Back when he was an employee of Yamaha, they had Valentino Rossi ride an R6 around Ascari circuit in Spain. The video, entitled “Ride like Rossi: Ten steps to improved track riding,” has California Superbike School UK boss Andy Ibbot … Continued
On Friday, President Obama signed an amendment to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 into law, categorically excluding motorcycles and ATVs from the list of lead-containing, child-targeted products banned from sale. We broke the story that CPSIA would … Continued
"In 2003, Baby Boomer riders outnumbered Gen Y motorcyclists almost four to one. But Gen Y motorcycle ownership grew 62 percent since 2003, putting the current ratio of Baby Boomers to Gen Y at two to one. Bikes that look…
Remember when we told you that KTM was selling their gorgeous little RC 125 race bikes for $35K? And how we thought that was pretty cheap for barely outdated Grand Prix tech? Now that the series has been cancelled…
Although Yamaha Motor Co. posted over a 23 million dollar net gain in 2008, the company is already projecting over a 460 million dollar net loss for 2009. The publicly traded company's first net loss since since the last…
Sales of scooters and dual-sports were up 41.5 and 22.8 percent in 2008 compared with 2007, reports the Motorcycle Industry Council. In the same time, the overall motorcycle industry reported a sales downturn of 7.2 percent, while US car and…
Photo: Wes SilerThe 2009 Honda CBR1000RR is already our favorite of the current superbikes. But we've only ridden it out west, where the roads are warm, smooth and free of yellow cabs. How does Honda's flagship fair out of…