Motorcycle News Guy

Motorcycle sites around the web are buzzing with news of the new Ducati Streetfighter – powered by the 1098′s amazing engine. No one has a real ride report as of me writing this, but I’m sure we’ll be seeing some soon. Until then, you can satiate yourself with this choice video and my favorite write [...]

Ducati have taken everything that was good about the 1098 and just turned the thing up to 11… er, 1198 that is. Having gained experience in World Superbike, Ducati decided to make their road-going version of their flagship superbike closer than ever to its racing brethren. So what does this mean for you? Well, if [...]

The Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade takes it in a landslide! The results are in and Honda’s superbike has been named the 2008-2009 International Bike of the Year, as voted on by 13 worldwide moto-magazines. I really think Honda knocked this one out of the park, and the popularity of this machine among journalists speaks volumes about [...]

Absolutely crazy video of a CNN reporter unwittingly stumbling upon an actual motorcycle-facilitated jewel heist taking place in broad daylight on London’s busiest shopping street. Not a news story about a new motorcycle review, but my MotorcycleNewsGuy sense tells me this is too unusual not to post up here. Embedded video from CNN Video

A few years back there was a decent amount of attention sent the way of the ENV hydrogen fuel motorcycle, and then… nothing. Really, I can’t remember much being heard for a while about what seemed to be a neat little motorcycle concept. But recently, James May from the BBC’s James May’s Big Ideas had [...]

Troy Bayliss may have retired from World Superbike, but his legacy lives on in the the Ducati 1098R LE – a near replica to the bike he won his final WSBK championship on. Not only does it look like his old #21, but it has all the trick bits including Ducati’s traction control system. Ducati [...]

Do 122mph on a motorcycle with your son on pillion, go to jail. Especially when your son is 14 and wearing street clothes, and you are riding in the rain. Motorcycledaily.com has details of the sentence the judge passed down – 6 months in jail – but what really galls me is that the father [...]

Continuing the MotorcycleNewsGuy’s coverage of alt-fuel motorcycles comes a story from hellforleathermagazine.com (which is a kickass site, by the way). They’ve got a piece on the world’s first 2 wheel drive diesel powered motorcycle – the Eva Track T-800CDI. Of course, diesel motorcycles are nothing new, but having two wheel drive makes this thing capable [...]

While the internal combustion engine powered by gasoline is far from dead, it seems pretty obvious that sometime in the future there will be many other fuel options and engine types powering our vehicles. A couple of college engineering students have decided not to wait for a big manufacturer to introduce a hydrogen powered motorcycle, [...]

It looks like a poorly designed life vest, but this little gizmo could save your neck from snapping. And I hear that hurts. Dainese, being a forward-thinking motorcycle protective apparel company, have created an airbag jacket accessory designed to be worn by racers. The thought is that most life threatening injuries that happen are ones [...]