Many of the big players in today's automotive industry (meaning both car and motorcycle makers) can trace their roots back to the dawn of the last century, in both Europe and the U.S. On the American ...

Cooling fins are an iconic feature of motorcycle design. These blades made their mark early, with their parallel lines encircling the cylinders of classic bikes from day one. Whether on the striking V ...

Motorcyclists didn't start revving their engines at stoplights to show off, at least not originally. Before electronic fuel injection became standard, many bikes relied on carburetors to mix fuel and ...

Luke started working as a Freelance Writer for HotCars in 2020. After three years, he moved to a more permanent role with the TopSpeed motorcycle content team as a Journalist. Over the years, there ...

As we begin the last article in this series on the basics of the internal combustion engine, let's stop to review what we've covered during the last five articles. We began last May by detailIing the ...

Meet Mainak, a passionate motorcycle enthusiast from India! He has been riding motorcycles for over a decade now and has a particular love for cruisers and adventure bikes. But, he secretly harbors a ...

An engine number is a special alphanumeric code that is imprinted on a motorcycle engine, and its primary use is as a unique identifier for the engine. Manufacturers differ on what is included, but ...

There is this phrase Americans love that says there's no replacement for displacement. For one reason or another, the country came to the conclusion that the bigger the engines used in their cars are, ...