Ducati sends the Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak into the 2027 model year with a new livery in the style of its factory race bikes. Technically, everything stays the same, but the sporty crossover can be extensively customised straight from the factory.
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Since 2010, the Top 1 Ack Attack has held the absolute motorcycle speed record at 605.697 km/h. In October, Rocky Robinson wants to use it on the Salar de Uyuni to become the first motorcyclist to officially go faster than 400 mph.
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.
The UK government wants to bring modified motorcycles, scooters and mopeds under an emissions law for the first time, one that has so far only applied to cars, vans, lorries and buses. When asked, the Department for Transport confirmed in writing that it has no analysis or evidence of its own for this step.
The shape of the Vespa Primavera is now protected as a three-dimensional trade mark in all 27 member states of the European Union. Behind the decision lies a legal dispute that goes back more than ten years, during which the responsible EU authority had even temporarily overturned the Vespa protection.
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.
Since 21 September 2026, vehicle-and-trailer combinations with a towing vehicle of up to 3.5 tonnes no longer need e-TOLL in Poland. The new rule does not apply on every route, and anyone with credit left on their toll account has to act.
A 21-year-old motorcyclist from Münster has been given an eight-month suspended sentence by Rheine District Court. In April he fled from the police without a licence, without registration and without insurance cover, and the court confiscated his motorcycle.
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