From a BMW press release-No pictures yet…
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 12, 2008…Proving good things do come in small packages, Husqvarna Motorcycles is preparing to introduce its highly anticipated 250cc four-stroke engine in the all-new 2009 TC 250 Motocross race bike this year. The ultra light, compact power plant - tested at various racing venues [...]

One of the most popular bikes on the road today is the Suzuki SV650. They are comfortable, handle well, get great gas mileage and retail for about $6000.00 in the US. Used SV’s are really great deals. It comes in 2 variations- a Sport model with a quarter fairing and a standard naked model. [...]

Check out the video from Jay Leno’s Garage as he gets the royal treatment from Ducati. Thanks Jerry!

From the floor of the dealers meeting in Las Vegas we have these pictures of the new Harley Trike. The first one is obviously a show bike but I think the second one is production. I’d rather have one of the Can Am Polaris built 3 wheelers that have the 2 wheels in the front [...]

Pretty bike and the engine has a character all its own. Check it out at the Moto Guzzi website-
From their Press Release-
This newest addition to the Moto Guzzi line, the Griso 1200 8V has been designed  to flourish in the realm of two-wheel beauty and performance; a bold and brash machine that combines old world [...]

We have a month for everything, and this month is Women’s Motorcycle Month. To celebrate that, the AMA Museum has put up a display with several women featured. Some of these women are amazing because of the distance traveled. But I’m amazed by the era they did it in. Bikes were not too reliable back [...]

Museums are cool and there are a few really good motorcycle museums- like Barber’s in Birmingham, AL and now the new Harley museum in Milwaukee. It really is amazing how far we have come in 100 years. The museum has the very first Harley- basically a moped, and everything else representative of their 100 year [...]

With the price of gas here in Atlanta at about 4.10/gal, people are trying to figure out ways of getting around that they can afford. Atlanta is a big, very spread out city with a lot of people living in the suburbs and commuting to the city for work. When you couple the distance with [...]

Consumer Reports did an survey to see what people are doing or plan to do in light of 4-5.00/gal gasoline and all of the things on the list are predictable except one. Here’s the list-
SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

79 percent of car shoppers intend to buy a vehicle with better fuel economy.

80 percent of car shoppers are considering [...]

Check this out- this guy gutted an old motorcycle and installed some car batteries and an electric motor. Don’t have too many details, but he says it will go 50mph and last about 20 miles between charges. Cost equivalent of about 300 mpg. He only uses it for quick trips around town- bank, post office, [...]

How bad would gas prices have to get before you would be caught on one of these? Autoblog Green has the details, but the pedal/electric bike made by erocit is capable of 50mph and when you pedal you recharge the battery (a little). In addition, you can always get home even if the batteries are [...]

He has a reputation for being somewhat wild and his new helmet upholds that rep. Very funny! It is actually hard to miss on the track

A quick little video over at the MotoGP site with Nicky doing a lap at the Indy 500 as a promo for the motoGP series. Thanks Jerry…

We all know about the really famous celeb riders like Jay Leno but there are many more who don’t have their own TV show that enjoy and support motorcycling. Heck, motorcycling has literally created celebrities in the past few years like the OCC crew and Jesse James to name a couple. But there are lots [...]

Check out this video of the last lap at the Oulton Park Supersport race in Britain. Yamaha vs Triumph. Great racing and just plain fun to watch. (Thanks Matt)