Motorcycles

The 2022 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT continues its reign as the maddest sports tourer out there. Upgrades to running gear and electronics but misses out on radar-assisted cruise control.

The second Kawasaki-engined Bimota is a retro-styled beauty of a bike. 140bhp engine from the Ninja 1000SX in a bespoke chassis, clothed in carbon bodywork with full suite of Kawasaki electronics.

Suzuki continued with the evolution of the SV650 line with the all-new-in-2017 SV650. Built on the success of the original SV650 that covered 1999 through 2008, and its offspring, the SFV650 “Gladius,” the new ride carries the SV DNA into a new generation. With a revamped 645 cc engine, it has more horsepower than ever before.

Moto Guzzi finally embraces liquid-cooling for its venerable transverse v-twin along with world-first aerodynamic bodywork and sophisticated electronics.

Design concept shows possible new direction for Royal Enfield, radically different to where they are now!

Yamaha goes hard core with the Ténéré 700 Raid Prototype. Detail changes to suspension, cooling and a full complement of rally equipment is included. Not for sale to the public at the moment, but will that change?

MV Agusta announces two new adventure bikes, one powered by a 550cc parallel twin engine sourced in China and the other powered by a 930cc triple-cylinder engine. Few other details released at the present time.

Upgrades to the electronics package make the H2 SX SE better than ever. Radar assisted cruise control, collision detection, blind-spot monitoring and electronic suspension make it one of the safest - and fastest - bikes out there.

Suzuki looks to continue the success of the Katana with engine modifications bringing it into Euro5 compliance and which give more power. Tweaks to the electronics and dash and new colours complete the picture.

With this upgrade, Honda has addressed criticisms of the latest Fireblade in terms of gearing, while tweaking the electronics at the same time. SP available as 30th Anniversary limited edition.

BMW beat its K 1600 tourbike platform mercilessly with the buffhammer for the ’22 model year, and the result is a marked improvement over the previous generation for its bagger-tastic “B” variant. Updated electronics and out-of-this-world graphics join a souped-up engine and specialized LED lighting to make this a significant upgrade worthy of the “new” tag. This model is clearly aimed at the U.S. market, or at least at riders interested in a proper Boulevard Bruiser with strong, American-style touring capabilities.

Indian Motorcycle rolled into MY2020 with a net-new bagger family powered by an all-new powerplant with some serious ride-quality and safety features as the icing on the cake. The “Challenger” range marks a new era for America’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer with impressive power numbers and a look that’s borrows from the past even while it reaches for new territory and, I’m sure the factory hopes, an expanded buyer base. Fixed fairings, new electronics, and a powerful engine are the hallmarks of this machine, and it’ll be interesting to see how it performs in the market against its longtime domestic foe, Harley-Davidson.

Yamaha has announced an exclusive club for owners of classic and vintage racing motorcycles.

Following closely on the heels of the updated MT-10 comes the SP version, with semi-active suspension courtesy of Öhlins.

Valentino Rossi will have received messages from millions of people - from the ordinary man in the street to royalty - upon his retirement but this one might just men the most to him.

After the excitement around the track-only KTM RC 8C came disappointment that the Austrian manufacturer wasn’t making a road-going version. That may be about to change.

When a manufacturer known for its screaming three- and four-cylinder engines and multiple Grand Prix World Championships makes a big thing out of a launch of an e-Scooter, then you know things will never be the same again.

At the dawn of the modern era of Japanese motorcycles, the four-cylinder inline engine was king, but that didn’t stop Suzuki going off at a tangent with a rotary-engined bike.