motorcycles

Two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner will come out of retirement and hop back on a Honda motorcycle, but only for testing purposes. The Australian retired from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 season to spend more time with family and pursue other endeavors, one of which was driving a Holden...

A tragic accident in the eighth round of the 2013 Supersport World Championship yesterday claimed the life of Italian rider Andrea Antonelli of Team Go Eleven. Antonelli, just 25 years of age, crashed during the opening lap of the rain-soaked race, which took place at Moscow Raceway. It appears he...

A tragic accident on Sunday saw motorcycle land speed record holder Bill Warner suffer a high speed crash that took his life. Warner, 44, was attempting to hit 300 mph on a modified Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle when he lost control and crashed at a speed exceeding 285 mph. The crash took place on a...

Despite its current financial difficulties and lack of announcements concerning the future of its sports car production, Lotus has launched a new motorcycle division and announced plans for a C-01 superbike. The C-01 will be Lotus’ first motorcycle though the company will have a considerable...

Proclaiming drag races to be "Internet gold," Chris Harris proceeds to grace us with a good one: the Porsche 911 GT2 RS against the Ducati 1199 Panigale. He's not wrong. While the GT2 RS packs 611 horsepower at the rear, and weighs 3,170 pounds, the Ducati's power-to-weight ratio is even better...

A Council Bluffs, Iowa man was convicted of attempting to elude police at speeds up to 188 mph, following a 2009 traffic stop.

Mercedes-Benz and Ducati are building on the cooperative agreement set up between the brands at last year's Los Angeles Auto Show.

We tend to feature four wheels rather than two here at All Car Tech but we're always prepared to make exceptions for objects of great beauty and technological interest. That's why you're looking at the Vespa Quarantasei ('46') concept (via Wired), the embodiment of a possible future direction for...

Veteran land-speed-record motorcyclist Bill Warner recently survived a 238 mph crash while attempting to break his existing 311.94 mph record.

The last remaining Triumph Trophy TR5 used in the filming of the hit sitcom "Happy Days" will be auctioned off at an upcoming Bonhams event.

Electric vehicles, of both the two- and four-wheeled variety, commonly use a single gear ratio, thanks to the instant-on torque band of electric motors. Sometimes that's not ideal, however, and Brammo has developed a new system to better emulate the performance of gasoline-powered sportbikes with...

Et alors, qu'est-ce que c'est? Why, it appears to be actress, model, and object of Jeremy Clarkson's undying affection, Ms. Keira Knightley, perched atop a Ducati in Paris' Place de la Concorde. But you know, we're just guessing. At first glance, we thought Keira might be going through some sort of...

One of Winter's most anticipated films was TRON Legacy, the follow-up to 1980s science-fiction film TRON. In the original, a hacker played by Jeff Bridges gets absorbed into a perilous virtual world and in Legacy, his son falls to the same fate. For tech fans the plot is really just a sideline to...

Here at SportsCarMonitor we don't spend a lot of time on two-wheeled modes of transport, but this one deserves some face time: the V8 Choppers C-Series, sporting classic chopper looks and powered by Chevrolet small-block V-8s. You may remember the Viper-powered bike shown off by Chrysler a few...

Vainglorious basterd and future New Orleans mayor falls off two wheels while avoiding paparazzi.

Elisabetta Canalis is the Cloonster's girl di giorno

Today’s Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference held in Long Beach, California, saw the unveiling of a new all-electric motorcycle that its makers claim is the fastest of its kind in the world. The motorcycle is the new Mission One from American sports bike design firm Mission...

Honda announced today that it will be developing an electric-powered motorcycle, with sales of the bike expected to begin some time next year. The news will be pleasing for those of you who remember Honda's electric moped concept that was unveiled back in 2004 but failed to see production. Honda's...

Three-wheeled vehicles are a classic and quick way to get around the typical automotive certification standards, since such 'cars' are classified as motorcycles in many countries, including the U.S. In the case of the Energya, however, the three-wheeled design is also a performance feature, helping...

The Intermot, or Cologne Motorcycle Show, is being held this week and Honda has taken the opportunity to display a conceptual motorcycle. Dubbed the V4 after its innovative engine configuration, the bike is more of a design study than anything else - a highly stylized and non-functional sculpture...