Rumors

BMW F 450 R roadster teaser silhouette against the F 450 GS, showing the lower stance and 17-inch wheels Rumors

BMW Teases the F 450 R Roadster, and It's Stripping the GS Down to Something I Actually Want

BMW's new 420cc twin gets stripped of its GS armor for a lower, sharper roadster -- and I'm already comparing torque curves to bikes I'll never buy. Sep 25 · 3 min read
BMW R20 prototype, undisguised in matte black, boxer engine visible Rumors

BMW Shows the R20 Undisguised, and Its Own CEO Is the One Riding It

BMW's own Motorrad CEO rode an undisguised R20 prototype in a new teaser -- here's every detail visible before the official reveal. Sep 21 · 3 min read
Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 prototype, front three-quarter view, shown at the Himalayan Base Camp event in Leh Rumors

Royal Enfield Puts Cruise Control and TPMS on the Himalayan 750, and It Still Doesn't Have a Launch Date

Cruise control, TPMS, twin front discs and 20 litres of fuel -- Royal Enfield's first parallel-twin ADV just got a public airing in Leh, with no launch date to show for it yet. Sep 9 · 3 min read
2019-spec Kawasaki Ninja H2 supercharged sportbike, front three-quarter view Rumors

Kawasaki Teases the Ninja H2's Return, and It's Giving Up 31 Horsepower to Come Back to Europe

A teaser, a Z H2 SE reveal, and 31 fewer horsepower -- here's what points to a Euro 5-legal Ninja H2 finally coming back to Europe. Sep 7 · 4 min read
Patent diagram showing QJ Motor's single-cylinder engine with a dummy rear cylinder in a V-twin-shaped crankcase Rumors

Qianjiang Patents a V-Twin Engine That's Secretly a Single

It looks like a V-twin, it's cast like a V-twin, and only half of it actually fires. Qianjiang's newly published US patent is a cheap trick for a smooth single -- and Ducati tried the same thing in 1993. Sep 7 · 3 min read
Camouflaged KTM 490 Duke prototype with parallel-twin engine, side view Rumors

KTM's 490 Duke Just Got Caught Testing, and It's Wearing the 390's Headlight Like a Bad Disguise

KTM's finally building the naked bike that fits between the 390 and 790 Duke -- a new parallel-twin, spied wearing someone else's headlight. Aug 29 · 3 min read
Camouflaged Bajaj adventure motorcycle prototype, front three-quarter view, testing on an Indian road Rumors

Bajaj's First Adventure Bike Got Spied Again, and It Has a TFT Dash Now

Spy shots catch Bajaj's first-ever ADV prototype with a TFT dash borrowed from the Pulsar N160 SS and a retuned 249cc engine -- and I'm already comparing it to my own Pulsar. Aug 27 · 3 min read
Royal Enfield Himalayan Basecamp in Leh, Ladakh, venue for the Himalayan 440 launch event Rumors

Royal Enfield Confirms the Himalayan 440 Launches September 4, and It's Doing It From Ladakh

Royal Enfield's putting a hard date on the Himalayan 440 -- September 4, at its own Basecamp in Leh, ten years to the day after the original Himalayan 411. Aug 25 · 4 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