MV Agusta Rivale: first official sketch

MV Agusta has distributed this sketch of its next model. Part Brutale 675 and part Ducati Hypermotard, the MV Agusta Rivale will use a stroked version of the company’s new three-cylinder motor, housing it in a large, supermoto-style setup. It’ll … Continued

2013 SBK Rules: fake headlights and pit stops

The first changes to SBK following Dorna being put in charge of the series? Emphasizing its bikes’ basis in production machines. We already saw some teams running them this summer, but for 2013, all bikes will need to sport tacky … Continued

Kick Ass 2′s purple Panigale

From the set of next summer’s Kick Ass 2 come these photos of Hit Girl riding a Ducati 1199 Panigale, painted purple. Word is, 15-year old Chloe Moretz can’t ride, so seen here is a stunt double.

Making motorcycles out of naked ladies

Tasked with promoting this season’s round of the (very domestic) International Motorcycle Show, ad agency IdeaBrand came up with the idea of making motorcycles out of people. Flexible female people, to be exact. A simple idea with complicated execution. Each … Continued

Watch Adey get his stitches out

Last month, HFL‘s resident fast guy, Adey, had a little crash on his Ducati Hypermotard that resulted in a complex external fracture of his fibula. Ouch. Yesterday, he visited our orthopedic surgeon, Charles Moon, to get his staples and stitches … Continued

How Ducati Skyhook semi-active suspension works

There are two main technical advances on the 2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200. One is a package of upgrades to the engine, but the second is the real headline: “Skyhook” suspension, semi-active electronics have arrived in motorcycles.