Long-term test bikes aren’t something we normally do here at Motorcycle.com, but when Yamaha’s PR guy Gerrad Capley said I could take the MT-10 SP home after the press intro, it was an offer that was hard to resist.
If last week’s SYM Fiddle IV wanted to be a Vespa, I think we can safely say the Cabo 125 is the Taiwanese version of the Yamaha Zuma 125: Both are cute little scooters rolling on 12-inch knobbies for that rugged mini-ADV look.
Last year saw 20 MotoGP races … already too many for people like KTM boss Stefan Pierer. Next year there will be 42 races, including 21 full length GPs on Sunday and 21 half-distance Sprint Races on Saturday.
Small, lightweight and inexpensive motorcycles used to mean drastically underpowered for highway or commuting use. An example would be Kawasaki’s Ninja 250, which had its virtues … but power wasn’t one of them.