How does the Honda Gold Wing fare as an adventure-tourer? Not too bad, actually. But, here’s further proof that their owners are special people.
Fresh from the United States, the Paddock Pass Podcast covers the WorldSBK action at Laguna Seca. You won’t want to miss this episode.
It only took a few days for MV Agusta to sell out its latest motorcycle models. That’s over a €20 million grossed from 600 bikes sold.
Yamaha has just revamped the YZF-R1 superbike, and the company has big plans for sales in Europe because of it.
Is there a #Ducati Multistrada V4 coming for the 2020 model year? Rumors from Germany say yes, and that we’ll see it later this year.
There has to be an easier way to take the bottle cap off a soda…but we like how MV Agusta does it the best.
At the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, at the Austrian round of MotoGP, KTM finally officially presented its MotoGP project, the KTM RC16. There had been months of testing, with press releases and photos issued. There had been KTM’s participation in the private MotoGP test at the Red Bull Ring in July, alongside the rest of the MotoGP teams. But at the Austrian GP, the fans and media got their first chance to see the bike close up. What are we to make of it? First, we should ask what we know about the bike. On their corporate blog, KTM list some specs for the bike. There are few surprises: 1000cc V4 engine, using pneumatic valves, housed in a tubular steel trellis frame and an aluminum swing arm.
Watch a modern MotoGP, Moto2 or World Superbike race with a casual fan and you can be certain there is one question they will ask you: “Why are they waving their legs about like that?” Many theories have been offered, often directly contradicting each other. To attempt to get to the bottom of this mystery, I turned to some of the best minds in the MotoGP paddock. For an explanation of the physics behind the leg wave, I asked Monster Tech 3 Yamaha crew chief and technical guru Guy Coulon, while for further insight from the point of view of an observer and ex-rider, I spoke to Wilco Zeelenberg, team manager of Jorge Lorenzo – the one current MotoGP rider who does not dangle his leg while riding.
