Where Is The Motorcycle Going? Is the future grand for two wheels?

EICMA 2012 Highlights

Big motorcycle shows like EICMA always raise the big questions. It was easy to answer them at similar shows held right after WWII: People needed transportation, they needed it cheap and they needed it now, and motorcycles were the answer. Today, it’s harder. Before the present economic downturn, motorcycling had enjoyed its longest-ever boom years; [...]

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Ten New Motorcycles We’re Dying To Ride In 2013 Milan shows motorcycle industry is on the upswing.

Aprilia Caponord 1200

Large press conferences from Honda and Ducati held right before EICMA 2012 may have stolen a bit of the thunder from Milan’s annual motorcycle show, but we still came away impressed with the variety of significant new bikes on display. Although finding the 10 motorcycles that we’d most like to ride in 2013 certainly qualifies [...]

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2013 KTM 390 Duke – First Look A little roadster with big performance.

2013 KTM 390 Duke

KTM has pleasantly surprised fans of lightweight streetbikes with its announcement of the 390 Duke, a bike that promises to be the meanest little beast one can buy for less than 5000 euros ($6400 U.S. at presstime). KTM’s engineers have shoehorned a 390cc, 44-horsepower Single into the compact but strong frame of the 125/200 Duke [...]

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Bored models They can’t always strike a pose.

motorcycle model

If you have ever been to the EICMA show in Milan, you can’t help but notice the dozens of beautiful models. This year, there must have been one sitting on every bike in every booth. Some of them attract more attention than the motorcycles; others look like they would rather be somewhere else. Until you [...]

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One World. One BMW R 1200 GS Tour

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BMW Group Press Release: The debut of the new R 1200 GS touring enduro opens up a new chapter of the GS legend. For over 30 years, the “BMW GS” concept has represented adventure. This is particularly true for the GS motorcycles with boxer engines. The “Big GS” bikes can be used to discover the [...]

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AIME: Italian Trade Commission Inks Deal With American Expo

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AIME Press Release: The American International Motorcycle Expo added significantly to its strong foundation with today’s major announcement of the signing of a formal agreement between Marketplace Events and the Italian Trade Commission at the opening day of Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori 2013 in Milan, Italy. The new partnership positions the ITC as [...]

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