For 2015 BMW Motorrad has decided that a number of models will receive facelift measures as well as the special model K1300S Motorsport included in the BMW Motorrad program. The models can be ordered from all BMW Motorrad dealers in the new configuration from August 2014.

Most of the models will get a new paint finish and color combinations, the models that will be available with different paint finish combinations are: BMW F700GS, BMW F800GS, BMW F800GS Adventure and the BMW F800GT.

For 2015 the BMW R1200GS will not just be available with new paint finishes. With a view to enhanced running smoothness, it will also be fitted with a crankshaft with increased gyrating masses as in the BMW R1200GS Adventure and BMW R1200RT. In addition, the BMW R1200GS can also be fitted with the BMW Motorrad Keyless Ride System as an ex-works option. This enables both the steering lock and the fuel filler flap to be locked and unlocked. The motorcycle is started using the starter button as before. With Keyless Ride, the key can always remain in the rider's clothing. The Shift Assistant Pro available as an option ex works allows the rider to shift up without clutch, enabling acceleration virtually without torque interrupt. It also allows downshifting without using the clutch.

Not much motorcycles have been talked about like the Yamaha YZF-R25, and even after the YZF-R25 was recently launched in Indonesia and will very likely make its way to Thailand.

We have learned from well informed sources that Yamaha Motor may launch a 250cc sportsbike with a single-cylinder engine for selective markets which will provide 30 horsepower instead of the 36 horsepower the parallel-twin engine of the YZF-R25 produce. Yamaha Motor will manufacture the motorcycle in India and the single-cylinder configuration will help them achieve more competitive pricing against its direct rival, the Honda CBR250R.

Heavy motorcycles gained weight in the market last year with Harley-Davidson recording 4.4 percent global sales growth and Polaris (manufacturer of Victory and Indian motorcycles) earning a record US$356.29. Million, up 22 percent.

Polaris Industries had better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter, boosted by strong off-road vehicle sales and the relaunch of its Indian motorcycles.

The company's motorcycle sales rose 94 percent during the fourth quarter to US$64.32 million, helped by the debut of the new Indian Chief models. Off-road vehicles rose 16 percent to US$616 million, while sales of snowmobiles dropped 13 percent to US$125.28 million.

Honda is also working on turbo-charged motorcycle, as one of the last big four Japanese manufacturers, Honda applied for several patents suggesting a supercharged or turbocharged engine with strict exhaust emission control is coming soon from Honda Big Wing.

Honda appears to be working on at least two designs. One is a parallel twin – effectively the front half of the VRF1200F's SOHC V-4 engine – with a supercharger/turbocharged but surely forced induction technology located where you'd normally find the rear cylinder bank and an intercooler mounted above it, where the airbox usually resides. That should be enough hardware to boost performance back up toward something like the 160 crankshaft horsepower produced by the current VFR1200F, with just half the displacement.

The second design is something more intriguing – an inline-four with a small supercharger mounted down low and in front of the crankshaft. The engine uses reversed cylinder architecture, with the intake at the front and the exhaust at the rear and the cylinder bank is telted slightly backwards relative to the motorcycle's frame, much like the layout used on Honda's NSF250R Moto3 racebike.

The iconic Honda Africa Twin may have several Dakar wins to its name and a reputation for go-anywhere toughness that has lasted well after the model was discontinued, but in Thailand the go-anywhere do anything Honda Africa Twin was never officially imported, The current offering, the Honda CB500X and VFR1200X are good motorcycles but it's most certainly more road-oriented than the Africa Twin or even the good old Honda Transalp was designed to be. That leaves a hole in the Honda range that is conspicuous given that the adventure range sector is the market biggest growth market.

Rumors has it, however, that Honda has an all-new Africa Twin fresh from the drawing board. At this stage the rumor has done several laps around the world in more languages than I have fingers and filled Internet searches with circumstantial claims, but is yet to be comprehensively confirmed.

The rumor started with a quote from Vito Cicchetti, the General Manager of Honda, Italy, he repetitively confirmed last year that the Honda Africa Twin will return in 2015.

Honda have increased the stroke and tweaked the injection of the Honda CBR250R to turn it into the much sharper-styled Honda CBR300R.

The new Honda CBR300R should have been available for over a month, but the production has encountered some mysterious problems and now the production has been delayed for up-to nine months, with motorcycles for some territories and regions due just before the end of 2014.

Having made an impact with the three-cylinder, 847cc Yamaha MT-09 and redefined how a 650cc class motorcycle should behave, Yamaha now hope to disjoint a few noses in the 125cc market with the Yamaha MT-125.

As we now probably all know “MT” stands for Master of Torque, however the new 125cc motorcycle is based on the in India built 125cc, 15 horsepower Yamaha YZF-R125. The eager four-valve single-cylinder engine is unchanged from the in Europe hugely popular entry sportsbike, as is most of the rest of the motorcycle – frame, upside-down forks, rear shock, tire sizes, radial front brake and geometry are all the same to the Yamaha YZF-R125.

The Benelli passion conquers even the Cambodians. The Company of Pesaro inaugurated in April a showroom in the heart of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, due to its distributor Nengshu & Ranqun Motors. The ceremony involved hundreds of people, including authorities, journalists, company’s representatives and many fans.

In the exhibition area, Benelli has already put on display the best-seller of the Leoncino Company, including BN600R, TNT, CafféNero and Pepe. The new space is also organized to provide assistance to all Benelli customers, to be always on their side. The main objective of this initiative is to conquer, with the charm of a historic brand such as Benelli, all those who are passionate now of the world of two wheels

Last year Honda confirmed they are going to build a road legal motorcycle based on their MotoGP racer – the 999.5cc, V4, 230 horsepower Honda RCV12. It's more than idle chat as the motorcycle is now being tested.

Honda president Takanobu Ito said the new MotoGP race replica would deliver the excitement the Honda VFR750 RC30 created back in the '80s. The new model will have more impact, though, essentially being the RCV1000R. 'Imagine an Open class MotoGP bike with lights and you're there,'' confirmed a Honda representative not so long ago. Honda build three prototypes of the MotoGP race replica with testing scheduled for May in Japan.

Early this month the Italian master motorcycle designer Massimo Tamburini. Whose creations include the exotic Ducati 916 and the MV Agusta F4 has passed away at the age of 70, from lung cancer.

Mr. Massimo Tamburnini first made his mark with a revised MV Agusta Sport in 1971, working later with Bimota, before moving to the Cagiva group. It was during his stint here that he designed the Paso 750 and the Ducati 916.