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With every passing moment, more and more manufacturers (new and old) are creating electric vehicles to be ready for the inevitable ‘electric’ future of the automobile industry. While various car manufacturers have already got a few products out in the market, the bike industry also is slowly catching up. But the big question is, would we ever see electric...

Bike Nation Magazine, being media partner of the Dubai Motorbike Festival, attended a press conference by Dubai Police and Dubai Motorbike Festival announcing the attempt of breaking the world record of the longest wheelie on an ATV. The event took place at Cafe Rider in Dubai. Captain Abdulla Al Hattawi popularly known as Abdulla Hollandi, a member of the Dubai...

2nd Dec 2017 was the 46th UAE National Day. To mark this day, Lotfi Hamrouni, a 49-years-old Tunisian-British, decided to do something different but in his own style. He decided to cover a distance of 1000km on a scooter. Lotfi completed this amazing journey on a 300cc DusejaMoto scooter. He started his solo journey from The Retreat Palm Dubai MGallery...

Go motorcycle riding in New Zealand, and you’ll discover a new surprise around every corner. If you’ve seen The Lord of the Rings movies, you know they were filmed in New Zealand. All those snow-covered mountain peaks, and the mossy green valleys with yellow sunlight filtering through the trees are real! These are magical landscapes when you see them on...

Bikers Cafe in Dubai sponsors a competition where three local custom-motorcycle makers are given a chance to show off their innovative ideas. All three of them are given the same bike and are asked to go crazy with their imagination; the only rule is that the engine of the bike will remain standard. This year the bike in question...

DUSEJAMOTO has the one, public-imagination-driving story that will support the 46th UAE Anniversary.  One Man, alone, will ride a DusejaMoto Scooter to traverse the entire 7 Emirates – in just one day! The motivator, concept architect and the sole participator, is LOTFI HAMROUNI. (Call Sign: LH11)  A 49 year-old Tunisian-British expatriate, who has lived in the UAE for 14 years.  World...

Specialized Sports Equipment, Indian official dealer in the United Arab emirates. Based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 20 years of experience in the power sports activities. SERVICES A well-equipped workshop facility that can offer anything from a service to a complete custom build. Indian Motorcycle also have a good stock of used, ex demo, and prestige machines in stock, as well as...

Get set for the Dubai Motorbike Festival taking place at Dubai World Trade Centre on January 12th – 13th, 2018. Carefully aligned with the release of the industries 2018 product lines, the festival will showcase the latest models and technologies that the industry has to offer whilst bringing together the leading motorcycling brands, local and regional clubs and motorbike enthusiasts...

When the fantasy flies, when the synapsis fire at an incredible speed, when your vision of the motorcycle world is so deep and expanded, then suddenly two visionary people decide to join forces and create the most unique, amazing and high quality motorcycles in the world – and ARCH Motorcycle is born! The design of a motorcycle is not a simple exercise in...

Following the recent worldwide launch of the new 2018 Indian Scout Bobber, Indian Motorcycle UAE introduced this beautiful bike to the local market yesterday; in an event that was attended by vast number of motorcycle riders, media, and industry enthusiasts. The launch event took place at Indian Motorcycles’ showroom in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Scout Bobber The Indian Scout Bobber...

ARCH Motorcycles had a drool-worthy lineup of new and updated motorcycles at their pavilion at 2017 EICMA: KRTGT-1, 1S, and the lovely Method143 Roadster. ARCH Motorcycles has had a pretty good run till date. The KRGT-1 is a hugely successful model. It offers so much flexibility in customisation that no two KRGT-1 units are same. Updated for 2018, the KRGT-1...

Al Yousuf Motors, got us accustomed to delivering excellence in all industry schemes, and particularly in the competition arena. They are proud sponsors of variety of athletes in the UAE, supporting them to meet their targets and emerge as winners. Extending this support through their product range. Bike Nation Magazine has attended the sponsorship agreement signing between Yamaha Motors, represented...

Not many custom bike builders can boast of making parts that are 100 percent original, 100 percent unique and 100 percent handmade. A majority of them use custom parts and assemble a motorcycle. Things at Blechfee in Germany are a little different though. Blechfee is a company that sells handmade metal parts created by Jochen Lehmann. Joachen has more than...

Everyone is familiar with the fact that Dubai Police has some of the world’s fastest and advanced vehicles/machines in its fleet. However, in an attempt to break all stereotypes (again) and continue to use the latest technology, Dubai Police is planning to soon use hoverbikes to keep the crime in check. Here's a short video. https://youtu.be/aivvwBM5h_Y This quad-rotor flying bike is...

Hyde Designs is an industrial design shop in South Africa that primarily focuses on furniture design. However its owner Jens Henkel; has always been passionate about motorcycles. He started out with a collaboration with his father; Markus who owns Hout Bay Customs; to build a motorcycle called Jekyll based on a 1996 BMW R1100R. After completing Jekyll, Jens went on solo...

If you are an avid rider, you might have come across people who are old on the road still riding a motorcycle relatively slowly in a lane that they should not be in. Makes you wonder, why they are still even riding, right? Meet Jock Stares who still rides his scooter in the Welsh Valleys at 101 years old!...

If the UAE becomes a much safer place for motorcycles due to a consistent and sustained focus on safety and awareness we would expect to see an increase in people taking up motorcycling for leisure and commuting. The knock-on effect of this will benefit the entire motorcycling community from the riders to the motorcycle retailers, training schools, equipment providers, garages, biker cafes, tour companies, motorsport, insurance firms,...

Triumph is the largest motorcycle company in the UK today and it’s no surprise why. One after another, an array of desirable motorcycles keep rolling out of the factory and more so over the last few years. Whatever it is that they’re serving at the factory pantry, they better cook a lot more of that. 2017 has seen Triumph...

For those who consider motorcycle design to be art, the first brands that comes to mind will most likely be MV Agusta. In the motorcycling world MV Agusta is what Lamborghini and Alfa Romeo are to the car world. Generations of riders have come and gone who can’t stop going gaga over how stunningly beautiful MV’s designs are. I...

Meet Pablo Franchi, a passionate artist, mechanical technician and architect; who started drawing when he was still in high school and uses his skill to sketch motorcycles. He always loved engines and still to this day; enjoys the smell of engines, the grease on his hands and the satisfaction of taking machines apart and putting them together. If you ask...