Joanna Nguyen comes across as the kind of rider who reminds longtime, perhaps even jaded, motorcyclists why they fell in love with motorcycles in the first place. Still in her late teens and already serving as president of the Texas A&M University Motorcycle Club, she combines youthful enthusiasm with a level of maturity and purpose that is unusual for someone who has only been riding for a few years. “I got my motorcycle license before I got my driver’s license, which I’m pretty proud of,” she said.
Nguyen represents a new generation of motorcyclists, riders who are technically curious without being obsessed by specifications, passionate about performance but deeply committed to safety, eager to lead while remaining humble enough to keep learning. “Looking back,” she said, “I think I’ve definitely come a long way.”
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THE NEWS
- BMW Motorrad sold slightly fewer motorcycles in the first half of 2026 but increased its pre-tax profit, offering a striking contrast with the much steeper decline on BMW’s automotive side.
- Spy photos from Motorcycle News and RideApart suggest BMW’s enormous two-liter R20 boxer roadster is moving considerably closer to production.
- Indian Motorcycle’s Chief Vintage Sturgis, South Dakota Edition asks $23,999 for a limited-production version of the standard bike whose main attractions are exclusivity, heritage and special paint.
- A Yamaha VIN filing indicates the lightweight, 17-horsepower XSR155 may be headed to the United States for 2027, potentially giving American riders another genuinely small and approachable motorcycle option.
- Honda has turned its Adventure Roads program into a feature-length streaming documentary, using real riders and real journeys to market the adventure experience rather than simply the motorcycles themselves.
- Royal Enfield has teased a new Himalayan 440, apparently creating a simpler alternative below the liquid-cooled Himalayan 450.
- Royal Enfield North America has partnered with Vintage Rides to offer guided and self-guided motorcycle tours in the United States, beginning in South Dakota’s Black Hills.
- TVS outsold Honda in India’s scooter market in July, while electric models accounted for 21% of the overall market and TVS moved roughly 60,000 EV scooters of its own.
- TVS is taking its electric ambitions beyond India with the launch of the iQube electric scooter in Kenya, another example of Indian manufacturers increasingly exporting their own brands and technology.
- Indian startup Avore’s $1,800 EX2S electric motorcycle combines roughly 70-mph performance with an extremely optimistic 161-mile claimed range that deserves plenty of skepticism.
- A new Ducati electric-motorcycle patent describes a compact drivetrain built around a motor capable of spinning at 18,500 rpm, offering another clue about how Ducati may eventually approach a road-going EV.
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