
The Stranger Side of EICMA 2026
Every year, EICMA descends on Milan, and the motorcycle industry collectively decides the world needs more horsepower, more electronics, and more aerodynamic winglets. YouTube will duly bring us hundreds of
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Every year, EICMA descends on Milan, and the motorcycle industry collectively decides the world needs more horsepower, more electronics, and more aerodynamic winglets. YouTube will duly bring us hundreds of

EICMA and Motorcycle Live will be full of shiny new machinery, headline-grabbing technology and motorcycles priced somewhere between a house deposit and a small yacht. But the season’s most important

Motorcycle launch season is upon us, and apparently we’ve reached the point where introducing a new motorcycle requires the sort of marketing operation normally reserved

Just as we published this, an email arrived from Motul in Germany explaining that … “The NGEN range has been merged into our core offerings,

At some point in the adventure bike arms race, manufacturers can no longer simply bolt on another aluminium pannier, add a few extra horsepower, and

Winter is on its way, and there will soon be the usual slew of articles and videos on how to winterise your motorcycle. Yet, despite

In a world where everyone is telling us that sports bikes are a thing of the past, Honda has unveiled the new CBR500R FOUR for

I knew the job was going too well. Any time a motorcycle project starts with the phrase “This’ll only take an hour,” you can be
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Track days come in many different forms. Some leave you to your own devices. Some focus on instruction, while others are events in themselves, built

Something rather odd is going on at Britain’s petrol pumps. If you haven’t noticed how light your wallet feels after filling up, the petrol price

There is, of course, a perfectly sensible way to get from Scotch Corner to Rothbury … The A1. Wide, straight (ish) and tends to flow

After a couple of days off from Mallory (See Part One) and some enjoyable alone time in the garage checking Screamer (my GSX650F) to see

Some routes are designed to get you somewhere. Others are just “because we can”. This one – The Dales, Tarts and Apple Cake is firmly

I started the year with good intentions. There was a trip to Andalucía, three days of track time, sunshine, and the promise of learning to