Royal Enfield takes its twin to dirt track (Brandon lajoie/)After 56 years off, Royal Enfield is going racing again—dirt-track racing. This is a company that built its first motorcycle in England in 1901, and thanks to globalization is now owned by Eicher Motors, an Indian company. The bikes are manufactured in India, but designed by an R&D center near Leicester,…
Triumph has updated its 900cc Street Scrambler for 2022, and added this new limited-edition Sandstorm model. (Triumph Motorcycles/)2021 seems to be the year of Euro 5 for Triumph, as we assumed it would be, and the Brits are methodically going through their product portfolio to update their machines accordingly. First we saw the Bonneville series get its emissions tightened up…
As part of our in-depth testing regimen, we ran the RS 660 on our in-house Dynojet 250i dyno, recording horsepower and torque measurements. The Aprilia produced an impressive 88.81 peak horsepower at 10,450 rpm and 45.34 pound-feet of torque at 8,530 rpm. Also take note of the flat, broad torque curve, resulting in drivability at nearly any rpm. From 8,000…