Get an email every time we post a new feature on CMG! Just a quick FYI – we’ve resurrected the option to add your email to the CMG Feature notification system. In CMG 2.X (we’re on 3.0 now) it used to be called "Subscribe" and would notify anyone who subscribed to it when there was … Continue reading CMG Features notification
Is there a better way to test a BMW for a day? German touring company Muenchner Freiheit have started doing one-day test rides of BMW bikes from their extensive fleet! The company usually just organizes motorcycle tours around the world, but from their headquarters in Munich, Germany, they have now added the option to take … Continue reading BMW Alpine test ride
The Vancouver Motorcycle Show was held a week ago now, but we sent our west coast correspondent, Steve Thornton, over to see what was happening and report back to CMG HQ. Here is his Vancouver Show diary … Steve gets his ears plugged Jim Dempsey did a roaring business at the Vancouver Motorcycle Show. Next … Continue reading Goodies in pocket at Vancouver
Hayden not satisfied with time The year’s second Moto GP test, this one at Australia’s Philip Island circuit, is complete. To nobody’s great surprise Casey Stoner on the new version of the Ducati Desmosedici was fastest, a kick-in-the-face entire second faster than the next quickest rider, Repsol Honda’s Nicky Hayden. The official lap record of … Continue reading Stoner rocks Hayden's world
Last week we left Rene at the Koobi Fora Museum with not enough fuel to get to Ethiopia on the planned route …
Harley-Davidson has introduced a helmet in open-face and shorty design specifically for women – with extra room for a curl or two in the do. In helmet seminars at U.S. dealerships, Harley was frequently told by women that a helmet with more "front-to-back and side-to-side" adjustability would please female riders. As a result, they’ve come … Continue reading Women's helmet
Cross Bones price announced Canadian prices for new Cross Bones motorcycle from Harley-Davidson and the Ulysses XT Buell have been announced. Harley’s FLSTSB Cross Bones, an old-look bobber with ape-hanger bars and springer fork, will sell for $18,629. Buell’s lowered, street-going XB12XT Ulysses, with hard bags, heated grips, and a taller windscreen, goes for $13,999. … Continue reading H-D, Buell prices announced
MotoGP Duck for Tom As if he didn’t already have everything, superstar actor Tom Cruise has bought a Ducati Desmosedici RR, according to the Associated Press. Cruise, who rode a motorcycle in the movie "Top Gun," seems to have a thing for exotics. He already owns a Confederate Hellcat and a Vyrus 985 C3 4V. … Continue reading Celeb purchases
Some people just shouldn’t wheelie A judge in Toronto sentenced a motorcyclist to 20 months in prison last week for showing "wanton and reckless disregard for the safety of others." Oh, and bumping off his passenger. The 25-year-old rider pleaded guilty last fall to criminal negligence causing death after an accident that took the life … Continue reading Wheelie to jail
Harleys are running hot and cold. It’s like the Harley in the coal mine. Sales of the U.S.-made bikes are down in the States, but up in Canada, mirroring the economic conditions of the two countries. American retail sales of new H-D motorcycles dropped 14.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to … Continue reading Harley sales good and bad