Inside BMW’s super secret French test facility
Costa uses all his charm to get past security and give us a look at how BMW does its testing.
Category Archives: Technobabble
Explainer: Your bike’s IMU
You don’t think about it, but it’s thinking about you All The Time.
Technobabble – Lito’s Sora
Montreal’s Lito Green Motion have jumped into the electric motorcycle market with their new Sora. Costa catches up with founder Jean-Pierre Legris at last weekend’s Montreal Motorcycle Show for the low-down on Canada’s first production e-bike.
Piaggio MP3 300ie Hybrid
Piaggio makes a Hybrid from their MP3. Costa thinks that they did it the right way. Let’s take a look
Honda’s Dual Clutch Transmission
Costa recently rode Honda’s new VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Transmission at Mosport. Seems like a good time to take a look at how the thing works; in theory and on track.
Bondo gets suspended
Bondo takes a Buell 1125CR to the track and gets a 101 course on how to set up the suspension from guru John Sharrard.
Yamaha’s YZ450F reversed head
Welcome to the first installment of Technobabble, featuring Yamaha’s new reversed cylinder head YZ450F …
Taking Control of Traction
Costa Mouzouris gives us his take on where Traction Control for motorcycles is currently at and what the future holds.
K1200S – TECHNICAL BITS EXPLAINED
With the new K1200S come new technical ideas that we think are worthy of a bit of a closer look. There’s actually enough to make a whole article unto itself, so that it what we did – only hopefully written for the average person … with a degree in astrophysics. Well, maybe just an interest.
CMG Dakar Glossary
Here’s what all that jargon means.