After four fatal motorcycle crashes this year, authorities, municipalities and police in Baden-Baden have agreed on a joint package of measures for the Black Forest High Road. More checks with drones and unmarked vehicles are planned, while logbook orders, one-way systems and the confiscation of motorcycles are also being examined.
A 21-year-old motorcyclist from Münster has been given an eight-month suspended sentence by Rheine District Court. In April he fled from the police without a licence, without registration and without insurance cover, and the court confiscated his motorcycle.
Marc Marquez only came home fifth at the Austrian Grand Prix because the front brake lever had no firm bite point for long stretches. After the race, three more Ducati riders reported exactly the same problem: Francesco Bagnaia, Fermin Aldeguer and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
An updated document from the Californian environmental agency CARB lists a new Ducati Streetfighter V4 SP for model year 2027. The track-focused version of the V4 naked bike is therefore apparently returning to the range after a one-year break.
The Los Angeles city council is having it examined whether the sale of e-motos that are not street legal can be banned. Behind it lies a problem occupying all of California: many electric dirt bikes are sold as e-bikes even though they are legally motorcycles.
Motorcyclists follow rules that appear in no law book and are still observed almost everywhere. From the wave and tapping the helmet to the riding order within a group, it is a system built entirely on reciprocity.
The first test drives for a driverless taxi service begin in Munich in the coming weeks, and other operators are already on the road there. For motorcyclists that pushes one question to the front, and there is still no solid European answer to it: how reliably does this technology detect a single-track vehicle?
Spain’s traffic authority DGT now has 130 Veloláser devices in service, barely bigger than a forearm and working without a flash. Anyone riding through Spain on holiday should know how these devices measure, where they are placed and which new systems are being added in 2026 and 2027.
