Riding Green

We get our hands on Merida’s Crossway Urban20D, and come away impressed.

Pedrosa pins it to silence the Rossi euphoria

For the first time in history, MotoGP has its eighth unique winner in as many races. The top class of racing has never known variety like it. And while attention has been drawn to the four first-time winners, at Misano it fell to Dani Pedrosa, MotoGP’s forgotten man, to ensure the run continued.

Yamaha YZF-R3

Super, Refined

Apache Attack

The 2017 TVS One Make Championship gets under way at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore

My Race Weekend

At the Kari Motor Speedway, racing alongside the best in the country.

Schooled To Be Fast

Young automotive journalists undergo training to battle it out this racing season.

Big Indian Bash

We were invited to join members of the Indian Motorcycle Riders Group’s Mumbai chapter on a ride to Kodagu (erstwhile Coorg), and attend the third IMRG National Ride. Here’s everything that happened at the event.

First Truly Sporting Machine

‘The V7 Sport had been too expensive to sell in a big number, costing far more than Kawasaki’s powerful new Z1 four in most markets that year, but it had established Guzzi as a manufacturer of high-class sporting superbikes’

Panigale Size ‘SS'

A first ride in the hills near Seville in southern Spain did much to underscore the Ducati SuperSport’s penchant for commuting and sports-touring as well as going fast. Here is how the bike revealed its attributes.

Watt's the Way Forward?

We get our hands on the latest electric scooter, the Okinawa Ridge. Does it have what it takes to charge head first into a growing market?

Riding the Tide

The first quarter-litre naked from Yamaha hits our shores and it has everything that the FZ16 lacked and more...

Milwaukee-Eight Sensations

We were invited by Harley-Davidson to Tacoma, USA, to ride their 2017 touring range with the new Milwaukee-Eight engines. Here is an account.

Big Bold ​​​​​​​Bager

Moto Guzzi have released a new model in their California family, MGX-21 Flying Fortress by name. We rode it from Milan to Moto Guzzi’s Mandello base and back.

The Red Thread Comes a Full Circle

‘It’s from the beginning: my father, MV Agusta, the race department, three cylinders, Agostini. It links them all together.’ That’s how Giovanni Magni, Arturo Magni’s younger son, described the Magni Filo Rosso. We rode it on a highway alongside the Malpensa airport runway in Milan.

New-age Splendor

The Splendor moniker is back. This time with 10 more cubic centimetres than the original, making a compelling case for itself in a competitive segment.

Triumph Bonneville T100: Sure to Earn Its Spurs

We ride the new 2017-model Bonnie T100: a smaller-capacity, less powerful model powered by the 900-cc, 55-PS parallel twin engine used for the entry-level Street Twin.

Baby Scout

Indian Motorcycle’s smallest Scout, the Sixty, is out now. Will it live up to the legendary name? We try to find out.

Updated Royal Enfield Himalayan Coming

AS WE HAD PREDICTED EARLIER, THE Royal Enfield Himalayan is here in its fuel-injected avatar and is ready to comply with the BS-IV norms. Fans might already have noticed the updated Royal Enfield Indian website.

BMW S 1000 R - Searing Stripped-Down Supersport

It was in Almeria in southern Spain that we rode the updated BMW S 1000 R. It rained so heavily during this first ride that the roads soon turned into veritable rivulets. Frankly, we could not have asked for better conditions to appreciate how this good motorcycle has become even better in all respects.

What Is AHO?

Automatic Headlight On (AHO) is the new mandate by the government.We seek to shed some light on what it is.

Spirited Performance

Harley-Davidson seem to have granted the enthusiasts’ wishwith the launch of the Street Rod. We went to Singaporefor a first ride. Here’s what went down

Desmo Owners Grub

We ride down from Pune to the hillside retreat of Lonavala for quick bite alongside the members of the Pune chapter of the Desmo Owners Club. Here is our experience of this short road trip.

Irish Charm In Holland

Action-packed 200 th WSBK race for Jonathan Rea, and a controversy.

Fast And Furious 2-Stroke

‘The speedo needle crept towards 140 km/h, the engine screamed, the scenery rushed by… and it was very easy to understand the phenomenal sales success of Yamaha’s air-cooled, two-stroke parallel twins’

Dare Devil's Domain

 The motorcycle category was full of surprises at Dakar 2018

Thunderstruck

Polish custom house Game Over Cycles have created yet another rock ‘n’ roll themed masterpiece. After their bespoke motorcycle developed for heavy metal outfit Behemoth that we carried a few years ago, they have now made one for the Kraków iteration of the famous Hard Rock Café.

Making The Smart Choice

Bosch India are on a Smart Manufacturing mission that will see more products and processes being readied in a smarter, faster, and more efficient manner to prepare for an Internet revolution

Old School, New Kid

Triumph’s Bonneville T120 recreates the magic of old school but in a modern way

Petrux Rocks

Italian Danilo Petrucci is fast in the rain, best mates with Valentino Rossi and one of the happiest, friendliest riders on the MotoGP grid. Time to get to know him a bit better

Project Harley-Davidson Street 750

There is hardly an editor in the field of the Indian automotive media who has the ability, experience, and know-how to modify a motorcycle on his own. Nay, there is hardly anyone with the ability to tinker with a bike even to set a minor mechanical glitch right, blackening his hands in the process. Bike India Editor Aspi Bhathena stands alone in that respect. Here is the story of how he modified the Harley-Davidson Street 750 into a racer