Motorcycles

Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee take a bike and a snowmobile and jump over water. Put like that, it sounds easy. In reality, however.....

It’s been rumoured for a while but up to now, Honda has been tight-lipped about its new model. Now, we can reveal it is an Africa Twin-based touring bike. But that’s about all we know!

With only 500 examples built, the Super Duke RR sold out in 50 minutes. Now, KTM has announced the Super Duke 1290 R Evo.

It’s all very well making a helmet aerodynamically efficient but helmets also have to offer protection against environmental factors, such as cold and rain. Shoei’s new wind tunnel can now replicate those elements as well.

NASA has sent men to the moon and provided them with a lunar car to drive around in but never a bike, which would be lighter and smaller but there are problems. It hasn’t stopped one company coming up with a concept, however.

Petrol is going, there’s no doubt about that. But, apart from electric batteries and motors, is there an alternative to petrol as a fuel for an internal combustion engine? Kawasaki seems to think so. Is the future hydrogen?

Indian Motorcycle expands its footprint in MY2021 with a number of new models along with upgraded variants and complete redesigns within previous model-family platforms. Electronics that were previously hosted on just a few bikes are now more broadly available across the range. The powerful Thunderstroke 116 soups up a number of models for the performance-minded riders, and the ClimaCommand Rogue seat delivers both heating and cooling for the intrepid all-weather riders.

Aprilia’s Dorsoduro line added to its stable for MY2017 with the all-new Dorsoduro 900. This supermoto-inspired ride serves as the successor to the popular Dorsoduro 750. It brings over 95-horsepower to the table with a ride-by-wire throttle, variable power delivery, traction control and ABS to help riders cope with the extra power. Not only does this show a certain amount of model-maturity, but it promises some security and safety for those who would use it in their day-to-day riding. Officially billed as a sportbike-supermotard hybrid, the factory also refers to it as “the fun bike.”

Robbie Maddison performs what could be the best motorcycle jump ever in Las Vegas in 2009. Jumping up onto the replica of the Parisian Arc De Triomphe is one thing but then standing on the top and preparing to jump back down is another thing completely.

Evel Knievel is a legendary figure in motorcycling, famous for his motorcycle jumps but possibly more famous for his crashes and failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon. However tame the jumps might look now in the face of recent records set, they remain deeply impressive for a number of reasons.

Those of us who ride motorcycles know how happy it makes us. Now, a British company has conducted research to find out why we choose to ride and the results confirm what we knew all along.

Bored of watching guys who should know better arguing and throwing things at each other in the office of their multi-million dollar custom bike workshops? Well, maybe Dice Magazine is the perfect antidote. It’s time to get back to grassroots.

How do you pick out the best racing moments from a decade of MotoGP races, with so many riders at the top of their game? MotoGP.com has had a go, however, and it just goes to show you how brilliant the racing so often is at the top.

Stepped plan sees at least 10 hybrid or electric models by 2025 and no petrol-powered motorcycles by 2035, although there will be hybrid and alternative fuel engines. Is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Manufacturers go on about attracting new blood into motorcycling but don’t seem to do very much about it, other than building full-size but small-engined models. Indian has tried a different tack, building the eFTR specifically for junior.