model, as a 2011 bike. This shows they are likely to continue manufacturing and selling the current model for at least part of 2011.Triumph is rumoured to be revealing the revamped 2011 Speed Triple at the Milan show in November this year.

AUSTRALIA'S premier motorsport circuit, Phillip Island, is being treated to a new surface in time for the 2013 season. Early last week, work begun last week to replace the entire 2 mile track surface for the first time since 1998, at a rumoured cost of three million dollars. Phil...

How fitting that Suzuki chose Rome as the venue to launch the 2008 Hayabusa - after all, neither were built in a day. Suzuki have made us wait a full nine years for an update on the original 173bhp 194mph heavyweight hypertourer. Time, and the official test launch in September (w...

Xcountry gets 45mm lower seat for 2009BMW’s Xcountry is getting made over for next year, with the factory apparently focussing on functionality and easier handling. According to reports credited to BMW Europe, the seat is dropping by 45mm and the bike is getting a revised ridin...

THE testing limits placed upon the MotoGP teams is set to change for 2012, with teams being able to test as much as they please on a chosen circuit.According to MotoSprint, the Grand Prix Commission will approve the proposal to remove the restrictions on factory riders testing th...

BELIEVE it or not, you've had ten years to come up with “Rod” related double entendres now, and Harley's launched a 10th anniversary version of the V-Rod and a new Night Rod Special to celebrate.When you've stopped sniggering about what you might choose to do with your “Night Rod...

PICTURES emerging from Korea appear to show a restyled front end for the Hyosung GT250 naked bike.The bike in the shots clearly has a far more stylised headlight in place of the old-fashioned round unit on the current GT250, which itself is virtually identical in appearance to th...

HAVING already launched the 2012 Goldwing Honda has revealed another batch of next year's models in the form of a reworked range of motocross machines.In line with industry tradition, which tends to see off-road bikes launched earlier in the year than their road-going relations, ...

BMW has revealed the 2013 replacements for its existing F650GS and F800GS – both bikes getting styling changes and technical updates.The more road-oriented F650's name has changed to F700GS, although confusingly it actually has the same 798cc capacity as the F800GS (just as it di...

WE CAN'T believe an aftershave worn by most of our grandfathers is still on sale, or that people actually buy it, but Old Spice has given a new twist to their popular TV ad by including a motorcycle in the promo.The commercial stars former American football player Isaiah Mustafa ...