.Where it was once simple to define what was motorcycle and what was car, our lives here at Visordown are being made increasingly hard by machines like the Lit C1. It's clearly not aimed at traditional motorcyclists, with a far wider target audience of eco

ELECTRIC motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles has announced their updated range. New for 2013 and replacing the X off-roader is the Stealth Fighter FX. With the ZF5.7 battery pack, it's a 125 kg, knobbly-tyred motorcycle which promises to be a

YAMAHA have set a target for boosting their sales in India by introducing a bike priced at £300.Last year the Japanese manufacturer sold 520,000 bikes in the Indian market and with the new bike they are looking to increase this figure to two million

REMEMBER Aprilia's first Caponord? When the firm took the V-twin motor from an existing model and wrapped it in some pseudo-offroad packaging to leap onto a growing trend for dual-sports bikes back in 2000?Well this isn't that bike. But the formula

HIGHLAND looks like it's back on track.The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based motorcycle company and engine builder suffered a cruel blow to its ambitious plans when its founder Mats Malmberg and two other top executives died in a light plane crash a couple

THIS is Bimota's new BB2, a prototype new model powered by BMW's S1000RR engine.Designed by sak_art_design, this is Bimota's second BMW-engined motorcycle, the first being the BB1, a supermono powered by the single-cylinder F650 lump.The BB2 uses

(Varadero) and 1200cc (Crosstourer). Let's hope for their sake that the fad for this type of bike doesn't evaporate in the next few months.For a cheap bike, though, the CB500X does look good. The parallel twin, 471cc engine makes 35kW (47bhp) to suit the new

A COUPLE of our German counterparts have had the chance to swing a leg over the new Horex VR6 Roadster as the radical machine makes yet more steps towards production.In a world where every new motorcycle company seems hell-bent on creating electric

NO new bikes on Ducati's Intermot stand except the revamped-for-2013 Multistrada but there are splashes of new colours across the range.The Diavel moves away from its black-or-red roots with a new metallic blue-and-a-white-stripe scheme. The same

BMW might have changed virtually everything about its best-selling R1200GS (no, not R1250) for 2013 but it still keeps a familiar look.The new bike gets a 125bhp water-cooled boxer twin, semi-active suspension, traction control and five riding modes