16 New Motorcycle Rumours For 2027 BMW Triumph Honda Yamaha More

Now already there are loads of new bikes rumoured for release in 2027 and so in this video I thought I'd round them all up. We'll go through each of the major manufacturers alphabetically with what we might expect for the next model year. So we'll kick off with Aprilia who almost constantly seem to be filing patents and designs around aerodynamics. We had one in our most recent news episode around some new leg winglets for example. And so yeah for the next generation of V4s and 660s maybe we'll see even more aero appendages upon their bodies. But I think the main focus probably for 2027 will be a new Touareg 457 adventure bike. They've already got the Touareg 660, a brilliant middleweight adventure bike. And they've already got the 457 parallel twin which is you know excellent in the RS sports bike and the Touareg 457 naked. So yeah a marriage of the two seems like a no-brainer. It would make for a great A2 friendly lightweight adventure bike. And they've even posted pictures of it on their own accounts you know being tested out in the desert. So this one seems like almost certain for 2027. Maybe be announced at EICMA in November this year. You see that mid to small capacity adventure market is absolutely booming. There's probably no better example of that than the new BMW F450GS. But it's very rare for manufacturers to invest all that research in developing a new platform only to go and use it on one individual bike. So this new 450 twin will more than likely be put to use in some other applications. And one of them has already been spotted out testing in India with the 450s being made there by BMW's partners at TVS. Previously they made the 310 models with a naked the adventure version the GS and also a sports bike the RR. And that's exactly what these latest pictures appear to show. A 450 version of that RR model. I think the 310 previously was only sold in India. You could get the naked here. You could get the GS version as well. But the sports bike was an India only offering. But here's hoping with a bit more capacity there'll be more appeal for a 450 version. And it could go head to head with the likes of the Kawasaki Ninja 500 or the KTM RC 390. On top of that though you'd have to expect a naked R version at some point as well. And the only other bike I'd love to see from BMW at some point would be a production version of their R20 concept power cruiser which they showed a year or two back now. Unfortunately there's nothing really though to suggest that that's on the way. No spy shots, patents, copyrights, anything like that. So I guess that's just a bit of a wait and see situation. I think one of the most impressive developments though at EICMA in 2025 was perhaps this new V4 SR RR sports bike from CFMoto with a new V4 engine that they say packs well over 200 horsepower. It maybe didn't seem conceivable that CFMoto might be able to build something so advanced so quickly. But it does look the business. It weighs in at less than 200 kilos and also they say it's got a full suite of cutting-edge tech and also the latest aerodynamics. So could it possibly you know come to showrooms then? Well it does seem like there's a chance with a line in the press release from EICMA saying that this bike serves as an advanced platform for the development of future models that will soon take shape. To me actually sounds like a fairly strong possibility and so I'll certainly be swinging by the CFMoto stand again when it gets to November this year. Now one bike that we know Ducati will certainly be announcing this year is the new V2 powered version of their Desert X adventure bike because at EICMA last year at Motorcycle Live as well they had the prototype on show. That new V2 engine as well that replaces the elderly Testa Stretta should help to shed a bit of weight and so one of the best adventure bikes in that mid to large capacity class could be about to get even better. On top of that though it is Ducati's centenary this year and so they're looking to celebrate with lots of announcements lots of events as well and so presumably there'll be at least a couple of other new bikes in store. One of them though it seems more than likely will be an upspec version of their Diavel V4 power cruiser with these design filings recently reported on by Motorcycle.com. The visuals are slightly updated it looks more modern perhaps a bit more aggressive they've changed the shape of the wheels as well but also it looks like it's got a slightly bigger TFT dash and also perhaps most revealing is that it's got semi-active electronic suspension you can see the wiring coming out of the top of the forks there and that semi-active suspension is normally a feature that you'll typically find on their S models so things like the Panigale or the Streetfighter or the Multistrada and so perhaps we could be about to see a new Diavel V4 S. Now Harley Davidson's 2025 financial results didn't make for particularly pleasant reading and so maybe it's time for a bit of a change and that's kind of what they were promising in an earnings call last August with He said scheduled for release in 2026 and for presentation to our global dealer network in October I'm pleased to share that we're targeting an entry price of below US$6,000. This new bike embodies boldness irreverence and fun capturing the rebellious energy that defines the Harley Davidson experience. Now they have sold more affordable bikes in Asia for some years now they've got the 440 I think a 350 as well but it sounds like they could be about to make either those bikes globally available or at least something similar in terms of pricing. It's believed the first one will be called the Sprint and so potentially this could broaden the appeal of the brand and also provide an entry point for newer riders. It's certainly worked in recent memory for the likes of Triumph with their new 400s and so yeah it could be a lot more affordable than the current cheapest Harley which I believe is the Nightster at just under 10 grand here in the UK. On top of that though he also said in 2026 that they'd be introducing a new iconic cruiser and that one's rumored to be called the Eagle and it's believed to be a replacement for the liquid cooled Sportsters which have been a bit of a flop let's say since they were introduced a couple of years back. Now I will say since all of this the CEO has actually changed so Jochen Zeitz left they've now got Arty Stars is it the former Pizza Hut bloke and so maybe some of these promises are set to change but personally I'd be really keen to see something new in the next year or so from Harley. Normally their annual announcements are just like a bit of a shuffle around of specs and existing features and new colours on their you know traditional cruisers and tours and stuff like that so something genuinely new would be definitely of interest. Over at Honda though well they recently filed a patent for a low-cost simple electric motorcycle so expect a commuting kind of electric bike from them at some point but I think more of us can probably get more excited about their V3 concept. Now it's an unusual configuration the two cylinders at the front the one at the back is also backed up by an e-compressor up top as well so you've got forced induction and it's 900cc in capacity but with that e-compressor they actually say it gives you more like 1200 levels of performance. On top of that with just a single cylinder at the back it's very slim in the waist and so they say it makes for great ergonomics and they're fairly adamant that they're going to be putting it into production. We saw the concept bike at EICMA in November just gone and I think I'm not the only one who's keenly waiting for the next step in this particular project. Then also for Honda we had the recent announcement for China of their new super four models so there's a naked there's a sports bike as well and if you like small capacity revvy inline fours then these two could really hit the mark. Both are expected to be rolled out globally at some point because they've copyrighted the names in many markets across the globe and so yeah there's nothing so far but another one to watch out for in the coming few months. Now not much for Husqvarna at the moment it's been a hard couple of years for KTM so I'd expect it to be a quiet one for the smaller brands in their group but that brings us swiftly on to Indian who recently moved over to a new owner this private equity group called Carolwood I believe after being sold off by Polaris. That gave the new owners a bit of a chance to have a reset they did a call press briefing last week in which they were going to announce their new strategy and if you're expecting anything particularly exciting or new from them then you might have come away from that sorely disappointed he says they're going to double down on the cruisers the baggers the tourers as well and the only real thing that they did mention that was new is maybe that they'll be bringing out a trike so I guess there's that to look forward to if that's your sort of thing I've got nothing against trikes but it's not the most exciting thing they could have announced and so we'll move on to Kawasaki who are expected to follow up on their hybrid motorcycles with potentially a new hybrid scooter now the hybrids that they did introduce the Z naked and the ninja sports bike version I believe have been really quite unpopular or at least you know if the prices in dealers are anything to go by where you'll frequently see them pretty much at half price even though they're brand new maybe though you know hybrid tech being able to use the electric motor at lower speeds and then the petrol engine when things speed up a bit is better suited to commuting where you do have a lot of slower town work but maybe a bit of a road just to get home and so potentially in that case you know a new hybrid maxi scooter actually might be more of a success KTM though are said to be working on a new 490 parallel twin in partnership with Bajaj who currently make all of their bikes in India from 390 and below now the 390s use a single cylinder but recently more of the competition in this sort of segment have started to use twins like the BMW 450 the Aprilia 457 and the CF moto 450 as well so yeah move up to a twin might be a smart move for KTM in order to sort of match them and already spotted out testing there's been an RC 490 sports bike so that could be the first of many and I'd expect if they do roll it out that a 490 duke naked would follow and potentially the more off-roady bikes like the 390 adventure and 390 enduro you never know you might get a twin of those as well on top of that we recently shared some spy shots as well of a tweaked 790 duke new styling with the more modern angular headlight that you'll see in the rest of the KTM family and also new brakes as well from their in-house brand WP formerly WP have been solely focused on suspension but they've just moved into braking and so we'll probably see more and more WP branded brakes over the next few months on new KTM models now it's some time ago that we first saw these spy shots of a retro version of Aprilia's 457 and with them being part of the same Piaggio group and also with some of the styling cues like the tank shape well it was very much thought to be a baby Moto Guzzi branded retro but for some reason it never materialized I mean this is like two three years back that we first saw this and so maybe they've canned it maybe the modern engine and chassis didn't quite come together with the more typically traditional Moto Guzzi looks or maybe it's the fact that Moto Guzzi are currently going through a big renovation of their factory I mean the 457s are built in India but perhaps there's some disruption to development and that sort of thing and so I guess there's a small chance that this bike might still be in the works the factory is set to reopen in September this year though and it'll include a new visitor experience so you can tour the production line and so I might just have to make a case for a trip out to Italy to check that out in the name of serious journalism now another one of my favorite developments from EICMA I think was MV Agusta's new engine which is a very unusual configuration in the form of a five cylinder with three cylinders up front in the front bank and then two at the rear they say they could make versions down at 850 for more of a middleweight all the way up to 1150 for like a proper performance model and they reckon in that 1150 guise it will be capable of making more than 240 horsepower so it really could be a force to be reckoned with they do say as well it is a real project with a full intention to take it to production and so while I probably wouldn't expect a finished bike anytime this year perhaps we'll see the next version or you know a version of the engine in a concept bike then the other thing to look out for is maybe a more affordable version of their new 950 Brutale which was released at EICMA in its Cerioro version which is what they always do when they've got a new platform they give it like the full works in terms of the finish and it's the most expensive Cerioro to kind of introduce this new bike but I reckon this one if it was more affordable could be a really good road bike the 950 is a little more torquey than previous Brutales they've stretched out the chassis as well for a bit more stability they've sat up the riding position so it isn't so aggressive and yet it still retains probably a bit of that MV Agusta excitement and it definitely does retain the MV Agusta daring let's say in the looks so yeah hoping a non-Cerioro version is announced at some point this year that that's normally the case with things like the Super Veloce for example but two bikes that I think are pretty much nailed on for EICMA 2026 would be from Royal Enfield who we've known have been working on a larger 750 version of their current 650 twin it's expected to be first put to use in a Continental GT Cafe Racer and also a bigger 750 Himalayan and both of them have been shown off as prototypes at various points over the past six months so yeah I'll be very surprised if we don't see these in the next six months or so now Suzuki were recently interviewed by MCN at EICMA and one of the interesting things that they said was that they've seen the success of these small to mid-capacity bikes the 350s the 400s 450s and stuff like that and so at some point you know they're keen to get involved in the action now one of the possibilities that we've covered on a previous news show is a retro sort of scrambler bike but based upon their current 400 single that they use in their DRZ so the SM Supermoto and also the S sort of dual sport I think as though these were mocked up by WeBike Japan and I'm not really sure where they got their information from it wasn't quite clear to me from the article they could just be speculative photoshop jobs perhaps you know a bit of a long shot that they'll come out looking anything like these but all the same that intention to make a small Suzuki is legit because of that interview so maybe we will see a road bike on that single cylinder platform at some point fairly soon last week I posted some new spy shots of an updated Triumph Speed Twin 1200 and it is significant this update there are some really quite big changes like the fact that it doesn't have a steel cradle frame the frame kind of ends around the top of the engine and uses the engine as a stress member but then also no twin shocks so it appears as though it uses a mono shock instead now Triumph seem determined to make the Speed Twin more and more performant but it does come a little bit at the cost of the looks it's become less and less of a Bonneville style bike and so it's certainly be interesting to see if they do follow through with this one as to whether it pays off with a better handling bike that can carry a little bit less weight too on top of that though do expect updates at some point for both the Tiger 900 lineup and the 1200 lineup with both of them spied with updates including you know sharper visuals but also front-facing radar so if you've ever fancied a Tiger but absolutely can't live without active cruise control for example then you look at some point in the next few months might be about to change rounding off though we've got Yamaha who also gave some clues to MCN at EICMA with their European president saying that the R1 could at some point make a comeback now it was recently discontinued in Europe and the UK owing to stricter emissions regulations there just isn't enough demand in the sports bike market to make it worthwhile updating but he does say in this piece that you know the sports bike market has started to improve a bit and he believes that's been driven by the success of the middleweights so for them it'll be like the R7 and the new R9 what they do say there is that it couldn't just be a revived version of the current R1 with the emissions regs you know factored in it would have to be some sort of meaningful improvement in terms of performance and so given that they've just started running a V4 engine in MotoGP to make themselves more competitive it does make you wonder whether they've got plans to bring that to the road now in the same interview they also said that a bigger version of their Tenere adventure bike could also be on the cards using their CP3 900cc inline triple that you're currently finding like the MT-09 and also the Tracer 9 Sports Tourer he said engineers are working on this currently and when we do go there we don't want to compromise if we go with the CP3 engine one day for the Tenere it has to have 18 and 21 inch wheels it has to be a real off-road machine so the question is now can we make something with the CP3 platform that doesn't damage the DNA of that Tenere name and you've got to say it's got a great reputation as an off-roader and so it's quite understandable that they wouldn't want to compromise on that on top of that they've also been working on the hybrid space with a concept of a modified MT-09 that accommodates an electric motor and a battery as well as that CP3 triple and like I say it didn't go particularly well for Kawasaki but maybe Yamaha can do something a little different with it so I have to wait and see anyway as always I'd love to know which bike you'd most like to see hit the market down in the comments below so do 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