The 2024 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT+ benefits from extensive electronic updates. While the frame and motor are unchanged, this mid-size sport-touring motorcycle’s updates are...
The already highly successful Yamaha YZ250F gets significant updates this year, ranging from the chassis to the motor to the electronics. While it’s not...
Suzuki is celebrating a quarter-century of its groundbreaking Hayabusa with a special edition version of the hyperbike. The 2024 Suzuki 25th Anniversary Hayabusa has...
Honda’s small-displacement adventure scooter gets a complete makeover for 2024, and that includes a new engine and chassis. While the 2024 Honda ADV160 is...
Triumph is expanding its Scrambler line with the all-new 2024 Triumph Scrambler 400 X. It’s the British company’s first single-cylinder scrambler since the T25T...
The 2024 Triumph Speed 400 brings the world of thumpers to the British company’s lineup. Featuring an all-new single-cylinder motor, the 400 is slotted...
Demanding hard enduro riders have been modifying their dirt bikes for this brutal two-wheel off-road competition since its inception in the 1990s. Now, KTM...
The rider-friendly Suzuki RM-Z450 that serves as a basis for Ken Roczen’s supercross and motocross racebikes is back. Although the 2024 Suzuki RM-Z450 is...
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In this week’s first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena tells all about the Aprilia RS 660 Trofeo. The fabled Italian racing marque has produced a track-only version of its excellent streetbike, and Nic gave it a good thrashing around Laguna Seca recently. Even if you’re not a track junkie, you’ll find this to be an interesting take on an already really good machine.
In the second segment, Associate Editor Teejay Adams chats with teen racing sensation Kayla Yaakov. Kayla made a name for herself in the smaller classes as she was growing up, but having just turned 16 a few weeks ago, she was able to move up a class and race 600 Supersport for Tytler’s Racing at the last Moto America race of this year. In case you’re thinking this may be hype—she finished on the podium in 3rd place, having started the race 13th on the grid. That’s a heck of an accomplishment for a first race in the most competitive class of them all. Teejay chats with Kayla about growing up and where it all started.
From all of us here at Motos & Friends… we hope you enjoy this episode!