People are more connected than ever these days. Our smartphones talk to everything from our smart watches to our smart toilets. It’s worth clarifying that crash-detecting systems are used for various purposes, not just contacting emergency services. Fly Racing’s Formula S helmet leverages impact-detection algorithms and proprietary circuitry developed by Quin helmets. The Dallas-based company claims […]
Author: William Gual
Honda confirms E-Clutch system coming to U.S. on 650s
Various forms of automatic transmissions on motorcycles have gotten a lot of attention lately, with new options now available or soon to be available. And now, Honda has confirmed that its E-Clutch system will be coming to the U.S. market on 2024 CBR650R and CB650R models. And here’s the twist. While Honda’s other approach to making manual […]
BMW debuts automatic transmission on 2025 R 1300 GS Adventure
BMW seemingly perfected the formula for its range-topping GS Adventure trim. Take the flagship GS model, slap on a gargantuan gas tank, increase the suspension travel, bolt on some crash bars, and you have yourself a GSA. BMW did just that with the 2025 R 1300 GS Adventure, but this time around, the Bavarians have […]
Four women, adventure bikes, and a 49th state.
The road to Alaska. Frontier cabins dot the landscape like half-rotten skeletons, remnants of the Canadian rush to the gold fields, adventurers of the past, long forgotten. Fresh electric green leaves on the birch trees contrast with the dark, dusty green, deciduous pine forests, each fighting for space on the foothills around us. Mountain peaks […]
“The Bikeriders:” the Hollywood’s latest motorcycle movie
The film was inspired by photographer Danny Lyon’s book, also titled “The Bikeriders.” Lyon hung out with a club (or gang, you choose the word) calld the Outlaws from 1963 to ’67. It’s clear from the intimacy of Lyon’s environmental portraiture that he had their trust and access during that time. “The Bikeriders” was published […]