Husqvarna 900: power, weight and power-to-weight

Husqvarna has released technical details and a promotional video for their upcoming 900cc street-bike. We already knew the motor is a punched out hot-rod version of the F800 parallel twin and now that there are some numbers, we can start making real … Continued

2012 Ducati XTreme: first photo?

Are these the headlights of the revolutionary, all-new 2012 Ducati Superbike? Motociclismo.it claims so, also suggesting that this will — put down your coffee — be called the Ducati XTreme. No word on whether or not the bike — rumored … Continued

Designing the Husqvarna 900

How do you translate dirt bike styling and heritage to street bikes? That’s a challenge Husqvarna is facing as it ramps up for its first street bike. Here, head of design Raffaele Zaccagnini talks about penning the Husqvarna 900.

Spy Photos: Husqvarna’s new street bike

These are the first images of Husqvarna’s new street bike, captured while it’s undergoing pre-production testing in Germany. Why is an Italian street bike testing in Germany with a BMW-badged engine? BMW owns Husky and is donating its 800cc parallel-twin … Continued

Spy Photo: 2012 Ducati superbike hits the road

Yesterday, we brought you the very first image of the 2012 Ducati superbike testing at Mugello in SBK trim. Now, here’s the first picture of the production machine that will hit dealers next year. Make no mistake, this is going … Continued

This is Husqvarna’s naked roadster

That 900cc, F800GS-derived, parallel twin Husqvarna’s been showing off? It’s going in this naked roadster. BMW’s Italian dirt bike brand just released these sketches, teasing a product that will likely be unveiled at EICMA in November. So what do they … Continued

Is Yamaha developing a production Tesseract?

New patent filings dating from earlier this year seem to indicate that Yamaha is pursuing development of the bizarre four-wheel Tesseract concept. First unveiled in concept form at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, the Tesseract was shocking not only in … Continued