Three New Colors for the Aprilia Dorsoduro 750

For 2011 Aprilia is gracing the Dorsoduro 750 with three new colors: white, black, and what’s passing as green these days. For now the colors seem to be only coming to the European market, but we wouldn’t be surprised if a couple of them ended up bound for the shores of North America (especially the white and black models, yum). The new colors for the Dorso 750 will join Aprilia’s larger displacement model, the newly ...

Colin Edwards Toni Elias James Ellison Aleix Espargaro Michel Fabrizio

BMW S1000RR Outsells the R1200GS in the US for 2010

BMW Motorrad has just released its numbers for last year, and the Bavarian brand is showing some strong results in 2010, especially considering the double-digit slogging most other companies took. With sales up 12% globally, BMW sold 98,047 motorcycles in 2010 compared to the 87,306 units it sold in 2009 (that’s a 10,741 unit difference). Of the motorcycles sold in last year, the R1200GS remained the globally best selling unit within the brand (accounting for 18,768 ...

Ben Spies Casey Stoner Yuki Takahashi Gabor Talmocsi Makoto Tamada

US Highland Idles Factory While Looking for Funding

Six months after US Highland lost three members of its executive team in a tragic small-plane accident, the American company has announced that it will be idling its Tulsa plant while it continues to finish its latest round of funding. Despite this news, US Highland is reportedly close to achieving its fundraising goals, and hopes to have production rolling again once the fundraising is complete. The Southbridge Advisory Group (SAG) has been brought in to ...

Youichi Ui Tohru Ukawa Chris Vermeulen Anthony West Ruben Xaus