For as long as motorcycles have existed, riders have wanted to go faster on them. However, riding fast can mean a variety of things, including lap times, acceleration, or all-out top speed. Out of ...

When it comes to buying a new touring motorcycle, outright speed isn't as much of a priority as it is if you're in the market for a high-octane superbike. For the former segment, comfort and ...

All of this world's riders must secretly dream about breaking some speed record on the back of their favorite two-wheeler. For many of them, though, that never gets to happen, either because they'll ...

Humanity's obsession with speed long predates the development of the automobile. Who can get to that tree first? How fast can I cover this field on foot? Fortunes have been won and lost betting all ...

A select few events are hailed as the last bastion of their respective motorsports. For motorcycle racing, it's the Isle of Man TT. For rallying, it's the Dakar. And for hill climbs, it's Pikes Peak.

Historically speaking, the motorcycle as we understand it today barely predates the automobile. One year before Carl Benz applied for a patent for his "vehicle powered by a gas engine," his German ...

For more than a century, motorcycle builders have chased a single, brutal benchmark: a street‑legal machine that can ...

Ultraviolette’s forthcoming electric superbike, the F99 has achieved a new Indian quarter-mile record of 10.712 seconds. It sets the stage for the brand’s global ambitions as Ultraviolette begins ...

Mind you, once you move into rocket bike territory, why stop at steam? The fastest motorcycle ever to complete a quarter mile was a hydrogen-peroxide rocket bike, piloted with extreme courage by ...