It would seem that even the popular Kawasaki Ninja 300 isn’t immune from the plethora of recalls we have seen the past few weeks, as Kawasaki Motors Corporation is recalling certain 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 and 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 ABS motorcycles manufactured between July 16, 2012 and April 27, 2013.
This morning, Asphalt & Rubber and other members of the English-speaking press were treated to a teleconference with Marc Marquez,…
Piaggio Group Americas is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Moto Guzzi Griso, Moto Guzzi Norge, and Moto Guzzi Stelvio motorcycles…
It seems Erik Buell Racing has been thinking about alternative-fuel vehicles, as the company from East Troy had filed and…
One of the great joys of private testing in the MotoGP class is the lack of media control and censorship…
The news that Cal Crutchlow has signed a two-year deal with Ducati led to howls of despair from MotoGP fans, especially among those in the UK. Why, they asked, would Crutchlow willingly leave the Tech 3 Yamaha team and the as-near-factory-as-possible M1 to take on the miserable task of taming the Ducati? It is a case study of the complex thought process that lies behind the decisions a rider must make when steering his career. With so little time spent at their peak, and so many factors outside of their control, the decisions a rider makes are not as clear-cut and simple as the fans would like them to be.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnLS3soHnMI Congratulations on making it to Friday. For some, the journey to the end of the work week was tougher…
After the Second Lebanon War, Eli Beer pondered the same questions while living in Israel, and subsequently started United Hatzlah — a motorcycle-based group of emergency first-responders. Doing a TED Talk at TEDMED 2013, Beer speaks about the advantages of two-wheeled first-responders, and the strides his organization has made in bringing stabilizing treatments to injured persons. The paramedics-on-motorbikes model isn’t unique, and can be found in many European metropolitans, though it is a bit of rarity here in the United States. With United Hatzlah averaging a sub-three minute response time, (the group aims for a 90 second response window), we think TED’s tagline is appropriate: this is an idea worth sharing.
The FIM has confirmed changes to the World Superbike Championship for the 2014 season and onward. Following in the footsteps of the MotoGP Championship, WSBK will go to an eight-engine allocation, have a limited number of gear ratios, as well as price caps on brake and suspension pieces. Pretty standard fare. More intriguing though is the announcement by the FIM that WSBK will have a sub-category: the EVO class. British motorbike race fans will find the term familiar but for the rest of us, the distinction is simple. The WSBK EVO class will follow the same rules as the standard WSBK-spec machine in regards to chassis, suspension, and braking components, but will follow the FIM Superstock rules when it comes to engines and electronic systems.
It’s been a while since we reported on the eRoadRacing World Cup series, the love child merger of the TTXGP…
Erik Buell Racing continues to tease its upcoming models on the company’s Facebook page, and to compliment the two-seater ass…
