Small-Displacement Bike
5 Sep 2014, 05:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Suzuki reveals their new 2015 GSR250F quarter-liter machine, a commuter which is so far sold in Japan, but which also has decent chances to make it in the western market. Its styling is a rather que...
There Is Still Time to Win a KTM RC390
3 Sep 2014, 14:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well, too bad we’ve only found out about the KTM RC390 competition now, but as there is still a good chance to win one of the machines Matighoffen is giving away, here’s the deal. Ahead ...
2014 KTM RC390 Is Electronically Limited to 179 KM/H
1 Sep 2014, 13:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2014 KTM RC390 we’ve introduced to you quite recently appear to be electronically limited around the 178-179 km/k (111 mph) mark, the video after the jump reveals. The moment the new small...
Brasse 31BLK Kawasaki Ninja 250 Killer Mod Looks Unbelievably Cool
31 Aug 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / So you think that a 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250 is a rather dull bike, especially as the house of Akashi has a 300 model replacement for it? It may be so, but before you pass judgement, check out what y...
2015 Harley-Davidson Street 500 Introduced with an Attractive Price Tag
31 Aug 2014, 11:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here’s the 2015 Street 500, Harley’s smallest and cheapest motorcycle, one of the models which are expected to revive the rank of H-D fans and kick-start a new era in the maker’s 1...
Spy Photos of the New KTM RC390, Launch Confirmed for September 9 in India
30 Aug 2014, 05:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2014 KTM RC390 was spotted on both Indian and Austrian roads, but we’ve only got photos from Europe. As good as the bike looks in the official photos KTM surfaced, the real-life ones show ...
Say Hi to the 2014 KTM RC390
29 Aug 2014, 08:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM has finally surfaced officially its small-displacement racing-minded machine, the RC390, a sporty two-wheeler based on the 390 Duke platform and which was a bike countless riders around the worl...
2015 Harley-Davidson Street 750 Revealed, Price TBA
28 Aug 2014, 09:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Among the 2015 model year bikes Harley-Davidson decided to reveal we spotted the Street 750, one of the two all-new Street family bikes recently introduced by the Milwaukee manufacturer, and by all ...
How to Decipher Motorcycle Tire Codes
22 Aug 2014, 14:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though most riders pay a visit to their bike dealer or local motorcycle tire shop when it comes to changing their bikes’ tires, I bet there are a lot of guys who would like to know more a...
2015 KTM RC125, Small-Displacement Full Racing Nerve
16 Aug 2014, 08:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After the 125 Duke’s success in Europe, it was rather natural that KTM also delivered a racer in the same segment, and the RC125 seems to have filled the gap perfectly. The bike builds on the ...
Watch and Learn: Eyes on the Road Lest You Crash Like a Moron
5 Aug 2014, 13:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Not paying enough attention to the road is one of the shortest ways to crash, even when it comes to the most experienced riders in the least dangerous situations. While I couldn’t tell how goo...
How to Upgrade Motorcycle Brakes
1 Aug 2014, 15:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Brakes are probably the most important safety device when it comes to riding a motorcycle, and this goes without saying. Wherever you may roam, from running city errands and grocery shopping to off-...
2014 Kawasaki Ninja 300 Special Edition
29 Jul 2014, 13:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The smallest member of Kawasaki’s Ninja family could not be left without a special edition this year, especially as 2014 marks three decades of Ninja motorcycles in the house of Akashi books. ...