Fuel savings I’ll state the obvious. Gas is on the rise. It isn’t showing signs of falling anytime soon, either. Luckily, fuel economy is one major advantage of riding a motorcycle. There are exceptions, of course. Flagship superbikes, big-bore cruisers, and anything V-four-powered probably aren’t returning favorable mpg figures. Those who drive a hybrid vehicle, PHEV, […]
Author: William Gual
Honda confirms the CB1000F for the U.S. market
Honda has confirmed that its retro CB1000F, with a paint job that’s faithful to the look of the CB750F Freddie Spencer rode in the early days of U.S. Superbike racing, is now arriving at U.S. dealerships. The CB1000F concept was on display last year at the Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race in nearly street-legal form, raising […]
Women riders are more visible than ever We’ve reached a point where women on motorcycles are more visible than ever, and still, somehow, unexpected. The 20th anniversary of International Female Ride Day, coming up Saturday, brings this paradox into focus. For me, it also draws attention to the times when I experience riding as something […]
2026 Ducati Hypermotard V2 SP Bologna Italy is famously famous (as the saying goes) for the three Ts: torri, tortellini, and tette (for the towers, the foods, and the nymphs on the statues). Additionally, it has the oldest university in Europe (established 1088), has exquisite examples of medieval architecture, and its unfinished cathedral has a solar calendar built into […]
New model news bits: An ADV, a sport bike, a track bike, and cruiser styling
The Italian ADV job First up is an Italian adventure-touring motorcycle with all the features. And it’s not a Ducati DesertX. In the Enduro Veloce, MV Agusta outfits its 931 cc, 12-valve, inline-triple engine, making a claimed 124 horsepower at the crankshaft, for adventure duty. That means 8.27 inches of suspension travel at both ends, […]