A new year brings new opportunities, and a chance to start again with a blank slate. The future is unknown, and so now is a time for predictions, some wild and baseless, some canny educated guesses. That we do not know which category our predictions will fall into is half the fun of making them,...
Honda doesn't want you to see these photos. I am pretty sure that there is a dark room somewhere on the Suzuka Circuit facility, possibly guarded by Yakuza henchmen, where they are keeping Steve captive for his misdeeds in bringing you the detailed photos we are about to show you. "Win at all...
The 2019 Moto2 Championship is rapidly approaching, and next year's season sees the introduction of a new spec-engine platform. Using a 765cc three-cylinder engine from Triumph, Moto2 competitors have begun testing their new chassis designs for the British triple. Out in Aragon, we get our first...
It doesn�t take long to be intimidated by the outrageous Desmosedici RR. If the stratospheric $72.5K price tag doesn�t get you, the menacing mechanical cacophony upon start-up will. Observers are sucker-punched straight into the gut, and the beautiful racket portends an experience unlike any...
The first European round of the WorldSBK season always brings excitement. With trucks and hospitality units back on site, the paddock starts to feel more familiar; and with the opening round of the Supersport 300 and STK1000 series, there's certainly a lot more track action. The action on track...
What you are looking at here is the bike that Honda hopes will win the Suzuka 8-Hours endurance race this year. It is called the Honda CBR1000RRW. It is not all that different from the WorldSBK-spec model, the one that Leon Camier and Jake Gange are competing with currently (and that PJ Jacobsen...
MSRP $24,885 as tested $23,999 base $20,999 base $23,999 $16,799 $21,990 $22,499-$23,999 Engine Type Liquid cooled, inline 6-cylinder, four valves per cylinder, double overhead camshafts, dry sump lubrication Air-cooled, 45° V-Twin Air-cooled, 45° V-Twin Air-cooled, 49-degree V-Twin 52° V-twin,...
With the holiday season receding into the rear view mirror, that means that we are getting closer to seeing bikes on tracks. Testing starts this week for both the MotoGP and WorldSBK paddocks, and before testing, the Movistar Yamaha team will present their 2018 livery later on this week as well....
A new year brings new opportunities, and a chance to start again with a blank slate. The future is unknown, and so now is a time for predictions, some wild and baseless, some canny educated guesses. That we do not know which category our predictions will fall into is half the fun of making them,...