Remember the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act? It was a knee jerk reaction to all those toys with lead in them coming out of China a couple years ago. The problem was, in banning all products that were intended for … Continued
Sales for all motorcycles fell 15.8 percent in the US last year, according to figures released by the Motorcycle Industry Council. Just 439,678 on- and off-highway motorcycles were sold in this country in 2010. While that may sound like the … Continued
Average gas prices are expected to top $5 a gallon this summer, around a $2 increase from their current level. That price exceeds June, 2008’s record $4.12 average. Back then, pre-Financiapocalypse, that expensive gasoline caused scooter sales to spike 66 … Continued
Bob Lutz has joined a group of investors who’ve supplied Michigan-based Current Motor with $250,000 in capital. The investment is part of the $1.5 million the company hopes to raise in its Series A round of financing. Maximum Bob’s involvement … Continued
He of the Ducati Supermono, Pierre Terblanche, has signed on with the reborn Norton Motorcycles. To say the move is shocking is a bit of an understatement. Pierre had been working with Miguel Galuzzi on reviving the Moto Guzzi brand … Continued
Road Racer X will cease publishing on December 31, 2010. “The publishing environment is pretty tough right now, but we’re proud of what we’ve done with the RRX brand over the past eight years,” the president of the magazine’s publisher, … Continued
According to the annual “JD Power US Motorcycle Competitive Information Study,” the population of motorcycle buyers has aged from 40 to 49 years old since 2001. That may not sound terribly shocking as that aging is in proportion to time, … Continued