The biggest improvement you can make to just about any motorcycle is to update the original suspension. Most motorcycles are...
How clever is this Showa suspension that automatically lowers the seat height when the bike is stationary, allowing short people...
Setting up your motorcycle suspension is one of the most arcane and confounding disciplines, yet one of the most important. Whether a motorcycle has adjustable or non-adjustable suspension, it comes from the factory with the suspension set up for a single rider – even if it’s a dual-seat bike –...
Australian company Ikon Suspension has been around in one form or another making riders more comfortable and safer since 1962....
German adventure accessories company Touratech has produced a range of high-end suspension that is tailored specifically for adventure riders. Touratech...
Riders looking for premium motorcycle suspension should welcome the new ownership of Swedish company Öhlins Racing by tech company Tenneco. The American company has worked with Öhlins on their CES valves over the past 20 years. It will lend technological and logistic support that should lead to more products for...
My Triumph Bonneville T100 is a fun little bike but I don’t pretend it’s a great performer, especially two-up. The...
Honda has filed a patent that indicates it may be planning to extend its Goldwing double-wishbone forks to other bikes...
If you’ve looked at improving your suspension, you have probably run into the argument about whether progressive for linear springs are better. Our Ducati GT1000 project bike suffers from under-sprung and over-damped suspension like a lot of Ducati road bikes with standard suspension. The resulting effect is head-shake, chattering, harsh...
Premium Swedish suspension company Öhlins has developed special suspension for Royal Enfield motorcycles for the first time. The first models...
A suspension update is a black art with every suspension expert having differing opinions. You could go up and down...
Harley tourers became the best handling family a few years ago when the company introduced a stiffer frame. Now Swedish suspension company Ohlins has announced the FKC 101 cartridge-type aftermarket fork internals which should make them handle even better. If there was any complaint about the handling of Harley’s Touring...
Several motorcycles have electronic suspension that adjusts to the terrain, but Honda has applied for a patent on suspension that...
Esoteric Austrian suspension company WP Performance Sports GmbH which is owned by KTM Group has announced it is branching out...
While most riders change the mufflers on their new motorcycle first, the most important modification to any motorcycle is the suspension, according to suspension expert Sam Simmons of Oliver’s Motorcycles. Sam is from the UK where he spent eight years as a professional motocross racer and worked in the factory...