Ducati Motorcycle News

It's hard to believe the Ariel Ace cruiser really is a new bike. It's seemingly come out of nowhere, is made by a car firm, and yet it's already better than many established production bikes.

A couple of champions will be honored this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

When the time comes to build a motorcycle for the next Terminator movie, it should be this one.

Late on May 23, Italian financier Andrea Bonomi phoned executives at his country's two largest banks seeking more than 200 million euros in loans to help him bid for French holiday resort company Club Mediterranee.

If there's a builder entitled to look back on 2013 with a quiet sense of satisfaction, it's John Ryland of Classified Moto .

Late on May 23, Italian financier Andrea Bonomi phoned executives at his country's two largest banks seeking more than 200 million euros in loans to help him bid for French holiday resort company Club Mediterranee.

Wheels24 is giving its readers an opportunity to vote for the 2014 SA Bike of the Year finalists - as it does with the annual Car of the Year competition - through a Wheels24 Readers' Bike of the Year poll .

Since the launch of Ducati's Monster 1200 S earlier this year, we've extensively tested the bike on both the track and the street .

Ten years ago, the Multistrada was the odd man out in the Ducati line-up. For starters, it looked very strange indeed-and was likened by one magazine to a "wet cat with a large forehead."

Spaniard Marc Marquez won a record-equalling eighth straight race on Saturday at the Dutch motorcycle Grand Prix in changing weather conditions, ahead of Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso.

Ten years ago, the Multistrada was the odd man out in the Ducati line-up. For starters, it looked very strange indeed-and was likened by one magazine to a "wet cat with a large forehead."

Ariel's Ace platform, here shown as a black bobber-style cruiser with Hossack-styled front suspension, and as a more conventional naked streetfighter Ariel, makers of the wild Atom sportscar , has just announced the Ace, a fully configurable motorcycle system based around a gorgeous billet frame and the Honda VFR1200 engine.

It's a widely held opinion that contemporary motorcycle design isn't quite what it used to be.

There's nothing quite like the smell of two-stroke oil. Or the sound of a swarm of two-strokes hurtling down the track at full tilt.

NGM Forward Racing's Aleix Espargaro showed he will be a force to be reckoned with at this weekend's Dutch TT after the Spaniard set a new circuit lap record time of 1'33.658 at the Assen circuit.

Days before Harley-Davidson shocked the world with news that after 111 years of building increasingly larger, gas-powered V-twins, it was going all Tesla with its plug-in electric LiveWire , I had the chance to ride it.

But there are a few brands that have been making them-both for the street and for off-road-for several years.

The Pirelli Bike of the Year is closely contested by all manufacturers and vendors in the motorcycling sector, and the announcement of the winner at last years AMID show in August drew a fair amount of excitement and attention.

There's nothing quite like the smell of two-stroke oil. Or the sound of a swarm of two-strokes hurtling down the track at full tilt.

It's a widely held opinion that contemporary motorcycle design isn't quite what it used to be.