
It's been two years since we summoned together the superpowers of the sportbike world. In that time the , ,, and have either been heavily revised or completely overhauled. These changes beg a reinspection into the pecking order of world's premier street-legal superbikes. Can Japan wrest away the...
Back in January, we brought you the announcement from Aprilia of the new Tuono 660. Now, we have all of the details and specifications of this new naked (not-so-naked?). With 100 horsepower and a wet weight of 403 pounds, this should be one fun motorcycle with which to carve up a twisty road....
Next year, there will be 18 MotoE Ducati bikes on track competing in the FIM MotoE World Cup. Today, Ducati released a trove of information regarding the technological aspects of its MotoE prototype, which is already in an "advanced stage" of development. In the press release that follows, among...
One thing for certain can be said about the new 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200: It's complicated. But let's be clear: The complication is due to an all-too-brief encounter with a bike of many rider interfaces and customizable choices. For any owner, those things will become nature. But what will...
The Hyperstrada goes that extra mile to deliver long distance adventure and enable practical, everyday motorcycling in absolute Ducati style. Brand new from the ground up, the Ducati introduces the new 110hp Ducati 821cc Testastretta 11° engine in a new Trellis frame equipped with top-of-the...
Editor Score:88.5% Engine 19.0/20 Suspension/Handling 13.0/15 Transmission/Clutch 9.0/10 Brakes 8.0/10 Instruments/Controls 4.0/5 Ergonomics/Comfort 8.5/10 Appearance/Quality 9.0/10 Desirability 9.0/10 Value 9.0/10 Overall Score 88.5/100 One of the most hotly contested categories in motorcycling...
The future is becoming clearer. Through a smokey haze of exhaust fumes, road grime, safety flares and emergency vehicle flashers, a sportbike planet of ridiculous power-to-weight ratios and sheer-speed widowmakers is seen. Blame it all on the almost unprecedented success of theYamaha YZF-R1:...