Piaggio had their winter accessory lineup on display at EICMA for the MP3 scooter, extending the use of the 3 wheeler and turning it into an all season scooter in far more climates than possible on a normal 2 wheeler. With 3 wheel stability and passenger comfort options for bad weather, you may see this [...]
From the monthly archives:
November 2006
Piaggio had their new Piaggio MP3 400 i.e. on display at EICMA last week, giving the MP3 the engine many said was needed in the first place. The 400cc engine offers a top speed of 92 mph, capable of keeping up with traffic anywhere and most likely expanding the demand for this already appealing [...]
Selling motor vehicles looks like an evolving process with the announcement that Lincoln will sell cars on Amazon.com beginning next week. Sales will be completed at the dealership but will begin on the Amazon web site. This follows the recent story in Motorcycle Product News about Kawasaki setting up dealerships for their ATV line at [...]
Got a note the other day from Sabine Welte, a motorcycle journalist and photographer over in Germany. She wanted to let us know her new book, Extreme Bikes – Design and Tuning, was just published. Sabine seems to have a way of getting shots of many of the really interesting customs over in Europe, her [...]
Dean Kawczak of LBF Cycles built a show stopper for the MetricTV Metric Revolution build off. Like all of the other participants, Dean was not given a choice in the bike he had 180 days to customize and what they rolled off the trailer was a brand new Suzuki GSX-R1000. Dean is only 24 years [...]
Buell introduced their new Lightning Super TT in Milan today, it’s a streetfighter, Supermoto combination which actually looks like it could be a lot of fun. The numbers are 103 horsepower, 84 foot pounds of torque and 400 pounds dry. It’s similar to their other Lightning models but it has the raised front fender in [...]
2 Wheel Passport is a new motorcycle travel show coming to the U.S. next year, based on a show by the same name shown in Europe in 2003. Each one hour episode will take a group of motorcyclists on a ride to and through a destination in the U.S. like Deals Gap, the Blue Ridge [...]
The weekend auction of Steve McQueen’s memorabilia brought some high bidders out, a pair of his sunglasses went for $70,000, his 1956 GMC pickup went for $110,000 plus taxes and fees and the 1937 Crocker, at the motorcycle auction immediately following the McQueen auction, brought $245,000 and with all of the fees added on that’s [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
