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2026 KTM 390 Adventure in new Ebony Black colourway, right side view News

KTM Adds a Third Colour to the 390 Adventure, and For Once It's Not Orange

KTM's new Ebony Black scheme mutes the orange for the first time on the 390 Adventure -- same price, same specs, a different kind of buyer. Aug 5 · 2 min read
2026 Ducati Monster, front three-quarter, showing the redesigned muscular fuel tank Rumors

Ducati Files a Design Patent for the Monster in India, and It's Not Even a Secret

Ducati's already-revealed Monster just picked up a design patent in India -- the paperwork that usually shows up right before a local launch. Aug 5 · 3 min read
MotoGP grid at Buriram International Circuit, Thailand News

MotoGP Picks Thailand to Open Its All-New 2027 Season, Third Year Running

Buriram gets the honour of launching MotoGP's biggest technical reset in years -- the 2027 season, and its new 850cc era, starts in Thailand. Aug 5 · 2 min read
Harley-Davidson RMCR cafe racer concept, front three-quarter view, carbon-fibre fairing and tank Patents

Harley-Davidson Just Trademarked RMCR and RMXR, and I Think It Wants Me to Have Feelings

Harley just filed federal trademarks for RMCR and RMXR -- a Revolution Max cafe racer and flat tracker -- and for once the trademark office did the leaking instead of a spy photographer. Aug 3 · 4 min read
Touratech Aventuro Gravel Carbon helmet, white colourway, three-quarter view Gear

Touratech's New Aventuro Gravel Carbon Is Its Lightest Helmet Yet, and It Actually Means It

Touratech's new range-topping ADV helmet weighs under 1,500 grams, gets ECE 22.06 certification, and converts three ways without tools -- for EUR749. Aug 3 · 2 min read
KTM 990 RC R supersport, studio side view in orange and black -- the current flagship of KTM's expanding RC line Rumors

KTM's CEO Just Confirmed the RC 790 and RC 490, and I'm Already Doing Garage Math

KTM's boss just said the quiet part out loud: an RC 790 and RC 490 are coming to flesh out the RC line, and I'm already doing napkin math on garage space. Aug 3 · 3 min read
Manuel Lettenbichler on his KTM at the Red Bull Romaniacs 2026 finish Events

Manuel Lettenbichler Wins a Record-Equalling Seventh Red Bull Romaniacs

Lettenbichler took over on the final day to beat Kabakchiev by over an hour, equalling Graham Jarvis's record of seven Red Bull Romaniacs wins. Aug 3 · 3 min read
2026 BMW S 1000 RR superbike, the model covered by the ignition lock recall News

BMW Recalls 16,736 S 1000 RR Units Over an Ignition Lock That Can Kill the Engine Mid-Ride

Nearly 17,000 US S 1000 RRs are being recalled over an ignition lock that can stall the engine and kill the dash mid-ride. BMW doesn't have a fix yet. Aug 3 · 3 min read
QJMotor SRK 1051 RR four-cylinder superbike, front three-quarter studio press shot Motorcycles

Four Chinese Motorcycle Brands Worth Taking Seriously in 2026: CFMoto, Kove, QJMotor, and Voge

CFMoto builds KTM's engines, Voge's parent already builds BMW's. Here's what four Chinese brands actually sell in Europe in 2026, and what it costs. Aug 2 · 8 min read