In 1859, an event as significant as the advent of the wheel took place in Etienne Lenoir's workshop. The Belgian inventor converted a steam engine to ignite a mix of air and coal gas via a two-stroke ...

Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

A straight-twin engine, also called an inline-twin or parallel-twin, is a two-cylinder setup where both cylinders sit side by side, upright, and share a single crankshaft. It's the simplest way to ...

As interest in motorcycling has grown over the decades and technology has improved, we've seen the development of various motorcycle engine types. Whether it's a classic two-wheel model or even a 3 ...

Tijo is an engineer, mechanic, and an avid content creator with over 5 years of experience as an automotive journalist. His media and publishing journey began with CarHP and CarIndigo, and soon ...

Many of the big players in today's automotive industry (meaning both car and motorcycle makers) can trace their roots back to the dawn of the last century, in both Europe and the U.S. On the American ...

BMW unveiled this cool concept motorcycle at the swanky Concours Villa d'Este in Italy, where it also showed the Concept Skytop automobile. The bike gets a big, new 2000-cc flat twin engine, the ...

What the hell is a flat-8 engine doing in a touring bike, and why is it being produced in a country that doesn’t allow motorcycles on many of its highways? Well, Great Wall’s new motorcycle sub-brand, ...

The motorcycle world is super hot on semi-automatic and automatic transmissions. The likes of KTM's AMT, Yamaha's Y-AMT, and Honda's E-Clutch are just the tip of the iceberg. With a patent application ...