The world of motorcycles is a robust one. There’s a motorcycle designed for pretty much every use out there. The companies selling bikes are trying to appeal to every area of the market from the folks who love to cruise to the racers to the adventurers.
Then there’s the custom bike scene. Geniuses, craftsmen, artists take motorcycles and turn them into rolling pieces of art.
I try to cover a little bit of it all. From the new bikes rolling off the production lines at the various motorcycle manufacturers to the littlest of custom shops and individuals tinkering around in their sheds.
Here are the main types of motorcycles I typically write about on this site.
Note that this isn’t an exhaustive list, and the article linked above about the different types of motorcycles will explain the full picture.
The fun doesn’t stop with the various types of motorcycles. There are also tons of brands that sell each type of motorcycle. I’ve written an article on the different motorcycle brands out there, and that should give you a pretty clear idea of what you’ll find.
Motorcycle type and the different brands matter a ton, but I often find myself and other riders classifying motorcycles by their engine size or displacement.
This is typically how the industry categorizes motorcycles. You’ll see a 250cc class, a 600cc class, etc. To learn more, check out my article on the various engine sizes out there in the world of motorcycles.
Lastly, I want to talk about the price of motorcycles. Everyone has to work in a budget, and you can buy a nice bike for very little money, but you can also spend a ton.
Price is a big deciding factor, and I would hope you take it into account. Here are my thoughts on motorcycles and their prices.
Below are the latest articles on various motorcycles.Â
BMW has some of the best touring motorcycles in the world with its 2022 BMW K1600 Models. The company has updated them for the new model year.
These updates are a fairly long-time coming because the bikes have not been updated since 2017.
The updates are to the engine and some minor features, but all of them have made the K1600 models better, at least on paper.
Continue reading “Updates for the 2022 BMW K1600 Models”Triumph is making the most of the Trident platform with the reveal of the 2022 Triumph Tiger Sport 660.
The motorcycle is the adventure sports model in the company’s lineup. This bike offers a sporty but adventure-ready design.
Triumph appears to have a winner on its hands with class-leading power, low cost of ownership, and an affordable MSRP of $9,295.
Continue reading “Check Out the 2022 Triumph Tiger Sport 660”Ducati recently revealed its new mid-size adventure touring machine, the Ducati Multistrada V2.
This bike replaces the Multistrada 950 and provides a new take on the mid-size Multistrada.
Ducati calls this “the ideal bike to fully enjoy every route, versatile in everyday use and in the city, always with the sportiness and unmistakable style that characterize every Ducati.”
Continue reading “Check Out the Ducati Multistrada V2”Automatic motorcycles aren’t huge sellers in the US, but there is a definite place in the market for gas-powered automatic motorcycles and that place is growing.
Electric motorcycles are a part of this, too, but at the moment, I’m just going to focus on gas-powered, internal combustion-engined motorcycles. I’m also going to avoid scooters. Here are some of the best scooters if you want to see those. So, in other words, Honda’s bikes.
So, without further ado, let’s dive into the five best automatic gas-powered automatic motorcycles you can buy.
Continue reading “The 5 Best Gas-Powered Automatic Motorcycles You Can Buy”Ernest Lee invites all Combat, Confederate, or Curtiss Warhawk motorcycle owners to join Combat Motors’ first America Tour.
The tour begins in Jacksonville, Florida, and follows the I10 corridor to Las Cruces, New Mexico, and then on to Las Vegas, Nevada, and then on to to the LA Auto Show.
The goal is to arrive at the show on November 18, 2021. This is a ride all the way across the southern United States.
Continue reading “Combat Motors Launches its First America Tour”In 2018, Curtiss Motorcycles (formerly Confederate) changed its name and stock symbol and stopped reporting numbers. That triggered the Caveat Emptor with OTC Markets.
Now the electric motorcycle company has reported two fiscal years’ worth of data.
With this update, the company expects the Caveat Emptor status to be withdrawn.
Continue reading “Curtiss Motorcycles Updated its OTC Filings”In an email, Scott Colosimo, CEO of LAND, stated that the company is ready to start production of its electric motorcycles.
This is very good news. I’m a huge fan of LAND and Scott’s. His former focus was Cleveland CycleWerks, but now he’s all-in on LAND.
Production will happen right here in the US. In Ohio, to be exact. The company secured funding to make this happen.
Continue reading “Electric Motorcycle Company LAND Is Ready to Start Production”The Zongshen Cyclone RA9 V-twin Concept made its debut at the CIMAMotor show in China.
For those of you unfamiliar with Zongshen, it’s the Chinese partner of the Piaggio Group.
Cyclone is the high-end arm of the company, and the RA9 V-twin concept is truly a sight the behold, looking more like a wild custom than a possible future production bike.
Continue reading “Check Out the Zongshen Cyclone RA9 V-twin Concept”Kawasaki announced that six new motorcycles would be debuted on October 5.
Following that release, it will reveal three more motorcycles on November 23 at EICMA.
Only eight of these nine vehicles are motorcycles. One of them is a Jet Ski. The best part of this news is that it’s just for Kawasaki USA, so while some of these might be sold outside of the US, all of them will be sold here.
Continue reading “Kawasaki Announces 9 New 2022 Models are Coming”Vance & Hines recently released a new exhaust system for the new Harley-Davidson Pan America adventure motorcycle called the Adventure Hi-Output 450.
Typically, I’m not one to bash stock exhausts, but dang it if Harley doesn’t make uggo of a stock exhaust for the Pan America. So, the news of Vance & Hines stepping in to put this misery away is very good news.
This slip-on exhaust not only gives Pan America riders a way to get rid of an eyesore, but it also puts Vance & Hines into the adventure motorcycle segment for the first time.
Continue reading “Vance & Hines Creates an Exhaust for the Harley-Davidson Pan America That Doesn’t Look Ugly”
