Two new government reports claim that America could do a better job promoting safety on the country's roads. The first, released by the National Research Council, shows that recent U.S. declines in traffic fatalities have been outpaced by other developed...

Scooters get terrific fuel economy, are easy to park, and, in the right conditions, can be a fun urban runabout. We’ve just tested two, following up on a group we tested in late 2008. We pitted the Honda SH150i...

Fact: More Consumer Reports subscribers own Harley-Davidson motorcycles than Toyota Prius hybrids. And quite a few own Priuses. Some even have both. We know this because we added a few questions about motorcycle ownership to our annual reader survey...

The Automotive X Prize teams competing for the $10 million prize have moved on to the Validation stage this month, where their fuel economy and emissions will be retested on a stationary dynamometer at Argonne National Laboratory. If they...

Consumer Reports' latest survey of motorcycle and scooter owners found that 7 in 10 respondents consider themselves to be experienced riders and have held their motorcycle license or endorsement for at least five years. But 10 percent said they...

Owners of motorcycles and scooters are very satisfied with their bikes overall, with a majority rating them either "excellent" or "very good" for comfort, cost of maintenance and repair, fuel economy, and performance. Eighty-eight percent of respondents were highly...

Pep Boys has agreed to pay $5 million in civil penalties for violations to the Clean Air Act for importing and selling motorcycles and recreational vehicles from China that do not comply with U.S. environmental regulations on emissions. The...

Following a recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) that revealed that motorcycles equipped with antilock brakes are 37 percent less likely to be involved in a fatal crash than models without ABS, the Institute is...

For those looking for easy urban mobility without worrying about gas prices or parking, there’s a new vehicle that might be for you called a YikeBike and it’s headed to the European market soon. This new product honored by...

Honda Motor Co. announced last week that it plans to begin leasing its EV-neo electric scooter in Japan this December. Honda’s gearing the electric-powered scooter first toward businesses and individuals looking for an environmentally friendly delivery vehicle. As part...