The Superbike World Championship is preparing for its biggest technical shakeup in over two decades. Starting in 2027, Michelin will officially replace Pirelli as WorldSBK’s exclusive, sole tire supplier.
This move completes a direct supplier swap across premier two-wheeled racing series, with Michelin departing MotoGP for WorldSBK while Pirelli moves in the opposite direction.
Continue reading “Michelin Scraps Qualifying and Intermediate Tires for 2027 WorldSBK Takeover”For a long time, owning multiple motorcycles was basically the goal. One bike for the commute, another for weekend canyon runs, maybe a dirt bike sitting under a cover for the occasional trail day. That mindset is quietly losing ground.
A growing number of riders are consolidating down to a single motorcycle built to handle everything: the Monday commute, a weekend tour, a gravel road that wasn’t on the map, even the odd track day. It’s not purely a money thing, though skipping a second insurance bill and a second storage spot certainly helps. It’s more that riders are rethinking what they actually need a motorcycle to do for them.
Continue reading “The One-Bike Garage: Why More Riders Are Ditching a Fleet for a Single Do-It-All Motorcycle”Insta360 has officially unveiled its new flagship camera, the X6, bringing major hardware and software upgrades to 360-degree action capture. Pricing starts at $699.99 for the standard package. The X6 moves the needle by pairing custom dual Sony 1/1.1-inch sensors with a triple AI chip system.
Delivering 33 percent more sensor area and four times the light sensitivity compared to the previous X5, the action camera captures full spherical 360-degree footage at resolutions up to native 8K at 50fps, while also offering native in-camera Dolby Vision support.
Continue reading “Insta360 X6 Camera Flagship Launches with 8K50fps Video and Motorcycle-Specific Audio Features”Norton Motorcycles has officially unveiled a landmark collaboration with world-renowned architecture firm Foster + Partners.
Together, they have designed a new global dealership retail concept as the iconic British motorcycle manufacturer prepares to scale its retail footprint to over 200 locations worldwide.
Continue reading “Norton Partners With Foster + Partners for New Gallery-Style Global Retail Concept”There are plenty of classic Ducati models that make obvious café racer donors, but the first-generation Multistrada has rarely been one of them. Pierre Terblanche’s tall, heavily faired sports-tourer was deliberately unconventional when it arrived in the mid-2000s.
Yet beneath all that polarizing plastic sat some of Bologna’s finest hardware of the era. For their latest project, dubbed “Desmo Corridore Caffè,” UK custom workshop Pit Lane Moto stripped a 2005 Ducati Multistrada 1000S DS back to its bare essentials to unlock its true athletic potential.
Continue reading “Custom Ducati Multistrada 1000S by Pit Lane Moto”Cold weather doesn’t have to end your season. It just means you need to think a little more about what you’re wearing before you throw a leg over. I usually ride year-round, but that means I need to be smart about my gear choices.
The good news is that layering for riding isn’t complicated once you understand the logic behind it.
Continue reading “How to Layer for Cold Weather Riding”Triumph Motorcycles has officially announced a comprehensive redesign of its Moto2 race engine set to debut for the 2027 season. The overhauled inline-triple promises higher overall output, lighter weight, and improved torque delivery.
Built upon nearly two million kilometers of rigorous Moto2 competition data gathered since becoming the single engine supplier in 2019, this updated powerplant represents a major technical leap forward for the British manufacturer.
Continue reading “Triumph Develops New Moto2 Engine, Dropping Big Hints for Future Street Triple Upgrades”Indonesian customs authorities at the Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta have intercepted an illegal shipment containing five complete, disassembled Harley-Davidson motorcycles and 20 large-displacement frames.
The contraband was seized after advanced container scanning equipment revealed major discrepancies between the shipping manifests and the actual physical cargo inside.
Continue reading “Indonesian Customs Foils Attempt to Smuggle Harleys from China”Years ago, a motorcycle road trip was something you planned for retirement, or maybe that one magical summer you had off. You saved up for years, cleared your calendar, and went for it. And then you spent the next decade telling the story.
Now? Adventure travel on two wheels isn’t the exception. It’s becoming the norm.
Continue reading “Why Motorcycle Adventure Travel Is No Longer a Bucket-List Dream”CEO of KTM Gottfried Neumeister has officially confirmed that the Austrian manufacturer is developing two new fully faired KTM sportbikes to expand its low-to-mid-displacement lineup.
The announcement confirms that KTM is actively working on the 490 RC and the 790 RC, bringing sharp fairings back to categories where the brand previously scaled back.
Continue reading “Could the Two Upcoming KTM Sportbikes Be Big Wins for the Company?”
