This $1,000 'Doctor Doom' Bike Is Helping TVS Plot Motorcycle World Domination This $1,000 'Doctor Doom'-themed commuter shows how TVS uses mass-market bikes to fund Norton, BMW, and premium expansion. RideApart · Aug 6
Insta360’s Paris Pop-up Cycling Event Was Crazy Good. Please Make One for Motorcyclists Imagine an Insta360 cycling event in Paris, where you get to do hands-on workshops with experts before taking on a Tour de France-inspired ride. Now imagine it with motorcycles. RideApart · Aug 6
Yamaha Is Doing Better Because Of Its Motorcycles In the first half of 2026, Yamaha Motor Corporation's business is being led by its motorcycle division, even though things like US tariffs had an impact. RideApart · Aug 6
This EV Motorcycle Startup Shows That Substance Over Style Matters, Continues Profitability While other EV motorcycle startups have floundered, failed, or downright evaporated before anything hit the market, Stark Futures focused on delivering a product and that's made it the one profitable EV motorcycle manufacturer around. RideApart · Aug 6
Janus Just Made Its Most American Motorcycle Less Chinese Janus is moving the Halcyon 450’s engine production from China to Taiwan in a major supply-chain shift for its handmade American motorcycle. RideApart · Aug 6
Yamaha Will Finally Bring Its Coolest Motorcycle Stateside The wait is over; it looks like Yamaha is finally bringing the XSR900 GP to the US. RideApart · Aug 5
Take A Look At This Incredibly Rare Japanese Single-Cylinder Race Motorcycle And Tell Me You Don't Want One This is the Ikuzawa TH1R, and it's a labor of love by a lifelong motorcycle and motorsport fan who brought his passion into multiple aspects of racing. RideApart · Aug 5
TVS Isn’t Just Winning India, It’s Building A Global Motorcycle Empire TVS just crossed 600,000 monthly motorcycle sales, but the real story is how it's becoming one of the industry's most diversified manufacturers. RideApart · Aug 5
Amazon Wants to Connect Your Phone Everywhere, Whether You Want Them To Or Not Amazon aims to launch a satellite service that aims to connect your phone everywhere. It would basically kill handheld GPS systems in favor of your phone. RideApart · Aug 5
This Polaris Is Trusted By 50 Militaries, And Belgium Just Bought $10 Million Worth of Them Belgium has ordered $10.6 million worth of Polaris MRZR D4 tactical vehicles, adding another NATO customer to the military off-roader's growing resume. RideApart · Aug 5
There Was a Massive Decline In Stolen Powersport Vehicles Last Year A new report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) found that 2025 saw a staggering 20% drop in recreational vehicle thefts. However, most remained unrecovered. RideApart · Aug 5
Yamaha Is Killing Parts of Its Side-By-Side Business, Not Completely Axing It Yamaha Motor Corporation announced plans to seriously revamp how it handles its Outdoor Land Vehicle business, particularly side-by-side production in Georgia. RideApart · Aug 5
Polaris' New UTV Has More Horsepower Than Subaru's WRX. Rally Nerds, Rejoice The 2027 Polaris RZR Pro R Boost might have a silly name, but it represents the most powerful production UTV ever built, with a turbocharged engine producing a staggering 275 horsepower sent to all four wheels. RideApart · Aug 4
Sidecar Racing May Return To The Isle Of Man TT Next Year After Two Horrific Accidents After some truly scary sidecar crashes during qualifying in 2026, organizers canceled the entire class and embarked on a review. Here's the first report. RideApart · Aug 4
RideApart · Aug 4 Kawasaki Unveils 2-Seater Teryx H2 UTV. It's Still Supercharged Insanity Kawasaki has unveiled the 2-seater version of its supercharged Teryx H2 UTV, complete with the same 250 horsepower as the 4-door version, but with less weight.
RideApart · Aug 4 BMW Layoffs Are Coming. Though Unclear If It Will Affect Motorrad After a modest year-over-year drop in motorcycle sales, BMW reported its automotive business was harder hit. As such, the company is taking measures to right its finances with layoffs already being worked out with its union.
RideApart · Aug 4 VinFast’s Cars Got Roasted. Will Its Scooters Save The Brand? VinFast is expanding its electric scooter lineup across Southeast Asia, but these cheap EVs could also unlock a niche US opportunity.
RideApart · Aug 4 The Superbike Factory Story Seems To Get Uglier, As Told By A Branch Manager If you want to know what a company's day-to-day is really like, you talk to its everyday employees, not the top brass. They're the ones that are in it.
RideApart · Aug 4 James May’s Honda Fireblade Is Up For Auction. And Captain Slow Clearly Has A Type Top Gear's James May, aka Captain Slow, once owned this old Honda Fireblade, a 160-mile-per-hour superbike with celebrity history, recent servicing, and a reasonable price. Now you can own it, too.
RideApart · Aug 4 Italian Investment Firm Trying to Buy Ducati Confirms Ducati Isn't For Sale Patritalia S.p.A. is a relatively new investment firm aiming to repatriate Italian brands under foreign ownership, and recently alleged it put in a bid for Ducati. Now it claims to have proof it did, but also confirmed that Ducati wasn't for sale. That isn't stopping its campaign to buy Ducati.
RideApart · Aug 3 Sena Just Introduced A New Limited Lifetime Warranty. European Riders Get A Bonus It only applies to specific newer models of Sena motorcycle communications products, but if yours is included, it could come in useful!
RideApart · Aug 3 Is BMW Working on an M 1300 GS? All Signs Point to Yes It looks like we're about to get the first-ever BMW M 1300 GS motorcycle. Here's what we can tell from these spy shots.
RideApart · Aug 3 You Don't Need This Givi Accessory... Until You Actually Use It Givi's latest handlebar-mounted USB charger isn't flashy, but it may become one of the most useful accessories on your motorcycle.
RideApart · Aug 3 Channel Your Inner Gundam Pilot Next Time You Ride Your Motorcycle With This Collection Moto gear maker Kushitani teamed up with Strict-G once again on these official pieces of Gundam apparel, perfect for wearing under your gear.
RideApart · Aug 3 BMW's Motorcycle Division Profits Are Up While Its Automotive Side Readjusts BMW Group released its 2026 half-yearly report, and while motorcycle unit sales are down slightly year-on-year, profits there are modestly up, unlike the automotive side.