motorcycles

(date: 2024-11-17 16:11:26)

GALLERY: NASCAR’s Auto Club Speedway Stuck In Time

date: 2024-11-17, from: Kickin the Tires blog

Photos by Jerry Jordan/Kickin’ the Tires

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/gallery-nascars-auto-club-speedway-stuck-in-time/

Rieju’s Xplora ADV Looks a Whole Lot Like the Honda Africa Twin

date: 2024-11-17, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The new ADV looks like it’s designed to be more of an on-road machine, though.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740921/rieju-xplora-adventure-bike-africa-twin-lookalike/

Yamaha Wants More Electric Off-Roaders, So It Invested In a French EV Company

date: 2024-11-16, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Yamaha wants to boost its presence in the off-road EV scene, particularly in racing.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740920/yamaha-investment-electric-motion-french-ev-company/

Tough Choices at KTM, As Temporary Production Halt Planned

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Around 1,000 employees won’t need to report to work after the New Year.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/741178/ktm-production-temporary-halt-2025/

Husqvarna’s Winter Collection Feels Like a Joke, but I’d Absolutely Wear It

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

It’s so wrong, it’s right.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740909/husqvarna-winter-collection-funny/

A Burnt Triumph Runs, and It’s a Good Lesson On Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Like Michael Jordan once said, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740912/crispy-triumph-project-bike-runs/

I Think I Could Beat Can-Am’s Best In The Showdown It Just Had

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Come on, Can-Am, I was right down the street.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740914/can-am-great-off-road-showdown-lia-block-travis-pastrana-cowboy-cerrone/

A Wire Trap Nearly Took a Rider’s Head Off, Others Chimed In With Similar Stories

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

I can’t believe how common these deadly traps are.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740896/wire-booby-trap-dirt-bike-motorcyclist-common/

This Limited Edition BMW Motorcycle Goes Crazy With Carbon, Won’t Come to the US

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Only 54 examples of this carbon-clad machine will ever see the light of day.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740781/bmw-m1000rr-champion-edition-crazy-carbon/

This New Dual Sport Motorcycle Looks Like It Belongs On the Moon

date: 2024-11-15, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Or on the set of some sci-fi outer space movie.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740471/fb-mondial-mud452-adventure-bike-eicma/

Can’t Afford A Ducati Streetfighter V2? Moto Morini’s Corsaro Might Be For You

date: 2024-11-14, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The Corsaro wants to shake up the middleweight naked bike segment.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740780/moto-morini-corsaro-launched-eicma-2024/

Voge’s DS800 Rally Is China’s Middle Finger To the Middleweight ADV Segment

date: 2024-11-14, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

“If you can make it, we can make it better”- Voge, probably.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740604/voge-ds800-rally-launch-eicma-2024/

MotoGP’s Valencia Auction Is Tone-Deaf at Best, Borderline Sham at Worst

date: 2024-11-14, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

They couldn’t have picked a worse bike to auction. But maybe the folks at Dorna didn’t pick it, which points to the real issue.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740772/motogp-valencia-auction-moto2-bike/

F1 Only Has to Clear Some Pesky European Antitrust Rules to Finally Buy MotoGP

date: 2024-11-14, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Liberty Media says it’s secured the funding to purchase Dorna.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740752/liberty-media-formula-1-motogp-purchase-antitrust-rules/

New Fantic Imola Looks Like a Padawan Superbike Rider’s Dream Come True

date: 2024-11-14, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The Imola sportbike has gone from concept to reality, and is ready to hit the track.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740474/fantic-imola-sportbike-launched-eicma/

KTM Is Doing So Badly, It’s Probably Going to Be Sold

date: 2024-11-14, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Things are looking dire for the brand.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740888/ktm-pierer-ag-sold-sell-off-revenue/

Honda Recalls Some Gold Wings Because Crankshaft Bolt Could Break

date: 2024-11-13, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Sudden engine stalling is both unfun and potentially dangerous.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740766/honda-gold-wing-recall-crankshaft-bolt/

Watch an Insane DIY Electric Toddler’s Balance Bike Break Speed Limits

date: 2024-11-13, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

There are infinite ways this could end in catastrophe.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740750/diy-electric-toddler-bike/

Busa-Powered Car Does Drift Wheelies, No Really

date: 2024-11-13, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The definition of “Hold my beer.”

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740751/hayabusa-powered-drift-car-wheelie/

Could Honda Rewire Mobility In Europe With Its Swappable Power Pack?

date: 2024-11-13, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Serious stuff now, fun stuff later…hopefully.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740605/honda-testing-battery-swapping-sweden/

Let’s Be Real, the Bimota KB998 Rimini Is Really Just A ZX-10RR On Steroids

date: 2024-11-13, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

There, I said it.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740603/bimota-kb998-rimini-revealed-eicma-2024/

You’re Doing What With That 55-Gallon Drum, Bearded Mechanic?

date: 2024-11-13, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

The road to DIY heaven and/or hell is paved with $15 heat guns from Harbor Freight.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740742/bearded-mechanic-buildoff-diy-powdercoating/

Watch the World’s Longest Snowmobile Backflip, If You Can Handle Tension

date: 2024-11-12, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

I felt like I was holding my breath for 20 minutes.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740387/worlds-longest-snowmobile-backflip-lynx/

The All-New Aprilia Tuono 457 Wants To Say Hello To You

date: 2024-11-12, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

It knows it’s ready to destroy the entry-level naked bike segment.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740266/2025-aprilia-tuono-457-launch-eicma/

Yokohama Has a New UTV Tire, Travis Pastrana Tests It With Wheelies and Drifts

date: 2024-11-12, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Did you expect anything less?

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740402/yokohama-geolander-mt-side-by-side-tires-travis-pastrana-test/

As A Frustrated KTM Owner, The New 990 Duke R Makes Me Mad

date: 2024-11-11, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Pretty sure they can’t just go around calling it “The Punisher,” either.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740268/2025-ktm-990-duke-r-makes-me-mad/

Nobody Stops Batman Riding a Motorcycle on Halloween, Unless He’s in China

date: 2024-11-11, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

I mean, I guess they were right. But would they have stopped him if he was riding the Batcycle?

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740388/batman-riding-motorcycle-halloween-arrested-china/

Moto Morini’s Calibro Motorcycle Proves Cruisers Don’t Need Humongous Engines

date: 2024-11-11, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

This sensible cruiser seems ready to go the distance.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740267/2025-moto-morini-calibro-debut-eicma/

Motogp Machinery Is About To Stop Better Than Ever, Thanks to New Brembos

date: 2024-11-11, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Riders will have the decision to stick with what they know or use the new components next year.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740249/new-brembo-motogp-brake-caliper/

Martin Truex Jr. Finishes Full-Time NASCAR Career with Top-20 Finish

date: 2024-11-11, from: Kickin the Tires blog

By Seth Eggert, Associate Editor Although his final race as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver wasn’t what Martin Truex Jr. hoped for, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver still found…

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/martin-truex-jr-finishes-full-time-nascar-career-with-top-20-finish/

Reddick comes up short in first Championship 4 appearance

date: 2024-11-11, from: Kickin the Tires blog

By Matt Courson, Staff Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. — Tyler Reddick made his first Championship 4 appearance and came up short after a sixth place effort in Sunday’s NASCAR Championship Race…

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/reddick-comes-up-short-in-first-championship-4-appearance/

ARCA Menards Series West: 2024 Phoenix II Race Review

date: 2024-11-10, from: Kickin the Tires blog

By Vincent Delforge, Special to Kickin’ the Tires Back to back !! Sean Hingorani is the ARCA Menards West Series champion for the second consecutive year. At the end of…

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/arca-menards-series-west-2024-phoenix-ii-race-review/

You Can Get Up to $4,000 Off Polaris Snowmobiles Right Now

date: 2024-11-10, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News

Polaris’ loss is your gain.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/740377/polaris-snowmobiles-2024-stock-discounts-rebates-price-slash/

Christopher Bell Upset His Path To The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 Was Ended By Race Manipulation

date: 2024-11-10, from: Kickin the Tires blog

By Jerry Jordan, Editor PHOENIX, Ariz. – A usually subdued Christopher Bell was more charged up than the Interstate Battery powering his NASCAR Cup Series Toyota as he spoke to…

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/christopher-bell-upset-his-path-to-the-2024-nascar-cup-series-championship-4-was-ended-by-race-manipulation/

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison Passes Away at 86

date: 2024-11-10, from: Kickin the Tires blog

By Seth Eggert, Associate Editor While the definition of ‘racer’ can be applied to many in NASCAR history, it was Bobby Allison, who passed away at the age of 86,…

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/nascar-hall-of-famer-bobby-allison-passes/

Truex to start from Pole in final full-time start

date: 2024-11-10, from: Kickin the Tires blog

By Matt Courson, Staff Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. — Martin Truex Jr. won the Pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway in what will be his final full-time NASCAR…

https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/cup/truex-to-start-from-pole-in-final-full-time-start/