In late September, Kawasaki officially confirmed the 2026 Z1100 and Z1100 SE for European markets. That announcement only left U.S. customers wondering, “What about us?” After nearly two weeks of delay, Team Green just answered in the affirmative. Well, for the SE variant, at least. Powering the 2026 Z1100 SE is Kawasaki’s recently refreshed 1,099 […]
Category: Performance
Italy’s Daytona: Scenes from Italian Bike Week 2025
That’s when a group of bikers from Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region of northeast Italy, banded together to create the first annual Biker Fest International. They envisioned a show that could rival German Bike Week, Daytona, and Sturgis. Gaining that level of notoriety would take some time, though. Beset by rainy weather, the inaugural installment […]
BMW and Honda tease new electric concepts
BMW wants the viewer to know that it remembers the C1, the firm’s first crack at an enclosed scooter. Introduced in 2000, the model was poorly received by critics and consumers alike, with weak sales prompting its demise after just two years. For decades now, the C1 has become the butt of many moto-related jokes. […]
Motorcycles targeted by new “derivative” steel and aluminum tariffs
President Trump expanded the breadth of his existing aluminum and steel tariffs to include additional “derivative” products. The list contained 407 new product categories, including motorcycles. Under the directive, foreign-produced steel and aluminum contained within each motorbike imported into the United States is now subject to a 50% tax. The previously imposed country-based “reciprocal tariffs” […]
Harley-Davidson names new CEO After more than five years of being led by a CEO who made his name by turning around an athletic shoe company, Harley-Davidson will now be led by an executive whose background is golf-based entertainment centers and pizza. Harley-Davidson announced today that Artie Starrs will replace Jochen Zeitz as CEO. Starrs […]