Honda Motor Co. is entering the automatic transmission motorcycle market with the debut of its Human-Friendly Transmission (HFT), a new automatic transmission system for motorcycles using Hondas own infinitely variable hydraulic mechanical transmission.
Honda Develops Automatic Motorcycle
Four women share photos and explanations of why they love their motorcycles.
READERS RIDES: Harleys and a Hayabusa
Twelve new members are now part of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame. They were inducted during an evening ceremony held in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, October 6, 2007. Rex Beauchamp, Bob Greene, Pat Hennen, Professor Harry Hurt, Mike Kiedrowski, Sammy Miller, Trampas Parker, Derek and Don Rickman, Orie Steele, Sr., Billy Uhl and Ed Waldheim are the newest additions to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
AMA Inducts 2007 Hall of Famers
The RoadTech H3 has just about everything you’ll need for quick fixes on the road. Find out what tools you should carry along with you so youre prepared for most any roadside repair.
Kawasaki will offer an all-new, state-of-the-art Premium Audio System on its Vulcan 1600 Nomad touring model this fall. This new system will incorporate XM Satellite Radio as an option. With this offering, Kawasaki becomes the first Japanese manufacturer to add XM to a touring bike.
Kawasaki Adds Satellite Radio to Touring Model
Though it started in 2006 as a test to see how many people would show up, the Womens Sportbike Rally, held at the Fontana Village Resort in Robbinsville, N.C., began its second year with a boom.
Ducati North America is adding two new color selections for the 2008 model range unveiled this past weekend at the Paris Motor Show.
Even though I write a column about motorcycles and women, the most common question I am asked by people is how to lose weight and what the fastest and easiest way to achieve that goal is. I have been a personal fitness trainer for 20 years. I worked as a member of ski patrol for 10 years, and I studied Kung Fu San Su for nearly 10 years, achieving black belt status. There has never been a time in my life when being healthy wasnt at the top of my list.
Backroads With Betsy: Just Do It
Harley-Davidson is launching a new contest for women riders, “Get Down to Daytona,” in which women can submit videos about their greatest motorcycle mentor story for a chance to win an expense paid road trip from Atlanta to Daytona Bike Week in 2008 with Karen Davidson, great-granddaughter of William A. Davidson, one of the Companys founders.
Women Riders Can Win Trip to Daytona Bike Week
Visitors to WomenRidersNow.com now have the opportunity to enter a contest to win one of four prizes totally more than $1,000 including the grand prize of an Arai helmet worth $500. The “Thank You” contest is an opportunity for WRN Founder Genevieve Schmitt to thank visitors to the online magazine as it heads into its second year of business.
WRN Launches Thank You Contest