Episode 66 of the Paddock Pass Podcast sees Neil Morrison, Steve English, and David Emmett on the mics, as they look back on the 2017…
The 2018 season starts off with a nasty surprise for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team. On Wednesday, the team…
We just finished riding the 2018 Honda Gold Wing Tour in Austin, Texas – a day early I might add…because it’s snowing…in Texas. Still, clocking close to 200 miles on Honda’s sixth generation of this venerable touring machine has provided us with some interesting insights into the next Wing. A bike designed for long-distance riding, we have gathered our thoughts on the new Honda Gold Wing Tour, in a short and sweet format, so you can sound informed at your next bike night or internet forum. Overall, the all-new Honda Gold Wing Tour is a smart update to an iconic motorcycle, and it brings the Gold Wing name inline with the current state of technology. As we found on the road, the new Gold Wing is an improvement over its predecessor, but that comes with a caveat or two.
MotoGP team launches are always the triumph of hope over experience. Each year, the bosses of every factory in the…
This is almost certainly not the 2018 Ducati Desmosedici GP race bike for next season’s MotoGP Championship, but it does…
The massive Brembo master cylinder recall continues to take its toll on the motorcycle industry, with MV Agusta now the…
Taking over Valentino Rossi’s factory Yamaha seat, multiple AMA Superbike Champion, 2010 WSBK Champion, and 2011 MotoGP Rookie of the Year Ben Spies will have the same equipment as reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Given how well Spies did on the satellite Tech3 Yamaha in 2010, the factory bike and a year of experience could mean the difference between being the “Best of the Rest” and the “Big Four” becoming the Big Five.
