The Kawasaki Versys family gained a new sibling this year in the form of the Versys-X 300. It weighs just 386 pounds with a full tank of gas (4.5 gallons) and features the engine from the Ninja 300, i.e., a 296 cc parallel-twin. Priced at just $ 5,699 for the ABS version tested (the non-ABS model […]
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Max Biaggi Leaves Intensive Care on His 46th Birthday (News)
Seventeen days after a Supermoto accident left him with 11 broken ribs, a broken collarbone and lung injuries requiring surgery, six-time World champion Max Biaggi left intensive care earlier today (his 46th birthday). His girlfriend Bianca Atzei posted this photo on Instagram. Here is what Biaggi himself wrote on Twitter (translated from the Italian): “This […]
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U.S. Still Favors 100% Tariff on Small-Displacement European Motorcycles to Prop Up U.S. Beef (News)
The American Motorcyclist Association has just released a press release addressing the proposed U.S. 100% tariff on European motorcycles displacing 500 cc or less. In short, the U.S. trade representative is still proposing such a tariff in an effort to force European Union countries to ease restrictions on their import of U.S. beef. Here is […]
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Is the Ducati V-Twin Superbike Era About to End? (Bike Reports) (News) (Rumors)
Despite a popular misconception (including, among many MD readers), Ducati is currently at a disadvantage in WSB with its 1200 cc v-twin engine configuration. Although the v-twin superbike has become synonymous with Ducati, Ducati has already stated it is developing a v-four superbike engine based on lessons learned racing a v-four in MotoGP. In MotoGP, […]
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Looks Like Ducati Chose to Keep the Right Andrea (News)
Last year, Ducati’s Factory MotoGP team faced a difficult decision when it had to choose between Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone as a teammate to Jorge Lorenzo for 2017. Iannone won a race last year in Austria – ending a six-year drought by taking the first Ducati MotoGP victory since Casey Stoner. Nevertheless, Ducati chose […]
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2017 Kawasaki Z900 ABS: MD Ride Review (Bike Reports) (News)
If you read our press launch report, you know we were impressed by the new flagship naked from Kawasaki, the Z900. Lightweight, nimble and powerful, the Z900 is priced under $ 9,000. We asked Kawasaki for a test unit following the launch so that we could further evaluate the bike. Here is our report. We had […]
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