
The BMW S1000XR was unveiled at the EICMA show in Milan last November, and the production version of this tall-in-the-saddle sport-tourer is already on sale in Europe. More significant to Cycle World readers, the S1000XR goes on sale in the US very soon, priced at $16,350. As you may recall, the...
Editor Score:92.5% Engine 20/20 Suspension/Handling 15/15 Transmission/Clutch 9.0/10 Brakes 10/10 Instruments/Controls 4.5/5 Ergonomics/Comfort 9.0/10 Appearance/Quality 9.0/10 Desirability 10/10 Value 6.0/10 Overall Score 92.5/100 If you're a fan of high-performance sportbikes, BMW's new HP4...
Editor Score:86.0% Engine 18/20 Suspension/Handling 12/15 Transmission/Clutch 9.5/10 Brakes 9/10 Instruments/Controls 5/5 Ergonomics/Comfort 7/10 Appearance/Quality 8.5/10 Desirability 9/10 Value 8/10 Overall Score 86/100 Forget the golf cart analogies; Energica's Ego is a bona fide sportbike...
There appears to be no shortage of audacity in Australia, evidenced by at least three motorcycles from Oz that are powered by V-8 engines. The originator was Ian Drysdale, who first mated a pair of four-cylinder banks to a common crankshaft in the late 1990s. In 2015, we saw the intimidating...
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,...
Massimo Tamburini passed away four years ago, but the father of the Ducati 916 and the MV Agusta F4 had one final motorcycle design in progress. This was an ultimate track day bike where cost was not a consideration. Massimo's heirs and associates completed the machine dubbed the T12 Massimo,...
Of all the motorcycle segments, it's the electric-powered bikes that are seeing the most rapid developments. Each year there are new advancements in technology, and the resulting vehicles continue to push the bounds of range and performance while using rechargeable batteries for power. This...