Goodwood Festival of Speed

Two of the biggest names in motoring met as Harley-Davidson brought over 100 years of motorcycling heritage to the home of Lord March at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, United Kingdom in early July.

United Kingdom

Motorcycle sales data released by the Motor Cycle Industry Association in the United Kingdom show that sales of motorcycles and mopeds in the first month of the 2011 year have shown notable improvements compared to this time last year.

UK Motorcycle Award

The BMW K 1300 S has taken the top honors in RiDE magazine’s annual RiDER POWER Survey, the biggest customer poll of its kind in the United Kingdom motorcycle industry. This is the fourth time in a row a BMW has won the highly prized accolade.

2011 MotoGP

Rockstar Energy Drink enters the world of MotoGP racing with sponsorship for the returning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo on his Fiat Yamaha M1.

UK Motorcycling

More and more people in the United Kingdom are joining the world of motorcycling, even during the winter months. As well, UK Government statistics show that 14% of people taking their test are women.

September 2010 

Conjuring up the spirit of famed motorcycle daredevils and cross-country endurance riders of the previous century like Erwin "Cannonball" Baker and George Wyman, the Motorcycle Cannonball Run is gathering momentum to launch a pack of riders on vintage motorcycles for an historic ride across America in September 2010.

International motorcycle markets remain weak. The negative trend on international motorcycle markets continued throughout the third quarter 2009. As a consequence, the 500 cc plus motorcycles segment relevant for the BMW Group contracted sharply (by 31.5 %) during the period from January to September 2009.

Motorcycle sales were down in all European markets, resulting in an overall drop of 21.9 % for the nine-month period.

On Friday, 32 female breast cancer survivors from the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada and Australia, departed Marina De Rey on a 900-mile, 9-day motorcycle journey up the famed Pacific Coast Highway to prove that breast cancer can’t defeat the human spirit. Dubbed Amazon Heart Thunder, the fifth anniversary of the ride also challenges the participants to raise funds for breast cancer charities and as of today, they’ve raised $63,000.

Motocross sensation Ashley Fiolek will be the keynote speaker at the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) International Women & Motorcycling Conference, presented by Harley-Davidson and Buell.

Hot Custom Bike

In the competitive world of custom bike building, the only rivalry that builder Roger Goldammer can contemplate is competition with himself. Goldammer goes beyond mechanical artist, incorporating highly technical engineering with virtuoso talent, as displayed in his award-winning 2004 custom board tracker motorcycle.