News Cycles: July 20, 2018

Jul 20, 2018

5 Comments

Welcome to News Cycles, Common Tread’s roundup of what’s happening on our servers and everywhere else. Every Friday, look for a collection of news, stories, and all things moto from around the web. This week, Honda teases a CBX 2.0, Lemmy rides the Tracer GT, and a new organization for motorcycle arts.

Return of the Honda six-cylinder?

A patent application from Honda clearly shows an inline-six engine that echoes the legendary CBX lump of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Could Honda really bring it back?

Three mistakes short riders commonly make

For every long-legged rider, there’s a short one wondering if there’s anything they can do about their confidence on a stopped motorcycle. Author Joanne Donn advises, “If you lack the confidence to make the change because you can't get two feet flat on the ground, you will never move up, literally.”

It’s official!!! We are strengthening our partnership & will be stepping it up as the Title sponsor of the @MonsterEnergy @YamahaMotoGP team in 2019! 🤝 👊🏻#MotoGP https://t.co/Wt8p6IdRHV
— Monster Energy (@MonsterEnergy) July 17, 2018

Monster replaces Movistar as Yamaha partner

Monster Energy will take Movistar’s place as the title sponsor for Yamaha's MotoGP team in 2019 after this year’s shakeups in the rider lineup. Will we see black and green Yamaha race bikes?

2019 Yamaha Tracer GT first ride review

Lemmy hops a ride aboard the FJ-09’s successor in GT trim. With a host of changes from fender to fender, the Tracer GT is an impressive package.

World Ducati Week Race of Champions motorcycles — Get one of these 12 individually painted Panigales on eBay. Ducati photo.

One-of-a-kind Ducati race bikes go up for bid on eBay

As part of World Ducati Week, Ducati is having a Race of Champions tomorrow. Aside from the lineup, which features a dozen famous racers from MotoGP's Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo to World Superbike's Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri, along with former champ Troy Bayliss back from retirement and others, the other unique aspect of the event is that the 12 individually painted Panigales will be put up for sale on eBay after the race.

Now open: Motorcycle Arts Foundation

The Motorcycle Arts Foundation is a non-profit first conceived in 2016 to highlight and promote the cultural and artistic aspects of motorcycling through film, photography, writing, and public works projects. The MAF's first museum exhibition, Custom Revolution, is currently on view at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Thanks for reading; that's all for this week! If you've got feedback or moto news you'd like to share, shoot an e-mail to commontread@revzilla.com. Check back for more News Cycles every Friday.