Mobility News

Sunday 23rd August 2026

Italian moto marque launches big US comeback with 5 limited-run bikes

Bimota has never really been in the business of making motorcycles for everybody. Since its birth in 1973, the Italian marque has made a name for itself doing things the unnecessarily complicated way: take a proven engine from somebody else's parts bin, build an outrageously sophisticated chassis around it, drape the whole thing in Italian bodywork, and then make only a handful of them.

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CFMoto's liter-class adventure bike lands in the USA for $12,499

Liter-class motorcycles haven’t exactly been accessible per se. Not just state-of-the-art superbikes that look like Greek goddesses, but even something as rugged and exposed as the Honda Africa Twin comes for upwards of $15,000. CFMoto clearly doesn’t like to play by the conventional rules, and its latest offering takes a direct shot at big-bore ADVs at a fraction of the price.

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