Honda motorcycles are not exactly the go-to two-wheelers for touring, but the Japanese bike makers hope to change that with the Bulldog, a concept bike that, in the company’s own words, aims to promote a new world of leisure with motorcycles. Based on Honda’s concept of “Loveable Touring Partner,” the Bulldog transcends conventional leisure motorcycle …
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Yamaha Introduces Two New Beautiful Yard Built by Matt Black Custom Designs and it roCkS!bikes
Yamaha Europe has been seriously really busy these days. After the hugely successful Bike Shed show in Paris last month, it is on to another Bike Shed show over the weekend (May 23-24) at Tobacco Dock in London. This time, there were two new Yard Built additions: a Matt Black Custom Designs XV950 ‘Playa del …
BMW Concept 101 “Bagger”-inspired Motorcycle Unveiled at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
BMW’s motorcycle arm, BMW Motorrad, will be debuting a new concept bike designed by the design studios of the BMW Group subsidiary Designworks in Newbury Park, California. First thought about the name may lead you to be believe that this bike is kind of those ‘back to basic’ two-wheeler, however, it is anything but. In …
Meet Indian Motorcycles’ First Model of 2016, Indian Chief Dark Horse
Now being driven by Polaris Industries, Indian Motorcycles have been busy turning out new models and the Indian Chief Dark Horse Motorcycle you see here is the first of the 2016 model the company has unveiled last week. Not a typo by the way. It’s the auto industry and so 2016 sounds just about right. …
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Yamaha Introduces New VMAX Yard Built “INFRARED” by JvB-moto
So VMAX’s 30th year is really a big deal to motorcycle maker, Yamaha. Continuing its celebration is another special edition VMAX, this time it is a yard built “Infrared” by cult German builder JvB-moto. And it couldn’t be more fitting because the man behind the Cologne-based outfit, Jens vom Brauck, has been a huge fan …
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Yamaha VMAX Carbon Musclebike Comes with Exclusive Bodywork and Akrapovic Mufflers
We all know there are muscle cars, but do you know there are musclebikes? Yeah. There are. The Yamaha VMAX is one of them and the Japanese motorcycle maker has a special anniversary to mark 30 years since the launch of the first V4-powered VMAX to offer to two-wheel motor heads. Billed as the ultimate …
EQUS Cargo Motorcycle Has Remote Steering, Offers Voluminous Area for More Than a Backpack
Motorcycle was never designed with transporting cargo in mind, at least not for anything that’s bigger than a backpack. No matter how hard manufacturers tried, it only ends up with boxes that sacrifices the bike’s slender footprint for that little carrying capacity. So the question is, is it even possible to have a bike that …
If Batman Was Real, The Ronin 47 Would Be His Bike of Choice
first founded in 1983 by former Harley-Davidson engineer Erik Buell, Wisconsin-based Buell Motorcycle was soon acquired by Harley-Davidson in 2003 after a 49 percent acquisition in 1993. between its founding and cessation, it has produced a number of models, but the most notable among them was the 1125 made between 2009 and 2010, which was …
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Ducati Finally Made Its Scrambler Official, Hits Market in end-January 2015 for $8,495 and Up
Ducati having talking about off-road capable bikes for years and yesterday, the Italian motorcycle maker has finally pull the wraps off the Ducati Scrambler at Intermot 2014 in Cologne, Germany. it has announced not one, not two, but four models under its Scrambler Ducati namesake, and they are: Icon, Urban Enduro, Classic and Full Throttle. …
Midual’s First Bike Has a Fuel Tank Loaded With Gauges, Looks Almost Steampunk-ish
French bike maker Midual’s first motorcycle, Type 1, definitely had us at hello. well, the thing that draws us to it is not the sports bike-ish or roadster look (though that has something to do with it too), but it is the enormous fuel tank that’s peppered with gauges. granted with a chock-full of analog …