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Graphic showing Cardo's Mesh Boost network connecting a group of motorcycle riders Gear

Cardo's New Mesh Boost Doubles Your Riding Group to 31 Riders, and It's Free

Cardo's PACKTALK intercoms just got a free update that doubles down on group rides -- 31-rider mesh groups, plus two new ways to build one. Aug 25 · 3 min read
Michael Dunlop riding his Suzuki-based Classic Superbike on the Isle of Man Mountain Course Events

Michael Dunlop Just Broke a Nine-Year-Old Lap Record to Win the Formula One Classic TT

Dunlop's final lap broke a record that had stood since 2017 -- and he wasn't the only rider who found more, with three of the top four all beating the old mark on the same afternoon. Aug 24 · 3 min read
Manuel Lettenbichler riding his KTM through a rocky Swedish forest section at the 2026 Forza Orza hard enduro Events

Lettenbichler Crashes, Wins Anyway, and Now Leads Forza Orza's Very First Hard Enduro

Manuel Lettenbichler crashed on the second-to-last lap of Forza Orza's inaugural main race and still won by 3:36 -- his second big Swedish-forest result this month, and a championship lead that just grew to 15 points. Aug 24 · 3 min read
KTM 390 Adventure X, an A2-legal middleweight adventure bike, on a gravel road Motorcycles

A1, A2, and A: How the EU's Motorcycle Licence System Actually Works

A1 gets you 125cc and 11kW at 16. A2 gets you 35kW at 18. Full A opens everything, at 24 or two years later. Here's the whole EU ladder, with the real bikes sitting on each rung. Aug 23 · 6 min read
Studio product photo of the Dunlop Geomax EN92 knobby enduro tyre showing its tread pattern Gear

Dunlop's New Geomax EN92 Enduro Tire Gets a Soft Compound, and I Want an Excuse to Buy Knobblies

Dunlop's replaced the Geomax EN91 with a new EN92 line, and for once the enduro tyre press release doesn't lead with lap times. Aug 21 · 3 min read
BMW R 1300 RS sport-tourer, used here as a stand-in since no photos of the unrevealed M 1000 RS exist yet Rumors

BMW Is Quietly Building an M 1000 RS, and California's Paperwork Just Ratted It Out

A CARB emissions filing just outed a new BMW M 1000 RS sport-tourer sharing the M 1000 RR's engine -- and I'm already mentally repacking panniers for a bike that doesn't exist yet. Aug 20 · 3 min read
Yamaha XSR900 standard model, press photo, silver and black retro-styled naked bike Rumors

Yamaha's XSR900 SP Just Surfaced in NHTSA Paperwork

A new NHTSA VIN filing just outed a Yamaha XSR900 SP nobody at Yamaha has confirmed -- Ohlins shock, Brembo brakes, and the same engine everyone already loves. Aug 19 · 3 min read
Camouflaged BMW midsize GS adventure prototype, front three-quarter, with X-shaped LED headlight and no front beak fitted yet Rumors

BMW's New Midsize GS Just Got Spied, and It's Still Missing Its Beak

BMW's next midsize GS just got spied wearing an R 1300 GS face and engine estimates that can't agree with each other. Aug 19 · 3 min read
Ducati Panigale V4 series superbike in red livery, studio photo Rumors

Ducati's CARB Filing Just Confirmed a Panigale V4 SP for 2027

A revised CARB filing confirms a 2027 Panigale V4 SP slotting between the standard V4 and the race-homologated V4 R -- same 1,103cc engine, no specs yet. Aug 18 · 3 min read