What had originally been planned as a two-day private test for Ducati grew into something rather larger, with Honda and…
I have always been a fan of racing, and from my earliest memories all I can remember is watching racing…
At the 2015 EICMA show, the Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen (shown above) debuted to much fanfare, as the neo-retro model showed a new direction for the Swedish brand’s street lineup, with the machine heavily expected to come as a production model. And now today, we see that a “Svartpilen” 701 model will debut as well, with spy photos of the bike being captured in its near-production form. The black-colored and more scrambler-styled Husqvarna 701 Svartpilen is an addition to the white-colored and more roadster-styled Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen that we have already seen. As such, it seems clear that Husqvarna is expanding its on-road offering in a big way, and to be beyond its current crop of simple supermoto designs.
In the mainstream news, there is a lot of talk right now about net neutrality for internet service providers (ISPs),…
John McGuinness is a name that has become synonymous with the Isle of Man over the course of the last…
When you think about it, tires haven’t changed a great deal in the past 100 years. Sure, there have been advancements in the construction of the tire’s carcass, and the grip properties of rubber continue to advance, but the overall package has remained virtually unchanged throughout all this development. Thinking of how vehicles, especially motorcycles, will travel in the future, we have seen several attempts to redesign the tire. Goodyear has an intriguing concept with its spherical tire design that mimic brain coral for its tread. Bridgestone is innovating in this space as well, working on its “airless” tire design, which uses a self-supporting tire architecture.
Video footage of the Kallio/Melandri crash at Brno.
