The Best New 2026 Motorcycles By Manufacturer From EICMA

EICMA the biggest motorcycle trade show of the year has been and gone and we worked our butts off trying to cover as many new bikes as possible. Naturally though with it being such a massive show we couldn't fit them all into the week and so in this video we'll go through all of the major manufacturers with the best bikes from EICMA 2025. Now I was expecting Aprilia to launch a middleweight adventure bike called the Touareg 457. They've been teasing it over the year on their social media accounts but unfortunately it wasn't to be and so basically we were left with a couple of scooters, I think a GP version of the RS 457 sports bike and then a bunch of new graphics for the factory variants of their existing models. So the RS V4 factory, the Tuono V4 factory, the RS 660 factory and the Tuono 660 factory as well. I will say we didn't make it down to the stand because I didn't think there was anything substantial from a technical perspective but when I saw the picture of these new factory variants with this stripy kind of graphical finish, well I will say I kind of wished I'd seen them in the flesh because I think they look really really good. The V4s have a purple white red and black the 660s substitute that purple for more of a fluorescent yellow and I think although there were no particular technical changes that improved them for 2026, you know a fresh punchy lively aesthetic like that might be enough to get a few punters through the Aprilia dealer doors next year. Perhaps one of the reasons they didn't launch their mid-capacity adventure bike is because BMW announced theirs, the F450GS and it was a huge hit. There's been so much hype around this bike since they first showed the concept last year at EICMA and so yeah Aprilia might not have wanted to go head to head against it. I do think BMW have done a good job as well it's a little more expensive than some of the competition perhaps but there's a nice array of specs you can go for cast wheels for something more road biased you can get the trophy finish that looks more off-roady and fit it with the spoked wheels there's also different levels of suspension so you can go for the sport pack so you get more adjustability and so really you should be able to tailor it to the sort of riding you want to do. Other than that though well they didn't really announce anything else but this is such a big deal for them that it's no big surprise although I will say we saw the Vision CE electric scooter thing with a roof that kind of harks back to their C1 and it's self-balancing so while I was filming the F450GS I could see that on the stand doing a couple of demos and the fact that it was just standing there on its own without a stand I think was very impressive and so I'm looking forward to seeing more developments on that particular concept bike. But look before we get on to the next brand I just want to say a massive thanks to MCL or Motorcycle Life for supporting the channel and sponsoring this video it's coming up very soon it starts on the 15th I think through to the 23rd of November at the NEC in Birmingham here in the UK again and so if you want to see any of these bikes in the flesh or a lot of these bikes anyway and be able to sit on them and be able to speak to the brands about the particular bike you're interested in then I'd thoroughly recommend getting yourself down there and we are very lucky I suppose in the UK for it to be so close after EICMA because we'll be amongst the first in the world to be able to see these bikes in the flesh. Not only does the exhibitor list contain most of these major brands that we're talking about here today but also you've got the opportunity to test ride some bikes you've got rolling roads you've got expert lab talks you've got the action show and so there's loads to see to have a great day out on top of seeing these brand new bikes and also myself and Tim will be working our way around on the Tuesday and Wednesday I believe capturing a few more videos getting them in the bag and so if you do see us please do say hello it'd be lovely to meet a few people who watch the channel. So yeah there are links down in the description below you can pick up a standard ticket or there's a special deal where you pay an extra six quid and you get this road skin t-shirt thrown in which is pretty cool and so like I say have a look at the links down below you can see everything that's on the whole schedule all the manufacturers that will be there and massive thanks to MCL for their support and hopefully see a few of you down there. Now one bike I'd thoroughly recommend going and checking out is the new Thunderbolt from BSA which was a bit of a surprise to me I wasn't expecting them to launch an adventure bike but I've got to say it actually looks really quite good. I think it's the exact same 350 liquid cooled single as their Bantam which was announced earlier this year so it's not particularly groundbreaking let's say in terms of performance it's about 30 horsepower peak but what I liked about this bike is the semi-retro styling package which I think looks really good and also they've given it what looks like a fairly decent spec when it comes to off-road riding you've got spoke wheels the 21 inch at front I think 200 mil of travel on the fork and 180 at the rear they swapped the rear shocks from the Bantam the twin shocks for a mono shock so it should get a little bit better performance that's probably one of the factors in getting that extra travel as well it looks like a decent riding position it's got this nice little dash that's got some analog style graphics on it as well and so all round if it hits a good price point I think this one's going to be a strong seller and a great alternative to something like a Himalayan if you were thinking about one of those. CFMoto launched their 1000 MTX this is one of the bikes we did cover it's a new adventure bike with a parallel twin looks really well specced a little bit of KTM in it as per usual with some of these CFMoto bikes I think it might be an engine that's either co-designed or derived from the 990 parallel twin but also you've got that low hanging fuel tank either side what I like about these CFMoto's though is the styling package they do they've really hit their stride with a distinctive and consistent approach I think to how they make the look and so yeah unfortunately no price on this one as of yet as with a lot of the bikes in this list but I'd expect it to undercut some of the competition and be potentially a good seller now a couple of other bikes from them that we didn't cover that did cause you know a bit of a stir were the 675NKGP basically a you know hot version of their 675NK triple existing naked I love the styling on this one as well I like the graphical finish it's got premium components as well so definitely want to look at if you fancy something a bit more sporty than the regular NK and then perhaps you know the most important development was this new V4SRR prototype it's a full-on racing level sports bike with you know no stern unturned in terms of getting the most performance out of it with a new 90 degree V4 engine that makes over 210 horsepower and it's still got a curb weight of under 200 kilos it's also got boatloads of tech including adaptive aero I believe which changes the winglets depending on the bike's behavior and so for me this one is a real sign that perhaps you should start taking CFMoto and other Chinese manufacturers pretty seriously because this is not just a cheap knockoff of another bike this is something that's built to go properly and it looks pretty impressive on to Ducati we covered the Hypermotard V2 I think that's going to be a brilliant bike it's shed so much weight 13 kilograms versus the previous gen Hypermotard 950 the new V2 engine which I've said many times over I think is fantastic and very lively and fun so it suits this character of bike and I also really like the white and silver and red paint job on that SP version I think that looks amazing and then also we got the preview of the new Desert X which I'd expect in the next few months and that's also moving over to that V2 engine platform but on top of that two things I spotted that we didn't actually get to cover because they're perhaps more minor updates but the V2 so the Streetfighter and the Panigale V2 are now available in yellow which I think looks amazing up until now a lot of their new bikes have just been in the flat Ducati red Ducati's always look brilliant I think in that yellow right back through many many years that they've been doing it and these are no different so if you want something a little different than the standard you know typical finish then definitely go and have a look at these they're already on the Ducati website if you click down and go to the color selector but also if you want something that really stands out then they also announced for the Panigale V2 a Mark Marquez version and a Peco Bagnaia version as well those ones were a little more expensive I think you pay what is it 17,395 for a standard Panigale V2S for the Marquez or the Bagnaia you're looking at 19,995 but they do look really quite nice and they've gone for a slightly different finish let's say on each it's more like a camo finish on the Bagnaia bike the Marquez has a big 93 across it something just a little bit special and I think they'll both be fantastic bikes to ride I love the Panigale V2 interestingly Harley did bring some new announcements and I think that's maybe a bit of a change of strategy they typically reserve all their new bikes for January but it seems like they're doing a split announcement this year with some of them being announced for EICMA and then more to follow on the 14th of January I believe so we'll come back with the rest of their new announcements as we do every year in January but for now they announced some new paint across quite a few models the Panamerica stood out to me is looking a little bit different I quite like that one and then also a solo trim pack for some bikes to give them a bit of a sleeker aesthetic then they also announced a new Bagger World Cup co-developed with MotoGP I think this is the evolution of the king of the baggers racing that's got so popular in America they're now saying it's a global racing series for 2026 and they had one of the bikes on the stand in order to show you what we can expect to see out on the track I think what's perhaps most surprising about it though is like it's been co-developed with Dorna who are the MotoGP owners and so yeah these six rounds will actually support I think actual MotoGP racing which is just crazy how popular this form of racing's got and it's actually gone outside America now I'll certainly be giving it a to see how much fun it really is to spectate on now moving on to Honda and they've done a great job in recent years of providing good value for money in order to match perhaps the current economic climate I think it started with the CB750F Hornet which kind of reset our expectations of you know what you can get for your money at that sort of price point then the CB1000 Hornet did kind of the same they also launched the new GB350S in the UK as well which you know I think is another bike that represents brilliant value for money and so it looks like they're continuing this approach with you know in advance of EICMA the CB1000F Retro which is gonna undercut a lot of the competition on the retro market and now new for EICMA the CB1000 GT Sports Tourer which again at just under 12 grand including you know this 150 horsepower inline-four semi-active electronically adjustable suspension looks like an absolute bargain on top of that we covered the new e-clutch bikes so the 750s are now available with e-clutch both the Transalp and the Hornet the 500s so the NX500 the 500 Hornet the CBR500R sports bike they can get e-clutch as well and that sits alongside the 650s which were already available with it and so there's lots more options now if you want an affordable bike that's easy to ride with that twist and go action then one of my bikes of the show was the prototype of their V3 e-compressor engine it's called the V3 R900 there's a full video on that we also saw their WN7 the electric bike for the first time in the flesh and I believe there are other model updates fairly minor ones to stuff like the Goldwing we'll do a full wrap-up at Motorcycle Live or MCL of the Honda stand and make sure we cover some of those minor updates so do hit subscribe if you've not already to see some of our manufacturer specific roundups from that show Indian well they've announced a few bikes here they're in a bit of a transition to new ownership after being sold by Polaris but there was a Sportscout RT so a little bit of a fairing and some of those small high mounted side cases there's a Sportscout 60 as well so a slightly tuned down engine slightly more affordable but perhaps the biggest kind of announcement or non-announcement is the fact that their Thunderstroke air-cooled engine this big talky beast of an engine well the tourism baggers on that platform will no longer be available in the UK and Europe I think stricter emissions regulations have meant it's getting harder and harder to maintain them and also last year they announced their new power plus liquid cooled models and so it looks like they're set to replace them I guess it's a bit of a shame if you like that really authentic American v-twin character Kawasaki well they had a few announcements in the lead-up they've refreshed the Z900 RS retro they announced the Z1100 naked and really the only new thing to see was the ZX10R sports bike which has come back with these fairly substantial aero appendages up front I like the paint job as well I always think the ZX10R looks pretty good but perhaps this is another one to cover in a bit more detail at MCL Moto Guzzi are building a new factory I said that in our preview so I wasn't expecting anything humongous from them all they really did was give their bikes new paint jobs and new graphics so the V7 the kind of retro the V85 retro adventure bike and then their Stelvio the liquid cooled adventure bike they've all got new paint and new graphics so we'll flash up a few on the screen now so you can have a little look I do seem to remember the V85 catching my eye the most in the lime green it looks like the same green that they did the V7 Sport in last year so yeah that looks like quite a nice option if you like that more vibrant kind of finish MV Agusta well one of the bikes of the show for me was their new Brutale Serie Auro it's a top dog 300 unit production to introduce this new 950 version of the Brutale it's absolutely dripping in beautiful finish beautiful styling top spec components but actually they've also made some quite practical changes like a more torquey engine a slightly longer wheelbase to make it a little more stable and also a revised riding position that should make it a little more comfy while still keeping it feeling quite sporty beautiful probably unaffordable to most of us but perhaps something that flew under the radar that sounds really interesting is this new five-cylinder engine which they had to the side of the stand in a kind of glass case now I believe a press release is coming out for this soon they sort of just put the engine on the stand with no public information just to generate a bit of buzz I guess and see what people thought of it genuinely after speaking to them I think this might be one of the biggest developments of the year it just sounds wild what they're planning with it and so I'll follow up as soon as I can with more information as soon as I get that press release and I've got it all signed off and written out because otherwise I'd be kind of guessing or paraphrasing what I kind of heard firsthand on the stand but keep your eyes peeled for that one because it does sound like a um you know truly innovative approach to building an engine Norton we covered all of these so go have a look if you will the Manx R sports bike again one of the most beautiful bikes I think launched at this year's show the Manx is the naked version we did a short segment on that towards the end of our Manx R video not quite as jaw-droppingly beautiful I'd say as the Manx R but still quite a nice looking bike and then the Atlas and Atlas GT adventure bikes which look to be more affordable but still have a few interesting features that one's just under kind of 600 one thing we didn't get chance to show you from the press event that we went to in the pre-shoot is they actually have quite a few different paint options for the Manx R and Manx some of those were actually displayed on the stand at EICMA but we didn't go and check it out because we'd already covered those bikes in the most detail so hopefully Tim's editing this one he can put a few pictures of the different colors of bike that'll be available on the screen now so you can have a Enfield we just covered the Bullet 650 which is a traditional looking version of their 650 platform a little bit heavy because it's got all the extra metal work but it has a certain I don't know reassurance to the level of finish everything feels solid it's beautifully painted as well so one to look at if you like them old school they also did a classic 650 special edition they announced a new mana black version of the Himalayan 450 adventure bike there was a custom from rough crafts on their shotgun 650 platform a scramblery looking version of their flying flea electric bike which i actually think looks really really good and we'll definitely follow up on that one but the thing i'm gutted i missed is i assumed from checking their press releases and stuff that they hadn't shown the Himalayan 750 adventure bike which is one of the most anticipated bikes of the last few years certainly in the Enfield lineup we know it's coming they've teased it on their social media i've shown some spy shots that have been sent in our weekly news roundup as well and so yeah i didn't think they'd taken it along with them and that was one of the bigger disappointments for me of the show because i thought it was almost nailed on that they'd fully announce it thing is it was actually there it was at the side of the stand in this sort of crate i don't know if they unveiled it straight away at the beginning of the show or if they unveiled it after a few days but it was sort of taped off and made to look a little bit unofficial let's say and so my bad i would have loved to have filmed that one but hopefully we'll catch it another time soon maybe you never know it will be at motorcycle live as well Suzuki this is such an unusual bike it's like an sv650 on the bottom half and then it's got a bigger tank it's got luggage it's got a fairing and also an electronic throttle so it's got riding modes traction control and a quick shifter and so it's like they've taken the sv650 platform and just kind of um i don't know it's not a bad job they've done it looks kind of cool when you sit in the flesh but it's it's sort of thinking well what can we do to make it look more modern without truly really getting stuck into much of the chassis a lot of the components are the same without getting too stuck into the engine as well and so this is another one that i'd really love to know your thoughts on down in the comments interestingly they had i would say the best looking girls on the stands and i don't know if that's like inverse to how attractive they think the bike's going to be if you go to MV Agusta with the new Brutale Cerioro if you go to Ducati with the new Hyper Motard there's no girls sat on the bikes if you go to Suzuki they've obviously pulled out all the stops and spent most of the budget on the girls and it works it was absolutely rammed so fair play to them Triumph i expected nothing the stand looked great with all these new bikes the Trident 800 all the new Bonnevilles and stuff like that but no specific announcements although i do believe there's plenty coming over the next two months if you look at their website where they've got their schedule for all these bikes they're announcing they say 29 new models or refreshes for 2026 it does confirm that there will be stuff in November and in December and i assume maybe January February so keep your eyes peeled and keep yourself subscribed if you want to see those as soon as they're announced we'll definitely have all the details Yamaha R7 got a ride by wire throttle as well so more tech there cruise control riding modes and traction control brings it bang up to date a tft dash they've made changes to the chassis as well to improve the handling but i think my favorite thing on the whole stand had to be this 70th anniversary paint job that they've made available on pretty much all the sports bikes i think but it looked very much at home on the R7 at least a nice change from the typical blue or black and also they had the original R7 world superbike homologation special alongside the current R7 not particularly similar bikes but they did both look quite cool in that same kind of red black and white finish so definitely think that's going to be a popular paint job for 2026 as always i'd love to know what you think of the bike so do let us know down in the comments below we'll put our full EICMA playlist on the screen now so if you did miss any of those videos you can filter back through and find more details do hit subscribe as well if you've not already if you want to see all of the latest stuff from motorcycle live we'll kind of group up by manufacturer but also i think there are going to be some bikes announced there so there's definitely stuff we're going to go and look to cover i believe langan for example a british manufacturer have this bonkers bike called the light speed which is due to be on the stand so we'll do some individual bikes as well but do hit subscribe if you want to see all our stuff a massive thanks for watching this one and we'll see you in the next video