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[UPDATED] The Motorcycle Industry Will Be Seriously Affected By KTM's Insolvency, Here's Why

[UPDATE, January 13, 2025: As AKV predicted would happen in a previous communication with RideApart, two more Pierer Mobility subsidiaries have now declared insolvency in Austria. They are: Avocodo GmbH and Pierer E-Commerce GmbH. Avocodo is mainly responsible for software services, including dealer and customer portal and website operation and maintenance.…

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The Case Against Adding Horsepower to Already Great Motorcycles

Maybe my age is finally showing? Maybe I've finally wised up? Or maybe, just maybe, I've learned what the secret to everything really is? No, not 42, that's a different secret.I'm not sure what the case is, but what I've come to learn is that horsepower, that all-important figure that…

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This Chinese Motorcycle Brand Wants To Be a Full-On Powersports Manufacturer

Up until now, the powersports industry continues to be dominated mainly by Japanese, European, and American companies. You know, big names like Yamaha, Ducati, and Polaris—each of which are top players in their own respective games. But recent years have seen the rise of Chinese manufacturers.

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Bagger Racing Is Coming To Europe, But This One Isn't King of the Baggers

Earlier this year, which is set to close tomorrow as I write this, Harley-Davidson held a "test" with Dorna that wasn't really a test of anything. It was just...a thing. And a weird thing at that.However, what it showed was that there's an appetite for one of the best forms of…

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What Exactly Is This New EV Can-Am Motorcycle Patent We Found?

We know Can-Am has at least two more platforms to place its ingenious liquid-cooled electric motorcycle powertrain into. The shape these platforms will take remains to be seen. But we've just found a patent that could show us what the next motorcycle from the Canadian manufacturer will look like.The problem is,…

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A Ducati Panigale V4 Is Clearly the Right Bike For Frozen Dune Rides

When you think about your perfect dune weapon, what comes to mind?No matter what your answer is, I'm guessing it probably doesn't contain the words "Ducati" and "Panigale" and "V4," or any combination thereof. And yet, that's exactly why it's the next weapon of choice for Matt "Let's Make All…

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New San Diego Law Stops Children Under 12 From Riding E-Bikes

If you live in San Diego and you're about to hit "Buy Now" on an e-bike for someone who's under 12 years old, stop now. A new California law, AB 2234, will support a ban on children under 12 from riding e-bikes, and it's coming into effect during the first…

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Leatt’s New Adventure Motorcycle Helmet Is Essentially Two Helmets In One

For motocross, enduro, and even mountain bike enthusiasts, the name Leatt will certainly ring a bell. In fact, Leatt has become something of a household name in off-road powersports, protecting riders from head to toe with cutting-edge safety tech.That being said, Leatt’s looking to broaden its horizons, and it’s doing…

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Doug Duren Wants You To Remember It's Our Turn To Take Care Of This Land

Caring about the future these days feels like it’s in short supply. Thinking about what happens to the world around us after we’re gone is even rarer. And doing good, leaving the world better...well, I can count on one hand the people who hope to do just that. I don't mean…

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Watch a Yamaha R1M Drag Race an EV Porsche and Turbocharged Hybrid Ferrari

There was a time when a motorcyclist's go-to ego booster was destroying a car in a drag race that cost 10 times the price of his/her bike. You can head out and pick up a 2025 Yamaha R1 for a shade less than $19,000, and it'll have almost a 1:1 power-to-weight…

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Harley-Davidson's Customers Might've Got Hacked

It's been a year for Harley-Davidson. Like, it's been a hard year. The Motor Co's stock has tumbled. Its CEO has fought claims of being woke and caved to outside pressure even though it's the most un-woke company around. It's losing business because it's so anti-woke, in fact. LiveWire has burned through…

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Three Investors Show Interest In KTM, and You Know Two of Them Already

We've been told since we were kids that three is a magic number. Will it work out that way for KTM, though?The report from its restructuring administrator, Alpenländischer Kreditorenverband Europa (AKV), contains a number of important details. While we've primarily been talking about KTM AG (the motorcycle manufacturer), they're one of…

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Kove Wants In On the Cruiser Game With the KY600 Lancer

In recent years, we’ve seen lots of new motorcycles emerge from China. And while some of them, such as the CFMoto Ibex 450, are signs that Chinese bikes are indeed getting better, others continue to embody the knockoff stereotype made-in-China bikes have become associated with over the years.

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Watch A Gorgeous Hand-Painted Custom HJC RPHA 1 Design Come To Life

There's nothing quite like a motorcycle helmet design that speaks to you, is there? If you haven't had it happen yet, don't worry. Keep looking around, and you will. Or maybe you need to hasten the process and get the custom design of your dreams applied to your favorite helmet.Take,…

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This French ATV Has a Freakin' Laser Beam!

"You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now, evidently, my cycloptic colleague informs me that that can't be done."

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Is the GSX-R600 Coming Back? All Signs Point To “Yes”

It could be time for pure supersport lovers to rejoice. One by one, the great supersports of our time fell: the CBR600RR, R6, ZX6R, and GSX-R600. Well, technically, some of these bikes continued to be produced and sold in a few countries—the US being one—but development essentially ceased.Sportbikes need to…

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This Supercharged Kawasaki H2R F1 Car Isn't Real, But I Wish It Was

Without a doubt, some pranks are better than others. Some are just totally hilarious, well-executed, or both. And some pranks just won't leave your brain alone, prompting you to think about them long after the moment is over. For Día de Los Inocentes 2024, Kawasaki España hit the latter note with an absolute…

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Villainous Motorcycle Rider 'Lobo' Is Finally Coming to the Big Screen In 'Supergirl'

Jason Momoa finally got his wish. The actor, best known for his turns in Stargate: Atlantis (my personal favorite Momoa role), Game of Thrones, Baywatch: Hawaii, as DC's Aquaman, as well as being a massive motorcycle enthusiast, is heading back to the DC comics universe, albeit this time in the form…

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Honda Sets Sights On India For Full-Scale Electric Domination

Honda has been enjoying quite a lot of success in recent years. For instance, in 2023 alone, the company sold more than 18.8 million motorcycles, making it one of the biggest motorcycle manufacturers on the face of the earth. The reason why it’s so big is because unlike in the US,…

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KTM Will Quit MotoGP After All

Are you good in a crisis?If you are, then you already know at least two things. One is that there are near-term plans and there are long-term plans. And you have to successfully prioritize both types of things if you're going to make it through the problem. The second thing…

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Travis Pastrana Challenges the Entire Block Family to a UTV Race, Hijinks Ensue

There are two great houses of off-road, at least for my generation of those who consumed MTV before it went to just airing Ridiculousness. Those houses are the Pastranas and the Blocks. For me, watching those two growing up, and later interviewing and hanging out with both Travis and Ken, are…

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Moto Chariot Santa is Best Santa, I Won't Be Taking Any Questions

What's the most important thing you remember learning about Santa? It's that he needs to get presents to the good boys and girls by any means necessary, right? That's how I remember it, anyway. Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat ,nor gloom of night stays Santa from the swift completion…

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What the Hell Is Going On In This Indian Military Motorcycle Parade?

I've watched this video at least 10 times through at this point, and I still don't understand anything going on. According to the description, it's of a recently held military parade in India. And, you know, you'd think it be of drones and tanks and other military-industrial complex-type hardware. I expected…

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Hero Needs To Bring Us The Harley Pan America 440 Of Our Dreams

Just ahead of the new year, Hero MotoCorp filed new securities exchange documents saying that it's extending its partnership with Harley-Davidson, on both development and manufacturing of motorcycles. Some will be related to the existing X440, of course, but a new motorcycle is also included in its plans.At this point,…

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Harley's X440 Is Doing So Well, Hero's Going To Make Even More Harleys

Without question, Harley-Davidson is one of the most readily recognized brand names in the world. It's right up there with Mickey Mouse, and it doesn't even have a friendly-faced cartoon mascot. Still, when Harley first partnered with Indian motorcycle juggernaut Hero MotoCorp back in 2020, no one knew exactly how…

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