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Fuel of the Future?

Some motorcycle manufacturers are finally saying out loud what many have silently thought for some time: For full-sized motorcycles, batteries will not be the near-term future. Triumph’s Steve...

The New Parallel-Twin

Somewhere between the time Honda introduced its torsion springed CB450 in 1965 and when the last Triumph Bonneville rolled off the Meriden production line in 1983, the parallel-twin became...

Shipping Your Bike?

‘Tis the season when the adventurous start dreaming of horizons distant. Tierra del Feugo. The Gobi Desert. Or, if you’re one sixty-something Motorcycle Mojo writer, the Stelvio Pass. Having...

Batteries Still Have a Long Way to Go

This column goes out to all the engineers out there, armchair or otherwise, who, like me, try to make sense of a complicated world through the deciphering of numbers. The subject for today’s...

Dainese Museum

I hate museum tours. Invariably stuffy, more often than not pompous and, perhaps most egregiously, infernally boring. And for every Paul Smart 750 SS, there’s a bunch of Cucciolos, which, unless...

The Data Doesn’t Lie

I have to apologize in advance for this column. For one thing, I am going to discuss the most gruesome subject in motorcycling: road fatalities. It ain’t pretty. It doesn’t make for good coffee...

The Future of Noise

Maybe it’s because I’m getting old and forgetful. Perhaps it’s because I’m getting old, forgetful and downright curmudgeonly. Or it could be that, as I am wont to think, there really are more...

Time Will Tell?

It’s a dilemma now too obvious to ignore. MotoGP fans are thinking about it. A few racing analysts are openly speculating about its ramifications. And I suspect Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta is...

An Up-and-Coming Game Changer?

I don’t know if the future of motorcycles will be as battery-powered as many pundits claim. Lacking Nostradamus’ vision into the future, I cannot begin to predict what might happen 30 years...

The Perfect Seat… From an Unlikely Source

I’ve found the perfect seat. Or, at least, I’ve found the perfect seat for my bony ass. It’s positively exquisite. Just the right shape with a nice “dish” to the seating area, a width...

Swappable Batteries

Honda was recently the first of major manufacturers to unveil its “swappable” battery for lightweight motorcycles and scooters. Part of a consortium also comprising fellow Asian giants Yamaha,...

Shake Up For MotoE

It should have been blockbuster news. Energica, long time supplier of electric motorcycles to MotoGP’s MotoE class, is bowing out of racing. Hot on those heels came the announcement that Ducati was...