We have brought you electric motorcycles in the past (even the Mission One) but it looks like the electric motorcycles are finally ready for prime time.  Typically electric motorcycles had limited range and limited speed… the Mission One has a top speed of 161mph and a range of 150 miles per charge… Nice.  Read [...]

We have all seen the Electric Dirt Bike by Zero Motorcycles… but this electric street bike by Mission One is a completely different beast.  Mission Motors latest bike (due out in 2010) claims a top speed of 150MPH with 100 foot-pounds of torque (up to 60MPH).  Read on for the juicy details, including the hefty [...]

The folks at Victory Motorcycles (owned by Polaris) are making some sweet bikes.  I have to say that Polaris/Victory are one of the few American companies turning out a good product with a motor.  It is a pretty sad time when I won’t/can’t justify buying any American cars because they are crappy in comparison [...]

The Yamaha VMAX is not a new motorcycle… but Yamaha has upped the cool factor a bit on the bike.  The 2009 Yamaha VMAX now has a new 65-degree 1679CC V4 motor, an aluminum frame, a 5-speed transmission with slipper clutch (oooh!), adjustable front and rear suspension (ahhh!), and beefy Brembo brakes.  The new exhaust [...]

The Honda Motocompo is a tiny folding scooter sold by Honda in Japan only from 1981 to 1983. We (GadgetKing.com) have one of these sexy scooters motorcycles in our office and it is a blast to ride. It is truly hard to believe that the MotoCompo is over 25 years old. The [...]