The Latest Breaking News from RideApart

There's something to be said about first-year products. Doesn't matter who they're from, nor how good ramping up production goes, there's always something that seemingly occurs when you're putting together something at scale for the first time. 

Without a doubt, times have been tough for Arctic Cat over the past year or longer. But is there a ray of sunshine starting to peek out from behind the clouds?

Allegations have arisen from H Partners Management, one of Harley-Davidson's biggest investors and the leader of its current boardroom infighting, that retiring CEO Jochen Zeitz and board directors Thomas Linebarger and Sara Levinson are holding "secret" meetings with select shareholders ahead of next week's annual shareholder meeting. 

What do you want out of a small-displacement commuter bike? Now, they aren't for everyone, but there's no denying that they aren't daily rides for a whole lot of people. Honda, quite naturally, knows and cultivates this fact.