To say this weeks news list has been a shining pile of …shenanigans… would be putting things lightly, but well get into all that below: Indian Motorcycles released a new ad campaign pointing the finger at Harley-Davidson and calling out sub-standard community support; now, RideApart has received a letter from a member of Indians company in defense of that ad (weve got the letters contents below). To commemorate its 20th year in the EV industry, Zero Motorcycles has launched a […] The post Indian Motorcycles Defends Ad Campaign, New Deals from Zero Motorcycles and Sena Technologies appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...

In this weeks news round-up, were celebrating the old with something new… and in several cases, the new is still poised to be revealed to the masses. Harley-Davidson files papers for a Low Bob and a model theyre calling Deadwood. CEO Artie Starrs new Back to the Bricks Strategy comes with a massive set of caveats under the proverbial hood; we dissect the factory’s post-release Cautionary Note to outline the best-case and worst-case long-term scenarios. To kick off its 100-year […] The post What Harleys Legal Disclaimers Tell Us About 2027 and More appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...

Ladies and gentlefolk, were back swinging! This week, weve scoured the net for the biggest, juiciest morsels, and alternated all of that with a few bits of Powersports eye candy. The topics are big, so its a shorter list this week – but we couldnt NOT talk about all this movement, so here we go: For the first time ever, Big Red has recorded losses connected to an environment thats no longer hospitable to EVs. Since nearly 40% of the […] The post Tariffs Continue to Squeeze Rider Purchases as Honda Records First-Ever Losses appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...

Things arent always what they seem here in the Powersports industry, and this weeks tidbits are a prime example: Riser App has been absorbed by Caro and is now rebranded as Cardo Ride. The long-anticipated CFMoto 1000MT-X has been confirmed to carry a different name – Ibex 950 – into North American markets. Indias new tax system is putting a 40% tax on anything above 350cc. A sneak peek at a Yorkshire-built steam rocket and how it became the worlds […] The post A Steam Rocket Bikes New Records, Riser App is Now Cardo Ride appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...

If you ride off-road, getting to the good stuff usually means loading your bike onto a trailer and driving there. The best riding rarely happens at the end of a paved road, and that makes your tow vehicle just as important as the bike itself. Not every SUV with a hitch ball is actually up to the job. Towing capacity is part of it, but it is not the whole story. Getting to a remote trailhead on a rutted forest […] The post Which Are the Best SUVs for Towing an Off-Road Bike appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...

Late afternoon, two hours from home, the bike is strapped down and you’re finally moving. The ride was good, the kind of good where you don’t want to talk about it yet, just sit with it. You stop for gas, catch a glimpse of the truck’s interior through the window, and think yeah, I’ll deal with that later. Later becomes next weekend. Next weekend becomes next month. The truck gets used hard and cleaned never, and somewhere in the back […] The post The Truck, the Trailer, and the Muddy Reality of Hauling Bikes appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...

For years I checked my tire pressure by pressing my thumb into the sidewall. Firm enough, good enough. It’s embarrassing to admit now, but I’d bet a lot of riders reading this have done the same thing, or still do. The problem with that method isn’t just that it’s inaccurate. It’s that you can run dangerously low and the tire still feels firm to your thumb. You’re not measuring anything, you’re just confirming that rubber is present. What Underinflation Actually […] The post Motorcycle Tire Pressure: The Boring Thing That Actually Matters appeared first on webBikeWorld . ...