August is a month that’s typically right in middle of new motorcycle announcement season. In most years, motorcycle manufacturers will have already started to announce some of next year’s models by now—and in that, 2023 is no exception. Another thing that’s true of this time of year is that we’ll have several calendar dates to look forward to for the bigger new bike announcements of the season—typically leading up to EICMA in November, when most OEMs bring out their shiniest new bikes for the world to see.
While those calendar dates are nice, of course, it’s also fun to see what clues we can put together before the official announcements are made. If you’re the type of person who likes a good puzzle, then digging into official documents, like the Executive Orders issued by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) can be a plentiful source of interesting documents to consider.
