
First Impressions: The Kawasaki Ninja 1000 by Brandon Jackson for webBikeWorld.com Background A few weeks ago, in April (2016), I had the unfortunate circumstance of experiencing a lowside crash on my 2006 Triumph Sprint 1050. It was one of those instances where you just don't anticipate the...
The Italian motorcycle industry is never serene like a perfectly calm Alpine lake. Rather, the wind is always stirring up the waves. Moto Morini, for instance, appears to be in suspended animation. I was supposed to visit the new, small premises near Pavia (where the two Milanese entrepreneurs...
In English, "Filo Rosso" means Red Line, which calls to mind the one connecting all the great MV Agusta creations of yore to this fascinating creation of Giovanni Magni, who is the son of legendary MV Agusta Team Manager Arturo Magni (the man who keeps the legend alive by preserving the unique...
The chance to ride a real-deal 250 Grand Prix World Championship bike is the stuff dreams are made of. I grew up obsessed by 250GP racing. In my teens, in the 1990s I knew every rider, every race number, had the posters on my bedroom wall and all of the races taped on videotape! As soon as I got...
It's that time of year, again! The 2018 Daytona Bike Week is just around the corner. Here's what is in store from Harley-Davidson. Begin Press Release: HARLEY-DAVIDSON RIDES INTO DAYTONA FOR 77TH BIKE WEEK Kickstart the Unofficial Start of Motorcycle Season with Free Demo Rides, Exciting Special...
Shock o' the Show: Best known for its lowly runabouts or more recently a Suzuki 800-powered V-Twin standard (about as ho-hum as it sounds), Germany's Sachs stunned show-goers with its Beast concept bike, a minimalist engine-as-frame exercise that's about as wide as a 2×4. This one doesn't run,...
In the early 1900s Danish vacuum manufacturer 'Fisker and Nielsen' turned their interests towards motorcycle production. Already holding the title of being Europe's first manufacturer of electric motor vacuums the companies founders devised a concept for a unique motorcycle they hoped would...