The Spanish heritage brand Bultaco is building motorcycles again, and the first new model is called the Rally GT 300 and costs 3,999 euros. The lightweight enduro is not built in Catalonia, however, but in China, and it is based on a machine that has been available there for some time.
Fabio Quartararo no longer wants to help Yamaha with development for 2027 in their final year together. By his own account, the trigger is the manufacturer’s refusal to let him ride at the Pirelli test in Austria.
After the severe earthquake in Kyushu, Honda has been building complete motorcycles at its Kumamoto plant again since 24 August. The group’s most important two-wheeler factory in Japan stood still for around four weeks.
South Australia’s Premier Peter Malinauskas has presented the revised design of the Adelaide Street Circuit, which is to host the Australian Grand Prix from 2027. Compared with the first plan from February, the track has become shorter, has three corners fewer and runs completely differently at one decisive point.
The ZXMoto 820X has been granted type approval and turns out different from the model shown at EICMA in November 2025. The documents list 116 hp, 218 kg and a wheelbase well above that of the concept.
In Denmark it is prohibited to ride a motorcycle between waiting rows of cars. An association with close to 30,000 members wants to change that and is meeting clear resistance.
Two motorcyclists from the United States turned the trace of their navigation devices into a pen and drew the lettering „WRWR 2026“ right across the North American continent. Guinness World Records recognised the ride as the largest coordinated GPS drawing ever completed by a motorcycle duo.
A 19-year-old led police on a chase through Los Angeles for more than an hour, interrupted by two fuel stops and several phone calls. It ended with an arrest inside a recycling bin, and the suspicion that had triggered the whole pursuit could not be confirmed.
