All-New 2018 Honda Gold Wing

Honda Gold Wing has totally renewed for the next year. New model is much lighter, it has a different kind of front suspension and it's available also with DCT transmission. One big thing is also, that there are two versions available.

Check this test ride of the new model. 

New Gold Wing looks very impressive and will sell well for sure.

Water Rocket Trike Accelerates 0-100 kph in 0.55 second (5.1g)

Fastest street cars and bikes accelerate 0-100kph (0-62mph) roughly in 3 seconds. Some even 2,5 seconds.

How about if the acceleration is only 0,5 seconds? This is something new. Check it!

Looks like water rocket is real catapult!

Have you ever tried wheelie simulator?

Tornio, Finland. Everybody who has had motorcycle has sometimes tried to wheelie. Anyway it's not so easy in the beginning. Now there are also wheelie simulator, where is possible to try wheelie safely using real motorcycle.

I was few days ago in one motorcycle event here in Tornio, where I saw wheelie simulator first time. The motorcycle in the event was KTM's electric model. Here you can see how it works.

At least less crashed bikes. 

Motorcycle and Car Parade 2017 in Tornio

Yesterday was 1st of May and here in Tornio it means motorcycle and car parade. Last year I took photos, but this time I decided to shoot video.

Event: Motorcycle and Car parade
Place: Tornio, Finland
Date: 1st of May, 2017

Let's see what kind of parade there will be next year.

Cheers,
Mika

KTM 1090 Adventure R Press Launch

KTM had just press 1090 Adventure R press launch and here are the first impressions about the bike.

Looks interesting bike!

Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled Launch Review

I wrote earlier about new Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled, when it was just introduced. Now the first test rides have been done and here are some tastings.

Scrambler family is now already quite large and looks like Desert Sled is really fun bike for many kind of adventures.

New BMW R 1200 GS Rallye Review

BMW R 1200 GS has always been real world tourer bike. New Rallye version is more advanced big GS than even. Here is interesting review about the bike.



Very interesting model, but also very high bike, so not for everyone.

Two new Ducati Scramblers - Desert Sled and Cafe Racer

Ducati has introduced two new models for the popular Scrambler family. First one is Desert Sled, which has better off-road capability than any other Scrambler so far.

Here is Ducati's intruduction video.

Another new model Cafe Racer, which has cool old-school look.

Here is the video.

Looks like Scrambler family is again stronger than ever. Desert Sled looks very interesting new model. Mixed with old style and new technology.

Big Adventure Motorcycle Shootout 2016

Four big adventure motorcycles in the comparison. Legendary BMW R1200GS meets Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro, Honda Africa Twin and KTM 1190 Adventure.

What is the best on the road and off-road?

Regards,
Mika

Fastest production bike in the World - Kawasaki Ninja H2

Kawasaki has always produced fast bikes and new Ninja H2 is no exception. In fact Kawasaki launched two models in the same time. Street legal H2 and pure racing bike H2R. Both models has mechanical charged 998cc engines.

Kawasaki informs H2 model has 200hp. Finnish Teknavi tested the bike also in dyno and the result was whopping 218hp. Racing model H2R has even 100+ horsepower more.

Here is Teknavi's test ride with English subtitles. Enjoy!

Amazing machine!

Regards,
Mika

2017 Suzuki SV650 vs Yamaha FZ-07

Naked basic bike is very good choice for riding in city area. Upright riding position works perfectly in the city and naked bikes are also fun to ride. This time in the comparison 2017 Suzuki SV650 vs Yamaha FZ-07.

Which one is your choice?

Regards,
Mika

Can Ducati Scrambler be an option for street enduro?

Ducati Scrambler really doesn't look like enduro, but it anyway has a model name Scrambler. Does it also mean something or is it only a name?

The Bike Show tested the bike also on the dunes.

Motorcyclist Magazine has also interesting comparison. They have Ducati Scrambler and Thriumph Scrambler and guys go offroading.

Very interesting results!

Regards,
Mika

Manila Bike Festival and Trade Show 2015

Manila, Philippines. Manila Bike Festival and Trade Show is annually the biggest motorcycle event in Philippines. Last two years 2013 and 2014 the venue has been SMX Convention Center, but this time it was in World Trace Center.

Event:  Manila Bike Festival and Trade Show 2015
Venue: World Trade Center, Pasay, Metro-Manila, Philippines
Date:    21 - 22nd of March, 2015

I came to World Trade Center about middle of the day and there was more than 100 people in the line to ticket booth. Luckily everything worked quickly. Ticket for the event was 100PHP/2€.

Yamaha had biggest stand this year in the show. When I came to the stand the was just show starting and bikes were still under the covers.

There was first dance show and in the same time the covers were removed. In the same time the Yamaha girls came to the stand.

Yamaha country manager had a speech and he also had a big news, that Yamaha start finally import also big bikes to Philippines. So far Yamaha has imported only max 155cc small bikes. Yamaha will inform later which models they start to import and also when.

My favorite model from Yamaha was this MT-09.

Yamaha has just released new Tricycle scooter in Philippines. It has two wheels on the front and one back. There pictures show the idea how it works.

Looks interesting and would be fun to test ride.

Yamaha girl.

Elder Yamaha model with surfboard.

If Yamaha had large stand, unfortunately Honda was totally opposite for it. Something good there was anyway. Honda starts to import Click scooter, which has now fuel injection. There has been already many year fuel injected models on the market for example in Thailand, but for some reason they don´t import the best scooter models to Philippines. Yamaha has same problem. Best scooter models are missing in Philippines.

Honda is now last japanese motorcycle manufacturer, which doesn´t import the big bikes to Philippines. I think this will change soon, because Yamaha already change the policy.

New parts for your bike?

The real big news for this year in the bikes is Kawasaki´s H2. There are two different versions of the bike. Street version has 200hp and track version has 300hp. Both models are super charged. Price in the Philippines is 1,300,000PHP/26,800€ so the bike is not cheap.

 Posing.

Ducati had Diavel and few Mosters on the stand, but unfortunaly new Scramblers were missing.

KTM had several Duke models. 390 would be interesting choice also for Manila street. It's as light and nimble like 125cc, but much more power. Price in Philippines 299,000PHP/6175€.

If Duke 390 is light and nimble, Victory Vision Tour is something else. First I looked it´s Honda Goldwing. There are quite much similarities in some angles. Victory is real long distance tourer and have to say it looks quite cool.

Color matters. Even in the rims.

This is very simplified bike and it looks pretty good. 

Koso girls.

Looks like Manila Bike Show has developed to right direction and there are all kind of bikes. Not only small bikes, what is possible to see everywhere.

Regards,
Mika