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BMW Motorrad CEO Markus Flasch says the M 1000 RS, a 218-horsepower naked bike with the engine of the M 1000 RR superbike, is the world’s most powerful hyper naked, and only 1,000 will be built

BMW revealed the motorcycle on November 3 at the EICMA show in Milan. It will reach dealers from March 2027, with a retail price of €40,000 in Germany, including 19% VAT. In the UK, the price is £36,220, according to Motorcycle News and Visordown. MCN…

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Motorcycles mean wildly different things depending on where you stand. In America and much of Europe they are mostly about pleasure: a weekend ride, a track day, a cross-country tour on a bike loaded with chrome. In India, Southeast Asia and Africa they are daily transport for hundreds of millions of people, the commuter machines and scooters that carry families, deliveries and livelihoods. Both worlds share the same thrill of balance, speed and open air.

The industry's history is a story of rising and falling powers. American makers such as Harley-Davidson and Indian ruled early, Britain's Triumph, BSA and Norton dominated the postwar years, and then Japan's Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki remade the market with reliable, affordable, high-performance machines. Italy's Ducati, Austria's KTM and Germany's BMW built premium niches, while India's Royal Enfield, Bajaj, Hero and TVS grew into giants by volume. Each shift left behind famous names and loyal riders still arguing over who built the best bikes.

Today the action is in several directions at once. Indian makers build bikes for global brands, with Triumph working with Bajaj and Harley-Davidson with Hero, and India's 350cc-to-500cc segment has become fiercely contested. Electric scooters from Ola, Ather, TVS and Bajaj are reshaping urban commuting, and Chinese manufacturers are rising fast. In the West, tariffs, aging riders and the hunt for younger ones dominate boardroom talk. The brand pages under this section cover launches, reviews, recalls, sales, racing and business news for the makers that matter most.

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Two wheels from Milwaukee to Bologna to Pune: Harley, Honda, Ducati, Royal Enfield and the electric upstarts, with launches, reviews and sales.

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Harley-Davidson Milwaukee's V-twin institution since 1903, from Softails and Road Glides to LiveWire electrics and India-built small bikes, plus the hunt for new riders. 3 subtopics
Indian Motorcycle America's first motorcycle brand, revived as Harley's chief rival, with Chief and Scout cruisers, Challenger and Chieftain baggers and FTR flat-trackers.
Honda The world's largest motorcycle maker, from the Super Cub and Activa to the Gold Wing, Africa Twin and CBR, with India its biggest market by far.
Yamaha Japan's tuning-fork brand, maker of the R-series sportbikes, MT nakeds, XSR retros and scooters, a racing force from MotoGP to motocross. 2 subtopics
Kawasaki Japan's green-machine performance brand, maker of the Ninja sportbikes, Z nakeds, KLR and KLE adventure bikes and the supercharged H2. 1 subtopic
Suzuki Hamamatsu's two-wheel maverick, home of the GSX-R, Hayabusa and V-Strom, and in India a scooter powerhouse with the Access and Burgman Street. 1 subtopic
Ducati Bologna's red racing obsession, from the 916 and Panigale to the Monster and Multistrada, a MotoGP powerhouse now owned by Audi and Volkswagen. 2 subtopics
Triumph Britain's revived motorcycle maker, from Bonnevilles and Speed Triples to Tiger adventure bikes and Bajaj-built 400s that brought it to India's masses. 3 subtopics
KTM Austria's orange army: Dakar-winning dirt bikes, the brutal Super Duke, Indian-built Dukes for the masses and a rescue that handed control to Bajaj. 1 subtopic
BMW Motorrad A century of boxer twins from Munich, the R 80 G/S that invented adventure riding, the S 1000 RR superbike and the small bikes built with India's TVS. 1 subtopic
Royal Enfield The world's oldest motorcycle brand still in production, born in England, reborn in Chennai, from the thumping Bullet to 650 twins and Flying Flea EVs. 5 subtopics
Bajaj The Pune giant behind the Pulsar, the reborn electric Chetak, a CNG motorcycle and the Indian-built KTMs and Triumphs, now steering KTM itself. 1 subtopic
Hero MotoCorp The world's biggest maker of two-wheelers by volume, home of the Splendor commuter, the Vida electric brand and a partnership with Harley-Davidson.
TVS Chennai's engineering-minded two-wheeler maker: Apache sport bikes, Jupiter and Ntorq scooters, the iQube EV, BMW's small-bike partner and owner of Norton. 2 subtopics
Ola Electric India's loudest electric two-wheeler startup: S1 scooters, Roadster motorcycles, a giant factory, a stock market debut and plenty of controversy.
Ather The Bengaluru EV maker that set the bar for smart electric scooters, from the 450 series to the family-sized Rizta, with its own fast-charging grid.

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