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MXGP & MX2 Set to Close 2025 Season with Triple-Header in Turkey China and Australia

September 6, 2025 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP and MX2 teams are gearing up for the final stretch of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship with a three-race swing across Asia and Australia. Round 18 takes […]

Awaken a Revelation: New 2025 Ducati XDiavel is Reborn!

February 17, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Are you a fan of torque shredding muscle cars? Love the feel of acceleration and torque? Well, this week’s Total Motorcycle Awaken a Revelation: New 2025 Ducati XDiavel V4 is Reborn article and new 2025 […]

Two-Wheeled Trouble: Motorcycle Prices to Spike with New Tariffs!

February 3, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Motorcycle tariffs, here we go again! Do you remember 1983 when President Ronald Reagan significantly increased tariffs on imported motorcycles with engines over 700 cc displacement? How about 2025 when President Donald Trump significantly increased […]

Inspiration Friday: Make American Motorcycles Great Again!

July 19, 2024 Michael Le Pard

You’ve heard the term, MAGA, but what about MAmGA? That’s our Inspiration Friday: Make American Motorcycles Great Again! Last night President Donald J. Trump at the RNC delivered a speech of America First, but what […]

Inspiration Friday: BMW Motorrad Days 2024 & GS Trophy 2024 Namibia

July 5, 2024 Michael Le Pard

The world’s largest BMW Motorrad event will return to Europe in July and America in October! An unadulterated motorcycle culture, a party atmosphere and unique riding experiences await riders who want the ultimate inspirational motorcycle […]

Bold New 2025 Triumph Motorcycles Launched!

Bold New 2025 Triumph Motorcycles Arrive!

June 10, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Bold new 2025 Triumph Motorcycles have arrive at Total Motorcycle! A baker’s dozen new Roadsters, Modern Classics and Adventure bikes with bright and exciting new colors such as Roulette Green, Kingfisher Blue and Cosmic Yellow. […]

Inspiration Friday: Vespa World Days 2024 Guide

April 19, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Thousands of Vespa fans and their scooters from 55 countries and 5 continents will swarm Pontedera, Italy this week for Vespa World Days 2024! A celebration of everything Vespa with Vespa exhibitions, events, shows and […]

Inspiration Friday: Lest We Forget

November 10, 2023 Michael Le Pard

With the Israel War on Palestine (Gaza & West Bank) reaching genocidal levels with over 4412 children killed, the War in Ukraine claiming over 400,000 lives and with more NATO war clouds on the horizon […]

BMW Motorrad customizing Contest: 2nd Edition

BMW AG Conference Call Quarterly Statement to 31 March 2023

May 4, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Ladies and Gentlemen, The BMW Group has a strong global footprint. It serves as a local partner in individual regions of the world, contributing positively to industrial economic value in all. We currently have […]

Zendure Announces BOÉ Motorsports Moto3 Sponsorship

March 29, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Portimão, March.24. Zendure, one of the fastest-growing global energy tech start-ups, announced its partnership with MotoGP™’s BOÉ Motorsports racing team as a core sponsor for the 2023 Moto3 World Championship. This partnership marks the start […]

5 million scooters and motorcycle sales its Indonesia after India and China

November 23, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Located on a 55,000 sq.m site in Jakarta, the plant will manufacture Vespa scooters for the local market With annual sales of more than 5 million scooters and motorcycles, Indonesia is the world’s third-largest market, […]

BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2022 Southeast Europe. Day 1

September 5, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Berat Castle, Albania. The 2022 BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy started in spectacular fashion today. The competitors set off from the base camp at Kavaje on the shores of the Adriatic and headed inland, across the […]

BMW Group focuses on electromobility but few want electric vehicles

July 8, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Munich. The BMW Group sold a total of 75,891 fully-electric BMW and MINI vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2022 – more than doubling its all-electric sales compared to the same period of last year […]

Inspiration Friday: Cyber-Secure Motorcycles?

January 7, 2022 Michael Le Pard

2022’s first Inspiration Friday: Cyber-Secure Motorcycles is a great read. Cyber crime is on the rise and hackers can not only access your motorcycle’s (car/truck) bluetooth, GPS, Airbag, eCall, remote control key and even an […]

Inspiration Friday: Rising Gas Prices

October 8, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Not my favorite topic but Inspiration Friday: Rising Gas Prices is this weeks hot button around the world. Gas shortages, skyrocketing energy prices, high demand, low supply, canceled pipelines. Back in 2012 Obama said, on […]

Motorcycle sales starts fourth quarter on track for all-time high

October 7, 2021 Michael Le Pard

With a total of 1,932,236 vehicles sold through September, BMW Group sales climbed +17.9% year-on-year Deliveries of fully-electric vehicles more than doubled since start of the year (59,688 vehicles, +121.4%) Strong competitive position expanded in […]

Inspiration Friday: Bike Shortages

April 30, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Computers, components, food, appliances, lumber, toilet paper, disinfectants, cars, trucks and now motorcycles. Inspiration Friday: Bike Shortages doesn’t sound very inspiring does it? Maybe Total Motorcycle’s Inspiration Friday inspired our 350 million readers to buy […]

Tough Year for Ducati with 48k motorcycles delivered in 2020

March 19, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Ducati Proves to be a Solid and Profitable Company with a Positive Cash Flow Even in a Complex Year like 2020 48,042 motorcycles delivered, € 676 million in turnover and € 24 million in operating […]

Latest Materials Science Enable Significantly Smaller and Lighter Drivetrains

March 19, 2021 Michael Le Pard

DENVER, March 09, 2021 — Gates (NYSE: GTES), a leading global provider of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions – and a pioneer in belt-driven personal mobility – introduces the new Carbon Drive Moto X9™ […]

BMW Motorrad earnings down 47%

March 11, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Despite the prevailing economic challenges, BMW Motorrad delivered a total of 169,272 motorcycles and scooters to customers in 2020 (2019: 175,162; -3.4%). In the fourth quarter, deliveries rose slightly by just under 4% to 39,673 units (2019: […]

Riello UPS Ducati renewing partnership for 2021 MotoGP World Championship

February 12, 2021 Michael Le Pard

The Borgo Panigale-based team and the Verona-based company celebrate 15 years of collaboration by renewing their partnership for the 2021 MotoGP World Championship. Riello UPS, a brand of the Riello Elettronica Group, a global player […]

Inspiration Friday: Explore the Unexpected

January 15, 2021 Michael Le Pard

“Explore the unexpected” is the motto of the 8th edition of the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy, which will take place in late summer 2022 in Albania one of the last still largely untouched off-road […]

The First and Only 2020 Auto Show is Live This Weekend

September 26, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The First and Only 2020 Auto Show is Live This Weekend and where it is will shock you. The premium automobile manufacturer BMW is presenting itself at Auto China 2020 in Beijing with new models […]

BMW “enthusiasm for motorcycling despite the crisis is unbroken”

July 8, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. With the best ever sales result for the month of June, BMW Motorrad concludes the first half of 2020 and enters the second half of the year with confidence. Dr. Markus Schramm, Head of […]

BMW Human Machine Reverse Motion Capture Project

May 13, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich/Bali. BMW Art Journey winner Lu Yang (represented by the gallery Société, Berlin) completed the first leg of her travel, which took her to Bali, Indonesia from January 12 to 21, 2020. The Shanghai-based artist is […]

BMW Sales China shows first signs of recovery with South Korea trending positive

April 6, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. During the current coronavirus pandemic, protecting employees and taking responsibility for society are the number one priority for the BMW Group. At the same time, it is important to safeguard the company’s liquidity and secure […]

Italian excellence Riello UPS and Ducati Corse continue to race together

February 6, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Legnago, February 6, 2020 – Riello UPS, a brand of the Riello Elettronica Group and global player in the production of uninterruptible power systems, photovoltaic inverters and energy storage systems, announces that it has renewed for […]

BMW Motorrad partners with ”The House of Machines” in Shanghai

January 22, 2020 Michael Le Pard

München / Shanghai. On January 16, “The House of Machines” (THoM) opened its first cooperative outlet in Asia in Shanghai. As the exclusive THoM partner, BMW Motorrad will have an exclusive space dedicated to motorcycle enthusiasts […]

Ducati closes 2019 on a high with bike sales topping 53000

January 15, 2020 Michael Le Pard

53,183 Ducati bikes delivered to customers in 90 countries Italy remains the number one market. Double-digit growth in China, Brazil and Spain For the second year running, the Panigale is the world’s best-selling superbike. A […]

All nine: BMW Motorrad enters the new decade with its ninth consecutive sales record

January 14, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. In 2019 as well, BMW Motorrad has sold more motorcycles and scooters than ever before. Compared to the strong previous year, deliveries increased by a further 5.8%. As of December 2019 a total of 175,162 […]

Ducati Diavel 1260 presented in China at Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai

November 23, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Ducati attends the Salone del Mobile in Shanghai among other Italian excellences After winning the “Red Dot Design Award 2019” in the category “Best of the Best”, the new Ducati Diavel 1260 is unveiled in […]

Ducati Del Mar al Cielo 2019 Brings Community Together for Oaxaca Riding Experience in Mexico

November 23, 2019 Michael Le Pard

More than 70 riders participated in the third edition of Ducati Del Mar al Cielo ride event Ducati México program took place in beautiful Oaxaca with on- and off-road riding through dynamic terrain Ducati North […]

Shell and Ducati mark 21st year together with renewal of winning Technical Partnership

November 7, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Shell and Ducati today announced an extension of their Technical Partnership. The iconic partnership has run for over 20 years, starting in 1999 at the World Superbike Championship before expanding into MotoGP when Ducati joined […]

POSITIVE END TO 2019 MXGP SEASON FOR ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA

September 15, 2019 Michael Le Pard

TOP 10 CLASS RESULTS FOR THOMAS KJER OLSEN, PAULS JONASS AND ARMINAS JASIKONIS AT CHAMPIONSHIP ENDING MXGP OF CHINA Successfully completing the 18th and final round of the 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship, Rockstar Energy […]

Yamaha Stars Chasing Championship Medals at MXGP Season Finale

September 12, 2019 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory and Monster Energy Wilvo Yamaha MXGP teams are set to travel halfway across the world for the 18th and final round of the MXGP and MX2 World Championships. The season […]

PAULS JONASS FINISHES THIRD OVERALL AT MXGP OF TURKEY

September 9, 2019 Michael Le Pard

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING RIDER CLAIMS ANOTHER TOP-THREE RESULT WITH 2-5 FINISHES AT AFYONKARAHISAR, TURKEY Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass has claimed a second consecutive MXGP podium result having finished third overall […]

Sixth & Seventh for Paulin & Seewer in Turkey

September 9, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Wilvo Yamaha MXGP’s Gautier Paulin and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer emerged from the penultimate round of the MXGP World Championship in Afyon, Turkey, in sixth and seventh overall, while Tonus […]

MV AGUSTA AND LONCIN SIGN A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

July 25, 2019 Michael Le Pard

China, 25-07-2019 – The iconic Italian manufacturer MV Agusta Motor and the Chinese industrial giant Loncin Motor Co., Ltd., have entered a long term strategic partnership agreement that has, as a base, the development of […]

ANDREW SHORT WINS SILK WAY RALLY STAGE NINE

July 15, 2019 Michael Le Pard

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING RIDER EARNS FIRST SILK WAY RALLY STAGE WIN AND MOVES UP TO SECOND OVERALL Andrew Short has ridden a faultless stage nine of the 2019 Silk Way Rally to post […]

ANDREW SHORT NINTH ON SILK WAY RALLY STAGE EIGHT

July 14, 2019 Michael Le Pard

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING RIDER LIES FIFTH OVERALL AFTER FIRST CHINESE STAGE OF THE EVENT Adapting well to the change of conditions and terrain, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Andrew Short has completed the […]

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING SET FOR FINAL DAYS OF SILK WAY RALLY

July 13, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Stage seven of the 2019 Silk Way Rally was made up purely of a liaison section between Dalanzadgad in Mongolia and Bayinbaolige in China. With teams completing the 550.66 kilometres between the two bivouacs, riders […]

Yamalube Yamaha Rally Team Make Positive Start To Silk Way Rally 2019

July 10, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Three days into the second round of the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship – the Silk Way Rally held in Russia, Mongolia and China – and Yamalube Yamaha Rally Team riders Franco Caimi and […]

ANDREW SHORT ALL SET FOR 2019 SILK WAY RALLY

July 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Andrew Short will soon arrive in Russia to race the 2019 Silk Way Rally – a 10-day event that also includes stages in Mongolia before finishing in China on July 16. Andrew’s Rockstar Energy Husqvarna […]

Motorcycle Sales Up – BMW Motorrad Sells 17,944 Motorcycles Globally in May

June 13, 2019 Michael Le Pard

BMW Motorrad sales continue to grow strongly, with year-to-date deliveries up 7.1% (74,958). In May, a total of 17,944 (+5.2%) premium BMW Motorrad motorcycles and maxi scooters were delivered to customers around the world. Electrified sales […]

BMW Motorrad sales up 9.9% in March, beating market trends in several major markets

April 11, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Munich. March 2019 was the best-ever single sales month in the BMW Group’s history with a total of 263,319 premium BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered to customers, an increase of 2.8% on the same month […]

Adrien Van Beveren Wins Merzouga Rally 2019

April 6, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Yamalube Yamaha Rally Team rider Adrien Van Beveren has won the motorcycle class at the Merzouga Rally 2019. Posting the fastest time on the fifth and final day of competition, the Frenchman rode his WR450F […]

BMW Group sells 307% more vehicles in China than USA in January YoY

February 13, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Munich. The BMW Group has started 2019 with a positive sales result: global deliveries of the company’s three premium automotive brands increased by 0.5% in January, with a total of 170,463 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce […]

Destination of the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2020 revealed: Kia Ora New Zealand!

February 1, 2019 Michael Le Pard

“Destination Paradise” is the motto of the seventh edition of the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy which will commence in early 2020. Last night at 7pm (CET) BMW Motorrad revealed that the next Int. GS […]

BMW Motorrad sells record 165,566 motorcycles in 2018

January 16, 2019 Michael Le Pard

BMW Motorrad sold more motorcycles and maxi scooters in 2018 than ever before. Compared to the strong previous year, deliveries increased by a further 0.9%. As of December 2018 a total of 165,566 vehicles (previous […]

Interview: BMW Stefan Juraschek, VP Development Electric-Powertrain

December 29, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Mr. Juraschek, was BMW slow off the mark with electric mobility? Juraschek: No, absolutely not. The BMW Group actually played a pioneering role with BMW i. Today we are the premium manufacturer offering the widest […]

BMW Motorrad Group sales increase 4.8% in October

November 14, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Munich. The BMW Group has sold more cars in October than ever before in the month, despite the current challenging economic and political situation. The company delivered 200,883 vehicles to customers around the world, […]

GIXXER CUP RIDERS SET FOR ASIA TALENT CUP SELECTION

September 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 18. The hunt is on to find the next stars of MotoGP and some of those stars may well come from the ranks of Suzuki’s Gixxer Cup race class. […]

The 18th BMW Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from July 6 – 8, 2018. More than 35,000 visitors at the biggest BMW Motorrad Festival in the world.

July 11, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Munich/Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The 18th edition of the BMW Motorrad Days from July 6 to 8, 2018 at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain was a resounding success once again. Apart from the rainy Friday, it was […]