Few modes of transportation have ever been quite as romanticized, if not outright fetishized, as the motorcycle. As films, books, and other forms of entertainment continue to fuel the fires of ...

For the vast majority of motorcycle writers, the feeling of straddling a two-wheeled machine with a growling hunk of metal below and taking off, shifting through the gears is all part of the ...

Luke started working as a Freelance Writer for HotCars in 2020. After three years, he moved to a more permanent role with the TopSpeed motorcycle content team as a Journalist. The automatic ...

Shifting can be one of the trickier parts of learning to ride a motorcycle, especially with younger generations in the mix—many of whom are familiar with driving a standard transmission in a car. Even ...

KTM is the latest entrant to the league of lazy shifters and introduced an automatic transmission system they call an “Automated Manual Transmission” or AMT. BMW, Honda, and Yamaha, all have their ...

For some riders, the thought of an automatic transmission is paramount to sacrilege. However, with electric bikes becoming more readily available, as well as some newer riders not being outright ...