HONDA has announced it is to lease, rather than sell, the company's new EV-neo electric motorcycle to business customers in Japan from December this year."We are targeting corporate and individual customers running delivery services in the domestic market," the company said in a ...

FEW people have been shouting it from the rooftops but one significant affect of the global financial crisis is that European bikes have been able to leapfrog their Japanese rivals – competing with them in terms of price and often beating them when

SAMSUNG HONDA has announced the return of Ryuichi Kiyonari, who will ride alongside hot prospect Alex Lowes in the 2013 season.The most successful rider in the history of the championship has been away for a year, racing in the Asia Road Racing Championship. Kiyonari won three ti...

MOTO2 contenders Moriwaki launched their new MD600 racer, with a video showing the bike in its full glory.The Japanese firm announced plans to participate in the forthcoming Moto2 class, which is set to replace the current 250cc category in 2010.

Following the earthquake and tsunami disaster that have hit Japan the Motegi round has been rescheduled to October 2.The Japanese GP will fall in the weeks between the Spanish round at Aragon and Phillip Island in Australia, due to damage sustained

's tactic would mean Kawasaki would be the first Japanese company to move large motorcycle manufacturing to an emerging country.Honda is also considering shifting the production of medium-sized motorcycles to Thailand from Japan.

JAPANESE TUNING company Mugen has released a new video showing their cafe racer tweaked version of Honda's 2010 CB1100 naked.A contrasting silver headlamp cowl, matt black sports exhausts, along with matt front and rear fenders and a single 'style

Bridgestone Bikers' Club have arranged a charity ride-out in aid of the Japanese earthquake victims.Taking place on Sunday 5th June, the run will collect donations in support of the Japanese Red Cross with riders arriving for the charity event

KAWASAKI JAPAN is to increase its domestic production of motorcycles to 94,000 units in fiscal 2010, up 25% on last year, it has been reported.Despite the decline in demand for motorcycles in Japan, the company is to boost output at its Akashi works - the plant manufactured just ...

YouTube VideoERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.THIS VIDEO is of Taro Sekiguchi's horrific crash in the warm-up session of the Czech MotoGP. The crash left the Japanese rider with a broken pelvis