Honda HRC Progressive is auctioning the plastics the team raced at the SMX playoff in Carson. All proceeds go to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, which fights brain tumors in children.
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MotoGP is overhauling its race weekend from 2027: the Sprint gets its own qualifying session on Friday, and the Warm-up on Sunday is dropped. This changes the schedule on all three days, and riders will have less free practice time in the very year of the new 850s.
Serious motorcycle crashes keep happening at the so-called Applauskurve on the B62 near Netphen. Now the accident commission is to decide at a special meeting whether motorcyclists there will face further restrictions, up to and including a ban.
A bill in New York State aims to ban the sale of fast e-motos entirely. Registrable electric dirt bikes would then no longer be available online, only from registered local dealers.
The BMW Motorrad Days will not take place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2027, even though the date on the first weekend of July had already been set. BMW Motorrad is realigning the concept and will focus on regional meetings in international markets in future.
From early October, seven new posters from the road safety campaign “Runter vom Gas” (Slow Down) will be displayed along German autobahns, painted by girls aged between nine and twelve. Behind the designs lies a months-long selection process in which drastic alternatives and AI-generated drafts ultimately played no role.
On the twisty L698 over the Kohlberg between Altena-Dahle and Neuenrade, residents have been complaining about noise and excessive speed for years. The CDU group on Altena’s town council wants to change that with a ten-point plan ranging from new speed limits to a fixed speed camera.
After four fatal motorcycle crashes this year, authorities, municipalities and police in Baden-Baden have agreed on a joint package of measures for the Black Forest High Road. More checks with drones and unmarked vehicles are planned, while logbook orders, one-way systems and the confiscation of motorcycles are also being examined.
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