Husqvarna and GasGas have extended their recall for Braktec brake calipers to all markets. The list of models is considerably longer than in the previous North American campaign.
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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.
Honda so far offers the WN7 in Australia exclusively on subscription, with a fixed term and limited numbers. The move shows how manufacturers want to work around the biggest weak point of electric motorcycles: the unclear resale value.
Around eleven weeks after her serious sidecar crash at the Tourist Trophy, Maria Costello was back at a circuit for the first time. The Briton visited the British Superbike Championship round at Thruxton on Saturday and afterwards spoke about a day that, in her own words, took a lot out of her.
US regulatory documents list a BMW M 1000 RS for the 2027 model year that does not yet appear in any model range. It is set to take over the M 1000 RR’s engine, but with a different focus than the superbike.
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.
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.
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.
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