After decades of bikes with a combustion engine as their very soul, the notion of an electric Ducati may be unacceptable to many fans. Significantly after Ducati VP for Global Sales, Francesca Milicia, backtracked on an earlier commitment for an EV motorcycle from the Borgo Panigale factory. “Will we produce an electric Ducati soon? No. […]
“The sexiest BMW motorcycle ever, the mythological R7,” Forbes. Nmoto Studio in Miami Gardens, Florida, as-built the Nmoto Nostalgia motorcycle in an ambitious throwback to capture the essence of the legendary German prototype – the 1934 BMW R7. The BMW R7, designed in 1934 with a 750 cc overhead-valve engine, is considered by many classic […]
TT Legend Guy Martin pilots the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner to 274.2 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats The Triumph Rocket Streamliner become the world’s fastest ever Triumph on August 10, 2016 by achieving a speed of 274.2 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Piloted by TT legend Guy Martin, the streamliner smashed the previous […]
Walt Siegl dropped out of art school in his native Austria when he was 19 years old to joined a road racing team. He then worked in France, Germany, Italy, before landing a job with the Austrian Foreign Service in New York City. N.Y. is where Siegl started building motorcycles in the evenings after work. […]
Named after Karl Heinrich the German fuel tank designer, the bespoke BMW R nine motorcycle was designed by custom builders Deus Ex Machina. Emphasis was placed on the fuel tank, a work of art in itself, with an internal labyrinth of alloy channels to offset the considerable fuel load. Atop the tank you’ll find a […]
Deus ex Machina meaning “god from the machine”. The term has evolved to mean a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability or object. Founded in 2005, Deus ex Machina roared into Australia’s cultural consciousness in 2006, with […]
The 2015 California 1400 Touring is a treat for both rider and onlooker. In the 1970’s the LAPD selected the Moto Guzzi V7 Police over Harley Davidson to be the agencies patrol bike. Today the Moto Guzzi maintains the lineage with the California 1400. Available in both custom and touring editions. These hand built bikes […]
The aspirations of BMW Motorrad with regard to future generations of boxer-powered roadsters take concrete, emotionally charged shape at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2014 in the form of the BMW Concept Roadster. The BMW Concept Roadster is a typical BMW roadster with a powerful 2-cylinder boxer engine generating 92 kW (125 bhp) at 7,750 rpm from […]
The new Vespa Primavera begins with an advanced streamlined look, whose key elements echo the stylish exclusive image of the new Vespa 946. The distinguishing feature is the new body, with a host of new features and even greater end quality. More space between the handlebar and the saddle, and the new saddle height for […]
The Royal Enfield Bullet was originally a British overhead valve single cylinder four-stroke motorcycle made by Royal Enfield in Redditch, West Midlands, but is now produced by Royal Enfield Motors, the successor to the British company, at Chennai, Tamil Nadu in India. The Bullet has evolved from a four-valve engine with exposed valve-gear to the […]
