North American

Q1 2025 Piaggio Group Motorcycle North American market share reached 29.9%

May 10, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Piaggio Group: First Quarter 2025 Fri, 09/05/2025 – 13:01 Piaggio Group CEO Michele Colaninno: “The beginning of the year was once again a time of international markets looking for stability and on-going macroeconomic and geopolitical complexity, which […]

2021 North American Environmental Report

December 8, 2021 Michael Le Pard

December 7, 2021 — MARYSVILLE, Ohio Honda today released its environmental activities data for North America covering the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 (FY 2021). This marks the 17th consecutive year that Honda has released […]

Multistrada V4 S Receives North American Radar Certification

July 1, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Ducati Multistrada V4 S is officially radar-certified in North America Multistrada V4 S radar technology is a revolutionary new system incorporated for the first time on a production motorcycle Adaptive Cruise Control and Blind Spot […]

Another bountiful trophy harvest at 2021 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship

June 15, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 14. Cameron Petersen: GSX-R1000R – 3-2 Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000R – 4-4 Jake Lewis: GSX-R1000 – Stock 1000 – 1st Suzuki Motor USA, LLC and Team Hammer reeled in another […]

Amazing Pole Position at Virginia MotoAmerica AMA/ FIM North American Road Racing Championship

May 23, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 23. Sean Dylan Kelly: GSX-R600 – 1st Cameron Petersen: GSX-R1000 – 5th Sam Lochoff: GSX-R600 – 8th Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000 – 12th Team Hammer’s Sean Dylan Kelly continued his […]

AMA Superbike 18-yr-old prodigies registered the weekend’s highlight performances

August 11, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 11. Sean Dylan Kelly: GSX-R600 – 2-2- (Supersport) Alex Dumas: GSX-R1000 – 2-4 (Stock 1000) Toni Elias: GSX-R1000 – 5-5 (Superbike) Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000 – DNF-DNF M4 ECSTAR Suzuki […]

18 Year Old Wins MotoAmerica AMA/ FIM North American Road Racing Championship at Road Atlanta

August 5, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 4. Sean Dylan Kelly: GSX-R600 – 1-2 (Supersport class) Toni Elias: GSX-R1000 – 4-5 (Superbike class) Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000 – 5-4 (Superbike class) M4 ECSTAR Suzuki rider Sean Dylan […]

Unexpected Finish to MotoAmerica AMA/ FIM North American Road Racing Season

June 29, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 28. Bobby Fong – GSX-R1000 – 2nd. Sean Dylan Kelly – GSX-R600 – 2nd. Toni Elias – GSX-R1000 – 4th. A highly motivated M4 ECSTAR Suzuki squad returned to […]

Inspiration Friday: Royal Enfield North America to race in American Flat Track

February 28, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Royal Enfield is going to be racing with the big boys in American Flat Track Racing. Let that sink in a bit. While there is no question Royal Enfield will be the underdog in AFT […]

TMW Coverage: Winter Motorcycle Shows 2020

January 3, 2020 Michael Le Pard

As the Motorcycle Shows across the USA and Canada are starting up and shifting into high gear Total Motorcycle will be there to cover them for you again this year! Plus find dates/times/places and event […]

TEAM HAMMER TO RUN SUZUKI’S OFFICIAL AMA SBK TEAM

December 17, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – December 16. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. has announced it has reached an agreement with Team Hammer to become its official team for the 2020 MotoAmerica AMA/ FIM North American […]

Ducati Streetfighter V4S Long Beach International Motorcycle Show North American Unveiling

November 14, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Highly anticipated Streetfighter V4 arrives in production form on U.S. soil for first time during Southern California show New Multistrada 1260 S Grand Tour, Panigale V2 and new Panigale V4 to make debuts alongside Streetfighter […]

North American BMW Reports April 2019 Sales Results

May 2, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 1, 2019… Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 1.4 percent in April 2019 for a total of 23,816 over the 23,482 vehicles sold in April 2018. BMW Sports Activity Vehicles […]

Production of the 2019 Ducati Diavel 1260 begins in Bologna

January 22, 2019 Michael Le Pard

The first Ducati Diavel 1260 rolls off the production line at Borgo Panigale Eagerly awaited new bike to arrive at dealerships in mid-February Borgo Panigale, Bologna, 21 January 2019 – The Borgo Panigale plant has begun […]

Aprilia Racing Completes First Of Global Dealer Certification Training Program With Seven North American Dealerships

June 29, 2018 Michael Le Pard

FOLLOWING WSBK RACE WEEKEND AT LAGUNA SECA THAT BROUGHT THE BRAND BACK TO THE PODIUM, APRILIA RACING TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS INSTRUCTED DEALERS ON ADVANCED CAPABILITIES OF APRILIA MODELS AND APPLICATIONS TO PROVIDE RACE-SPECIFIC SERVICE FOR […]

HUSQVARNA VITPILEN AND SVARTPILEN MODELS NOW AVAILABLE

March 12, 2018 Michael Le Pard

WHILE THE SOPHISTICATED VITPILEN 401 & SVARTPILEN 401 ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE AT EUROPEAN DEALER FLOORS, THE PROGRESSIVE VITPILEN 701 WILL ARRIVE BY THE END OF MARCH Husqvarna Motorcycles are pleased to announce the availability of […]