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Off the back of delivering more than 141,683 motorcycles worldwide in the past financial year, Triumph Motorcycles has announced they will launch 29 new and updated bikes between October, 2025 and April, 2026. The most recent FY sales represent a remarkable 136 per cent growth since 2019. Triumph says that recent launches, like the Tiger Sport 800, have exceeded expectations, while the Speed Triple RS and RX contributed to a strong uplift in sales. Additionally, dealer networks in China, Brazil and India have performed very strongly in their markets over the past financial year. This momentum has been strengthened by expansion into new market segments, including sub-500cc motorcycles, competitive off-road, and most recently, electric models designed for younger riders. To promote the new motorcycles coming to Triumph’s global retail network…

The final seat on the MotoGP grid for 2026 has been filled, with Diogo Moreira to join Idemitsu Honda LCR next season. The 21-year-old from Sao Paulo, Brazil, will step up from the Moto2 World Championship to replace Somkiat Chantra, who’s exiting grand prix racing to join the factory Honda HRC team in the Superbike World Championship. While Moreira will ride the Idemitsu Honda LCR RC213V, his contract is with HRC, not LCR, so the multi-year deal may see him moved after next year, possibly to the factory team if he impresses in his debut season. “Joining the MotoGP World Championship with Honda LCR is a dream come true,” Moreira said. “I want to thank Honda and the team for believing in me and giving me this incredible opportunity. I’m…

Despite the absence of both the newly crowned and defending MotoGP World Champions, the Liqui Moly Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2025 saw new faces come to the fore, breakthroughs achieved, and history made more than once in a weekend packed with action. It wouldn’t be an Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix without the weather coming into play. Such was the case again for this year’s event on 17–19 October, but not to the same extent as in 2023, when the sprint and feature race days were switched, with the sprint ultimately abandoned. Forecast high winds for the morning of Sunday, 19 October, saw the three grand prix races all rescheduled to an hour later in the programme. Rain impacted the opening day, then threatened on Sunday, but didn’t arrive until long…

It took until the last race of the last round to do it, but Toprak Razgatlioglu is the 2025 FIM Superbike World Champion. Riding for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, Razgatlioglu achieved his second successive championship with the team, adding to the first title he won with Pata Yamaha in 2021. Razgatlioglu, who celebrated his 29th birthday just days ahead of this year’s SuperbikeWorld Championship (WorldSBK) finale at Jerez, was holding a 39-point advantage over Nicolo Bulega of Aruba.it Racing – Ducati coming into the final round. With 62 points on offer, Bulega could still win the championship if Razgatlioglu DNF’d or finished outside the points. Despite a 13-race winning streak for Razgatlioglu earlier in the 2025 WorldSBK season, achieved between the San Marino and Aragon rounds, he and…

After their breakthrough debut win at the FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN) in 2024, Team Australia did it again this year, securing the coveted Chamberlain Trophy thanks to stellar performances from Hunter and Jett Lawrence. The Queensland brothers, who both race in AMA SX/MX competition with Honda HRC Progressive, were once again joined by Kyle Webster to make up Team Australia’s three rider squad, with Michael Byrne as team manager. For this year’s MXoN, held at Ironman Raceway in Indiana, USA, Team Australia fielded Jett Lawrence in MXGP (450cc), Hunter Lawrence in Open (450cc) and Webster in MX2 (250cc). All three were on Honda CRFs. In dry and hot conditions, the Qualifying Races saw Hunter and Jett come out on top in their respective categories, leading from start to finish,…

The Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup (ATC) has announced its entry list for the 2026 season, with two Aussies to join the starting grid and another in reserve. From an invited group of 88 candidates, the final squad of eleven riders and seven reserves was announced following a selection event at the Sepang International Kart Circuit on 21-22 October. The ATC Selection Committee, which included HRC MotoGP team manager, Alberto Puig, oversaw proceedings at the two-day selection event and assessed the talent on display. With a wealth of fast, focused and fearless young riders in attendance, the task of choosing just a handful for the 2026 ATC grid was described as far from easy. Frequent rain impacted the on-track action on Day 2, but the event pushed on, with riders using…

Indian Motorcycle is set to become an independent company, with Polaris Inc. selling off its majority stake in the business to US-based private equity firm, Carolwood LP. The sell-off will also bring new management, with Mike Dougherty, current President of Polaris On Road & International, to retire, replaced by former Vance & Hines CEO, Mike Kennedy. While Indian generated around US$478 million in revenue over the financial year ending 30 June, 2025, that accounted for only 7.0 per cent of Polaris’s total revenue from the same period. Similar performance led Polaris to terminate the Victory brand in 2017, but the heritage of the Indian name means it has a lot more currency than Victory ever did, hence Polaris’s decision to sell Indian (that it purchased in 2011) rather than shut…

Australia’s Oli Bayliss will spend a second season with PTR Triumph Factory Racing in the FIM Supersport World Championship (WorldSSP). The new deal, announced in October, comes on the back of the 22-year-old’s best season to date in WorldSSP. “I’m really excited to be going again with Simon Buckmaster and the PTR Triumph Racing team,” Bayliss said. “It’s been my strongest year so far in the World Supersport Championship and I’m ready to keep building on the progress this year. I’ve gelled well with the Triumph Street Triple 765, so next year we need to fight for the top positions.” Bayliss made his WorldSSP debut on a Ducati with Barni Spark Racing Team in 2022, moved to D34G Racing WorldSSP Team (also Ducati) in 2023, then signed with PTR Triumph…

Australia’s Archie Schmidt has earned a coveted spot in the 2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The 16-year-old from Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills was one of just eight riders selected from 113 at a selection event in Spain this past October. “Getting selected was really satisfying and a major goal ticked,” Schmidt told JUST BIKES. “I’m really proud of myself. Since winning the Oceania Junior Cup in 2023, this has been the main goal I’ve been working towards.” For junior riders like Schmidt, the Red Bull Rookies Cup is a crucial step on the Road to MotoGP pathway — a breeding ground for future world championship contenders. “In 2026, my goal is to ride the whole Red Bull season without injury,” Schmidt explained. “And I also hope to…

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