“Let’s go on a 5,000-mile trip this summer on my 45-year-old motorcycle,” said dad Will Andalora to daughter Mae in the spring of 2025. “That sounds like a fantastic idea,” said Mae, and the planning began. Join them to find out what a trip like that takes—and exactly how many tank tops to bring along with you.
(OK I admit I made up that particular conversation, but it's not unreasonable to assume one like it happened at some point!)
NEWS
- Japan’s domestic motorcycle market keeps shrinking, even as Yamaha grows abroad and Honda leans on motorcycle strength to offset pain from its automotive EV strategy.
- Royal Enfield’s planned Andhra Pradesh factory could add 900,000 motorcycles of annual capacity by 2032, backing up the company’s rapid growth from retro curiosity to serious global middleweight motorcycle manufacturer.
- KTM and Tech3 extending their MotoGP partnership gives KTM an important sign of stability as the brand works to rebuild confidence under Bajaj’s rescue-era influence.
- LiveWire’s acquisition of Dust Moto assets could give Harley’s electric spinoff a more practical off-road growth path, or it could be just another struggling company trying to solve its core problem by buying a new one.
- Honda, LG Energy Solution and the city of Hanoi are launching an electric motorcycle battery-swapping pilot program, a move that makes Honda look a lot less like a corporate bully and more like a dominant market player helping design Vietnam’s two-wheeled electric future.
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