Motorcycle.com reviews the BMW R18B "bagger". Be sure to check out the picture of the passenger strap in the review. I hope BMW fired the engineer that came up with that trolley car strap idea. Will there be a R18C adventure bike next? https://www.motorcycle.com/manufactu...irst-ride.html

Motorcycle.com reviewed the F900R, along with five other 900cc-class models. They liked the TFT display, the brakes, the suspension and the relatively low price. The engine and chassis, not so much. The 900R came in last in their 6-bike "shootout". Two features that they didn't dwell on that I noticed was the R-bike's heavy 474 pound weight and its small 3.4 gallon fuel tank. That combined with its 41 miles per gallon efficiency, gave a rather short ride between fill-ups. Here is a link to their review. A 36-minute long video review is included in their article: https://www.motorcycle.com/shoot-outs/2021-six-way-900ishcc-naked-bike-shootout

In this episode Scotty Kilmer reviews (complete with the usual hand waving) an ex-Marine diesel Kawasaki KLR. Kind of interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeQHtlc7Xc0

This looks like an interesting concept for swapping electric motorcycle batteries by a company in Brazil. They appear to have their battery swap station located in front of an existing gas station, which is likely a more secure and convenient location than something just sitting along side of a roadway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EbjSGgdXk&t=8s

More information here: https://electricmotorcycles.news/ori...latin-america/

Here is Revzilla's take on the new Sportster S: https://www.revzilla.com/common-trea...r-s-first-look

Here are a few photos that I took of the bike this weekend at the Northern California Progressive motorcycle show at the Sears Point Raceway. BTW, at the display they had boxes painted on the pavement that told you to stand there to take photos of the bike. As it turned out, I didn't pay much attention to those directions. One styling feature that H-D can keep is that big license plate/stop light/turn signal lump at the back of the rear tire. I bet a lot of owners will be installing Screaming Eagle tail tidies to replace that sucker. That assembly is just aching to become a car bumper's new decoration. And no wonder it needs such fat tires, what with 3.6 inches of suspension travel at the front and only 2" of travel at the rear. I think that is ... [Read More]