Honda takes the CB750 Hornet into model year 2027 technically unchanged and only revises the color range. Four new two-tone combinations are available, but not every market gets all four.
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The 490 RC is set to become the smallest model in KTM’s new sport range. More recent information shows that it is not based on the 450 RC sold in China, but on a purpose-developed twin-cylinder platform.
From 8 September, Canada is charging a 50 percent tariff on motorcycles from the US as soon as the combustion engine measures more than 800 cubic centimetres. Neither Harley-Davidson nor Indian currently has a model in its range that stays below that threshold.
ZXMoto founder Zhang Xue is working on a five-cylinder engine in a V configuration with around 1,000 cc. Between the official announcement and the figures circulating about it, however, lies a wide gap.
Suzuki Germany is marking its 50th anniversary with two limited-run naked bikes. The GSX-8S Special Edition and the GSX-S1000 Special Edition each come in a run of 50 units, both with retro graphics and a package of genuine accessories.
The first test drives for a driverless taxi service begin in Munich in the coming weeks, and other operators are already on the road there. For motorcyclists that pushes one question to the front, and there is still no solid European answer to it: how reliably does this technology detect a single-track vehicle?
Spain’s traffic authority DGT now has 130 Veloláser devices in service, barely bigger than a forearm and working without a flash. Anyone riding through Spain on holiday should know how these devices measure, where they are placed and which new systems are being added in 2026 and 2027.
On the outskirts of Piacenza in northern Italy, motorcyclists are once again racing illegally at night, arranged via social networks and with an audience at the roadside. The latest incident at Montale shows that a problem the region already faced years ago is back.
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