Italy’s government wants to oblige drivers in traffic jams to clear a corridor for motorcycles and allow motorcycles onto the hard shoulder when traffic backs up. Nothing has been adopted yet, and the corridor will by no means be mandatory on every road.
Marc Marquez has won the last MotoGP sprint at Phillip Island and reclaimed the championship lead. His title rival Jorge Martin crashed out of second place and will miss Sunday’s Grand Prix with a fracture in his right forearm.
Derbyshire is the first county in England to guide motorcyclists through bends with the PRIME gates known from Scotland. The first two routes have been marked, and five more have already been approved.
Yamaha brings the MT-125 visually into line with the larger Hyper Naked models MT-07 and MT-09. Under the new bodywork, the familiar technology carries over, and the price in Germany is 5,949 euros.
After almost nine years, Bridgestone is replacing its Battlax Adventure A41 adventure bike tyre. The new A42 is said to offer more grip in the wet, last longer and run more quietly, but it will launch in 2027 in only some of the sizes.
Since the end of June 2026, police in England and Wales can seize motorcycles immediately for anti-social riding, without issuing a warning first. At the same time, owners have much less time to recover their vehicle before it can be disposed of.
Police counted ten accidents by the end of September 2026 on the section of the B62 between Afholderbach and the Kronprinzeneiche, compared with just one in 2022. Two more demanding motorcycle roads nearby barely appear in the statistics.
For a year now, rumble strips on the twisty country road between Zella-Mehlis and Oberhof have been meant to slow down speeders on two wheels. The results are mixed, and in November the accident commission will decide what happens to the strips next.
