March, 2022

• 29 March

  Electric Manufacturer Energica Gets New U.S.-Based Owner

  

  NEW YORK – Italian electric motorcycle maker Energica has a new majority owner. Ideanomics, which has it headquarters in New York, finalized a deal on Monday and acquired a 70 percent stake in the company. Ideanomics is described in a press release as “a global company focused on accelerating the commercial …

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• 25 March

  BRP Plans Can-Am Motorcycle Revival With An Electric Lineup

  

  VALCOURT, QUEBEC – Once upon a time, back in the 1970s and long before it began building on-road Spyder and Ryker three-wheelers, Can-Am made motorcycles that competed in the motocross and endurance arenas. Come 2024, it will again build bikes with a lineup of two-wheel electric models for both off-road …

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• 25 March

  Oil Drippings, Including New Dealer In Albany…

  

  It’s been a while but there is no reason there cannot be a new edition of “Oil Drippings,” a post containing items from near and far that riders may find interesting: Albany Getting Ducati-Triumph Dealer If all goes as planned, the Albany, NY market will get a new Ducati-Triumph dealer …

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• 23 March

  BMW Providing No Clues On Status Of Closed Company-Run Store In NYC

  

  NEW YORK – It’s been almost three months since BMW closed its company-run BMW of Manhattan Motorrad store at 555 West 57th with a promise that a new location will “open soon.” It has since left customers and other BMW riders in the tri-state area in the dark about the …

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• 22 March

  Touratech Plans Retail Store, Distribution Center In Connecticut

  

  BROOKFIELD, CT – The German company Touratech, which caters to adventure riders with gear, accessories and parts, is expanding its U.S. footprint by opening a retail store and East Coast distribution center here. “We’re targeting early May for an opening,” Touratech marketing director Matt Lewis said this afternoon, explaining that …

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• 20 March

  Yes, “Barn Finds” Still Exist As An Old Ford Proves

  

  BETHEL, CT – It’s parked in a barn a short ways down a side road, footsteps from a major state highway, and has been sitting for decades. And the vintage Ford provides proof that stumbling upon a “barn find” is still possible as RIDE-CT & RIDE-New England did on Saturday …

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• 15 March

  Royal Enfield Unveils Himalayan-based Scram 411 Model

  

  (Updated at 9 p.m. on March 15) MILWAUKEE – If you visited Royal Enfield’s United States website during business hours today there was no mention of it, despite a new model announcement being made in the motorcycle maker’s home base of India. Even now, the website hasn’t been updated, but …

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• 8 March

  Ural Pauses Production In Russia, Reiterates Opposition To Country’s Invasion Of Ukraine

  

  REDMOND, WA – In an evening update Monday, Ural Motorcycles reported that the production of sidecar motorcycles at its Irbit factory in Siberia has now been paused in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, the manufacture of spare parts “remains fully operational.” Calling itself “a small and fiercely …

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• 6 March

  Buell Shows Off New Models That Reach Into Dirt Riding And Touring

  

  DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Known as an off-and-on purveyor of superbikes over the decades, the revived Buell brand used Daytona Bike Week to unveil prototypes of two future models on Saturday that plants its logo in two more categories – dirt riding and touring. Buell calls its new Baja DR …

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• 2 March

  MV Agusta CEO Rips Putin In Instagram Posts, Honda Ditches Russia, Too

  

  VARESE, Italy – While most motorcycle companies have remained silent since Russia invaded Ukraine less than a week ago, aside from announcing the ending of exports to Russia, there is one exception. Timur Sardarov, the Moscow-born CEO of Italy luxury sport brand MV Agusta, has repeatedly blasted Russian President Vladimir …

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