Month: February 2022

Honda NT1100 Patent Filed In India

February 28, 2022 admin

Specific details of Honda launching NT1100 in India isn’t available as of now – If launched, it will be retailed through the BigWing chain of dealerships

After filing patent for new CBR150R, Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI) have filed design patents for its flagship touring motorcycle NT1100. The big touring machine from the Japanese auto giant made its global debut in October 2021 and is based on the CRF1100L Africa Twin. The patent application is dated around the same time as the international debut of NT1100.

NT1100 is a premium Grand Tourer (GT) which is a

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Archives Column | Udo Gietl

February 27, 2022 admin

Larry Lawrence | February 20, 2022

Cycle News Archives

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This Cycle News Archives Column is reprinted from the August 26, 2000 issue. CN has hundreds of past Archives columns in our files, too many destined to be archives themselves. So, to prevent that from happening, in the future, we will be revisiting past Archives articles while still planning to keep fresh ones coming down the road -Editor.

Udo!

The early years of Superbike racing in America were known for racers with colorful personalities and builders with innovative minds. Originally called “Superbike Production” racing, it didn’t take long for the

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Electra adds stylish new cruiser, commuter e-bikes to 2022 lineup

February 26, 2022 admin

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Touring Tuscon, Arizona during the winter

February 25, 2022 admin

TUSCON, ARIZ. (KRON) – This scenic desert town is full of surprises. Less than a two hour drive from Phoenix, Tucson is home to a bit more than half a million people. But there’s also plenty of moments where you’d never know it.

Tucson’s neighborhoods, especially the historic ones, are best explored by bike. You just get a better feel when you can roll through at a slower pace. Tucson Bikes Tours actually offers three guided tours through town, the longest stretching 10 miles.. with tacos and beer to keep riders well fueled.

But for a fun cruise through Tucson’s

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Bruce Gordon’s Rock ‘n Road Titanium: a gravel bike decades ahead of its time

February 24, 2022 admin

Gravel bikes have exploded in popularity recently for a whole bunch of good reasons. The voluminous multi-surface tires offer acceptable grip on loose ground while still rolling decently quickly on tarmac; they’re not too heavy; their drop bars are more comfortable over longer distances than single-position flat bars; their wide-range gearing offers plenty of climbing prowess; and they offer a lot of the experience people have traditionally sought in conventional road bikes, but now with the luxury of avoiding motorized traffic by heading off-pavement.

But the idea is hardly new.

Bruce Gordon made a name for himself in the 1970s

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10 Best Motorcycle Riding Shoes & Sneakers in 2022

February 23, 2022 admin

Regular footwear lacks the necessary abrasion and impact protection needed to be considered adequate for motorcycle riding. While traditionally this has meant having separate pairs for your time in and out of the saddle, the advent of more fashion-forward pieces of protective riding footwear is changing this by affording riders a single product that offers the best of both worlds; modern, design-conscious aesthetics backed by robust levels of equally modern protection. And it’s this group of stylish moto-specific footwear that we’ll be exploring today in this guide to the best motorcycle riding shoes and sneakers you can buy.

Moto Kick

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Project Triumph TE-1 prototype revealed; Williams Advanced Engineering battery system

February 19, 2022 admin

Project Triumph TE-1 was revealed in completed prototype form. The collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles, Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), Integral Powertrain Ltd, and WMG at the University of Warwick funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles through Innovate UK, was set up to create ground-breaking developments in specialist electric motorcycle engineering and innovative integrated technology design.

Marking the official end of the collaboration stage of the TE-1 project, the completed demonstrator is now fully ready for the next Triumph-led stage of the project to begin—the live testing program—integrating for the first time all of the latest and final innovations from

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