!Many look at a bike's engine as its heart and soul. The way it puts down the power determines how polite it is, how aggressive it is, how easy to ride it is. Essentially its a big part of how a bike makes you feel.With the new model however Triumph

Air Research Board reveal that the bike will be fractionally heavier than the old model as well as being significantly less polluting.That could be down to something as simple as a reworked catalytic converter in the exhaust. It certainly isn't an all-new

MV AGUSTA have partnered with Dafra Motos to start production in Brazil.The firm will produce the F4 and Brutale models for the Brazilian market. These models will be assembled in the Dafra Motos factory in Manaus, surpervised by Brazilian engineers

THE 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 has been revealed by Yamaha.It features traction control and will come with three new paint schemes. Technically speaking, the rest of the bike remains unchanged.We reported on this model earlier in the year with the Brazilian

BMW has revealed details of all its largely-unchanged-for-2013 models, with details of minor tweaks and new colour options.The list includes the F800R, G650GS, R1200R, S1000RR, K1300S, K1300R, K1600GT and K1600GTL. Add to that the F700GS and F800GS

AS THE New York Motorcycle Show opens today, Victory has taken the opportunity to reveal the first of its 2012 – yes, 2012 – models.Let's let their own words take it from here. No mid-life crisis digs, right?OverviewStripped down. Bare bones. A

for a daring collection of models, and now we have a sporty belt-driven twin to reel in the less experienced, a range of chain-driven 650 singles for urban attack, some rampantly-fast four-cylinder superbikes, the exlsuive HP models and now growing Moto

ANOTHER new model from Harley-Davidson, as we predicted a couple of days ago, is the Softail Slim.The recipe seems to be 'Take one Fat Boy and put it on a diet' – but the result is a refreshingly purposeful-looking, chrome-free retro.Here's how

THE term “switchback” might have you thinking of knee-down corners, but those aren't quite what Harley's new 2012 Dyna Switchback is aimed at.Instead it's a tourer with removable luggage and a screen that can be unclipped, switching it back (see

of new models, the biggest clue comes in the fact the Hypermotards on the Ducati stand are all 2012 models, effectively confirming that come next month's Milan show there will be a new Hypermotard (the oft-spied water-cooled replacement for the existing