2025 Yamaha Australian Enduro Championship Round Three/Four – Rawson The third and fourth rounds of the Yamaha Australian Enduro Championships played out at Rawson over the weekend. Overnight rain ensured plenty of challenges for the field on Saturday morning. Wil Ruprecht mastered the slippery and hard-packed terrain early on to build an advantage. Daniel Milner…
2025 FIM Motocross World Championship Round Five – MXGP of TrentinoCrossdromo “Il Ciclamino” Crowds flocked to the Dolomites’ “Il Ciclamino” circuit for the 2025 MXGP of Trentino, marking round five of the Motocross World Championship. The event offered great racing on an unpredictable surface. Tim Gajser took his record sixth GP victory at the circuit…
The Ducati Monster 821, introduced in 2014, is part of the iconic Monster family that revolutionized the naked bike segment. This custom iteration of that same model is the work of French builder Jérémie Duchampt, aka Jerem Motorcycles. Sporting drastically revised proportions and a vibrant new color scheme it’s a far cry from Miguel Galluzzi’s…
MotoGP 2025 Round Three – USA – COTASaturday Sprint Round-Up / Results Marc Márquez – P1 “I was pushing a bit too much during lap one and came very close to a disaster. The track conditions were very different, and I had noticed it immediately on the long right-hander during lap one. The pace was…
BMW R 12 G/S Don’t want all the technical wizardry that comes with the latest technology tour de force that is the R 1300 GS? BMW might have the answer you’re looking for with the pending release of the somewhat back-to-basics offering that is the BMW R 12 G/S. BMW R 12 G/S Designed to…
MotoGP 2025 Round Four – Lusail – Qatar – Preview Destination Doha: Lusail International Circuit is the venue for the fourth round of MotoGP in 2025 and we arrive with a plethora of stories and question marks after a scintillating Americas GP. MotoGP 2024 – Round One – Lusail, Qatar Under the floodlights, the most…
2025 Suzuka 8 Hours This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd on the 1st of July, 1955, with the manufacturer entering and winning the 3rd Mount Fuji ascent race in 1955 on the 125cc YA-1, their first-ever production bike, just ten days later. To commemorate this milestone, 2025…
The Ride It’d been a while since I’d taken the BMW S1000R out for a coffee ride, so I pulled it out of the garage this morning for my journey to Source Coffeehouse in Bridgeport, CT. The Beeline Moto compass pointing at the coffee shop indicated 21.2 miles as the crow flies from my start…
The Ride The coffee shop for today is part of our Upstate Coffee Crawl series on the other side of the Hudson River. A couple of riding buddies joined me, and the Beeline Moto compass indicated 76.7 miles in a straight line to our destination. See our article on discovering new roads with Beeline. I…
Ducati Desmo450 MX Ducati Desmo450 MX At a glance Engine – Desmo450 single-cylinder engine, 449.6 cc Maximum power of 63.5 hp at 9,400 rpm Maximum torque of 53.5 Nm at 7,500 rpm Wet Weight – 104.8 kg (with fluids but no fuel) Twin-spar Aluminium frame 7.2-litre fuel tank Showa 49 mm upside-down forks, fully adjustable,…