Europe Is Treating Indian Motorcycle Well Whereas the Americas aren't great news for the iconic American brand, Indian Motorcycle's European sales have seen some positive growth. RideApart · Oct 13
Indian Motorcycle's Executives Want to Focus on Cruisers and Baggers. But Is That Enough? At EICMA, Indian Motorcycle's Ben Lindaman said they want to focus on the brand's core cruiser and bagger lineup. But in today's market, is that enough? RideApart · Nov 19, 2025
Motorcycling Is Alive and Well, As This Massive Show's Attendance Proved The 82nd edition of EICMA hosted a record number of attendees in 2025, proving that motorcycles are still awesome. RideApart · Nov 14, 2025
MV Agusta Built a 5-Cylinder Motorcycle Engine That's a Trapezoid? MV Agusta quietly debuted a concept engine at EICMA to little fanfare, but it's a wild 5-cylinder square/trapezoid engine that could likely make production. RideApart · Nov 11, 2025
The 2026 Brutale Is MV Agusta’s Interpretation of the Perfect Naked Bike The latest Brutale keeps its raw DNA but adds smarter tech, smoother power delivery, and more everyday usability. RideApart · Nov 10, 2025
Yamaha Gives Us Two Surprises At EICMA, and One Of Them Is An Upgraded Sportbike Along with the refreshed YZF-R7, Yamaha has also launched the accessible WR125R dual-sport at EICMA, both of which are set to enter the US market in 2026. RideApart · Nov 6, 2025
Norton's New Atlas and Manx Families Just Revealed at EICMA, And We're Live On the Scene Our own Robbie Bacon is on the show floor right now, getting all the goods to tell you everything you want to know. Got any questions for him? RideApart · Nov 5, 2025
CFMoto Just Overtook Ducati, KTM, and Suzuki In France. Here’s Why It Matters CFMoto has outsold some of the biggest names in the motorcycle market in France, hinting at even faster growth in the near future. RideApart · Oct 16, 2025
MV Agusta’s Fourth-Generation Brutale Promises To Be Better Than Ever, Just Wait for EICMA One of the most beautiful examples of Italian design, the MV Agusta Brutale, is getting major updates, and all will be revealed at EICMA. RideApart · Oct 6, 2025
Honda's Wild V3 Engine Gets One Step Closer To Reality, Trademark Filing Shows Honda may or may not be doing it on purpose, but all the breadcrumbs it's dotting the trails with about its V3R engine concept are utterly tantalizing. First, there was the EICMA reveal, which people (including us, of course) oohed and aahed over for weeks. And then we had a… RideApart · Apr 18, 2025
Aprilia’s RX and SX 125 Make Sense For Both Beginners And Seasoned Riders The concept of a beginner bike differs vastly for many people. There are tons of variables when it comes to your “ideal” beginner bike. What type of riding do you plan on doing? Who do you plan on riding with? Where in the world are you from? All these and… RideApart · Jan 6, 2025
Does CFMoto's New V4 Engine Point to a MotoGP Campaign? I'm going to don a tinfoil hat right now—it's actually a blaze orange rifle hunting cap—because the following theory I've conjured up is pretty wild. Well, maybe not. What I've actually cooked up is based on a few key facts that I think lend some credence to this theory, so… RideApart · Dec 26, 2024
KTM Has an Entire Year's Worth of Unsold Motorcycles Piling Up I don't know if you've heard, but KTM is in some serious trouble. Aside from layoffs, insolvency hearings, MotoGP development pauses, and a culling of the board, it really hasn't sold all that many motorcycles over the last year. How many hasn't it sold you ask? How does a year's worth… RideApart · Dec 21, 2024
Everything Old Is New Again, So Is Honda Resurrecting The GB500 Badge? Remember the GB500 Tourist Trophy?It's OK if you don't. Maybe even fellow Honda nerds don't remember this one. But I happen to agree with former RideApart writer Zac, who wrote this piece a few years back: It was a retro bike ahead of its time. And it's far from the… RideApart · Nov 25, 2024
RideApart · Nov 18, 2024 EICMA’s Stellar Attendance Is Proof That The Moto Industry Is Alive And Well If you’ve been keeping abreast with the motorcycle industry recently, you’d notice that there have been quite a few motorcycle manufacturers that have been struggling to stay afloat. Pair that with the number of EV motorcycle startups that have gone under, and it can be easy to be misled into…
RideApart · Nov 14, 2024 Can’t Afford A Ducati Streetfighter V2? Moto Morini’s Corsaro Might Be For You I can’t stress this enough, but the middleweight segment’s clearly where it’s at right now. It doesn’t matter whether you’re into sportbikes, naked bikes, adventure bikes, or sport-tourers, nearly all manufacturers have been setting the 650cc to 900cc class on fire.
RideApart · Nov 14, 2024 New Fantic Imola Looks Like a Padawan Superbike Rider’s Dream Come True For many of us, motorcycling is so much more than just a means of getting around. Heck, it’s so much more than just a hobby or pastime, either. For me and for many others I’m sure, motorcycling is a passion and a lifestyle—perhaps even a religion.
RideApart · Nov 11, 2024 Moto Morini’s Calibro Motorcycle Proves Cruisers Don’t Need Humongous Engines Imagine this: you’re a die-hard cruiser rider who’s fallen on tough times. You scrounge pennies on the dime to keep riding your $30,000 Harley-Davidson Road King, all while covering life essentials such as rent, taxes, and a generally higher cost of living. Deep in your heart, you’re a die-hard cruiser…
RideApart · Nov 8, 2024 You Can't Fool Me, That's No Fiat 500e! The Fiat 500 was designed to navigate narrow city streets, offering diminutive transportation with timeless style to the masses. And honestly, it's not at all difficult to understand why an electric version of the 500 needed to happen. But what if you don't want a 500e with four wheels? That's apparently…
RideApart · Nov 8, 2024 Lambretta J StarWave Isn't A New Transformer, It's a Stylish Scooter If you'd like a little space-age optimism in your scooter design, look no further than the latest from Lambretta, the J StarWave. Finished in a cool, ice-blue color scheme with sweet silver and chrome details and a cream-colored saddle, the lines are decidedly more Jetsons than those of a certain…
RideApart · Nov 8, 2024 Sigh, Honda’s Totally Badass New EV Motorcycles Don’t Get Swappable Batteries Having owned bikes from manufacturers from several countries—Austria, Italy, the UK, Japan, India, and yes, even China—I can unbiasedly say that the Japanese just have a knack for reliability and dependability.And sure, their bikes aren’t the flashiest, neither are they the most performance-oriented. Yet, there’s just something about sleeping easy…
RideApart · Nov 8, 2024 Fantic’s New Stealth Naked Streetfighter Reminds Me Of the Ducati MH900e Listen, now I know this might seem like a stretch, but hear me out. The new Stealth 125 and 500 naked bikes from Italian brand Fantic sort of remind me of the Ducati MH900e. For those unfamiliar, the MH900e just has to be one of the most radically styled bikes…
RideApart · Nov 7, 2024 Honda Sorta Updated the Transalp Off-Roader, But I Wish They'd Have Gone Harder Honda pretty much knocked the Transalp out of the park from the get-go. I was on the initial press launch, held on the positively slippery, treacherous, and somewhat terrifying trails of the Pennsylvania Wilds BDR/X, and was blown away by how capable the middle-weight off-roader was straight out of the box.…
RideApart · Nov 7, 2024 Will LiveWire's Partnership with Kymco Finally Put It On The Right Path? If you've been following the LiveWire saga for a good amount of time, you might recall that when parent company Harley-Davidson spun it off into its own entity, the newly-fledged EV bike maker simultaneously announced a partnership deal with Kymco. The formal announcement came at the end of 2021, and the…
RideApart · Nov 5, 2024 BMW's New Adventure Motorcycle Concept Is Small, and Possibly Perfect While the world's on fire for a lot of folks, whether it's dealing with catastrophic flooding, governments stealing land, or dealing with financial turmoil, there is a glimmer of hope in the darkness. A ray of sunshine to pierce the veil of darkness and bring light and joy back into…