Royal Enfield has brought its own development centre for electric drivetrains into operation at the Tiruvottiyur plant near Chennai. According to the company, around 6 million euros (7 million US dollars) went into labs, test benches and a new assembly line.
In August the grain harvest is in full swing, with combine harvesters and tractors shuttling between field and farm. For motorcyclists the machines themselves are less of a problem than what they leave behind on the asphalt.
Günther Steiner expects MotoGP to take a small step back with the new 850 cc engines before two steps forward follow. Test rider Pol Espargaro even reckons the pecking order among the riders could shift considerably.
There will be no through-traffic ban at the Gardena Pass from 1 September 2026 after all. Instead of barriers and fines, a purely digital test phase begins, and its results are meant to help decide the rules from 2027.
Honda is developing a 900 cc V3 engine with an electric compressor, and the next Africa Twin is seen as a strong candidate for that drivetrain. On paper, the familiar adventure bike would become an Africa Triple.
For a good three years, a barrier came down on the Borgloher Straße near Georgsmarienhütte on selected weekends to reduce motorcycle noise. In response to an enquiry by Motorcycles.News, the district authority and the ministry now state that the measure had no measurable effect and that no documentation of the trial exists.
A British analysis of 15,247 trauma patients compares e-scooters, motorcycles and bicycles in a single data set for the first time. The result is considerably less favourable for the scooter than for the motorcycle, yet the figures do not mean what the headlines suggest.
In Rome, more and more scooters and motorcycles are cutting out shortly after refuelling. Workshops are finding water and dirt in the fuel, and the finance police have now launched large-scale inspections at filling stations in the capital.
