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25 pieces across 4 sections — the roads, the machines, the racing and the record the regulators keep.

Aerial view of a switchback road winding across dry, hilly terrain

Ranch Roads

Texas roads as geography, traffic record and enforcement subject — Hill Country, Big Bend, the Twisted Sisters and the data TxDOT keeps.

5 pieces

Machines

Displacement segments, manufacturer volumes and the market arithmetic behind who sells what and to whom.

9 pieces

Motorcycle racers lean through a curve in a pack during a track race

Racing

MotoGP under Liberty Media, the Isle of Man's published fatality record, COTA's calendar position, and flat track in Texas.

5 pieces

A police motorcycle with flashing lights parked on a city street lined with buildings

Rules & Data

NHTSA fatality rates, ABS mandate history, ECE 22.06 certification, Euro 5+ effects, and the Texas helmet-law partial repeal.

6 pieces

Ranch Roads

Piece	What it covers
Three Ranch Roads, One Traffic Problem	Ranch Roads 335, 336 and 337 — the Twisted Sisters — as a documented congestion and enforcement subject, drawing on TxDOT traffic counts and county records.
FM 170 and the River Road It Follows	Farm-to-Market Road 170 through the Big Bend corridor as a documented geographic subject — the topography, the Presidio-to-Lajitas stretch, and what NPS and TxDOT record about the route.
What TxDOT's Numbers Say About Texas Roads	An analysis of TxDOT's published motorcycle crash statistics — where fatalities concentrate, how rural versus urban figures compare, and what the trend line looks like over the most recently reported years. Every figure attributed to TxDOT's annual crash report with the year of the data.
Galveston in November, Austin in June	The Lone Star Rally and the Republic of Texas Rally as documented recurring events — their host cities, approximate annual attendance figures as reported by organizers, and their positions in the Texas riding calendar. History of each event rather than current scheduling.
When the Heat Makes the Calendar Shorter	Texas summer temperatures and their documented effect on the practical riding season — NWS heat data for San Antonio, Del Rio and Midland, and how the state's bimodal season compares with northern US markets in annual rideable-days terms.

Machines

Piece	What it covers
A Million Units and What They Are	Royal Enfield's reported annual volumes — approximately one million units against Harley-Davidson's roughly 150,000 — and the displacement mix behind that figure, centring on the 650 twin platform and its INT 650 and Continental GT variants. Figures drawn from the company's own investor disclosures.
The Hardwire Plan and the Numbers It Was Written Against	Harley-Davidson's five-year Hardwire strategic plan, announced in 2021, as a response to declining US heavyweight sales — the segment data the plan acknowledged, the product decisions it made, and how volumes have moved since. Drawn from Harley's own annual reports.
100 Million and Still Counting	Honda's Super Cub cumulative production milestone — the declared 100-million-unit figure and the timeline Honda itself has published — as a lens on global small-displacement dominance and the contrast with the North American heavyweight market.
KTM's Insolvency Filing and What Followed	KTM AG's 2024–25 financial restructuring — the insolvency filing, Pierer Mobility's role, the production halt and partial restart — as a documented corporate event with implications for the mid-displacement off-road and adventure segment. Dates and figures from court filings and KTM's own statements.
Triumph's Bajaj Deal and the 400 It Produced	The Triumph–Bajaj partnership, formalized in 2023, and the Speed 400 and Scrambler 400 X that came from it — the commercial logic of shared platform development between a British brand and India's second-largest two-wheeler manufacturer, with volumes as reported by Bajaj.
CFMoto, Zontes and the Chinese Makers' Western Push	CFMoto's European and Australian distribution expansion and the broader pattern of Chinese mid-displacement manufacturers — Zontes, Voge, Benelli under Qianjiang ownership — entering markets previously dominated by Japanese and European brands. Export figures and distributor agreements as reported.
The Premium End Stays Small, Deliberately	Ducati's and BMW Motorrad's reported annual volumes — both well under 100,000 units — and the margin strategy that makes a small number profitable: how each brand positions against the displacement tiers below it and what their own financial reports say about revenue per unit.
More Scooters Than Motorcycles, by a Wide Margin	Global two-wheeler volumes broken out by type — the ACEM and SIAM data that show scooters outpacing motorcycles in Europe and matching or exceeding them in India — and what that split means for manufacturer product planning and the electrification timeline.
What Happened to the Electric Motorcycle	Energica's 2024 insolvency, LiveWire's sustained losses since its 2022 SPAC listing, and Zero Motorcycles' restructuring — three distinct failure modes in the premium electric segment — set against the segment that did grow: light electric scooters and battery-swap networks in Asia.

Racing

Piece	What it covers
Liberty Buys the Grid	Liberty Media's 2024 agreement to acquire Dorna Sports' MotoGP commercial rights — the deal structure, the regulatory review timeline, and how Liberty's Formula 1 playbook is expected to apply to the championship's broadcast and promoter contracts.
The Isle of Man's Published Count	The Isle of Man TT's documented fatality record — the total figure published by the Manx government and ACU, the year-by-year breakdown as a matter of public record, and the event's legal status as a closed-road race outside standard FIM safety jurisdiction. Statistical and regulatory, not narrative.
COTA and Its Place on the Calendar	The Circuit of the Americas' position in the MotoGP season — its April slot, the Austin venue's history since the 2013 inaugural MotoGP round, attendance figures as reported by COTA, and the race's commercial relationship with the City of Austin.
Dorna's Other Championship	World Superbike as a Dorna-promoted series distinct from MotoGP — the production-derived ruleset, the manufacturer entry model, and how the series' commercial structure differs from the prototype class above it and the national series below.
Texas Rounds, Both Kinds	MotoAmerica's road-racing rounds and the American Flat Track calendar's Texas events — the venues, the series structures, and the regional audience each draws — as documented by series organizers' published schedules and attendance records.

Rules & Data

Piece	What it covers
24 Times: What NHTSA's Exposure Data Shows	NHTSA's finding that motorcyclists die at approximately 24 times the per-mile rate of car occupants — the Traffic Safety Facts report it comes from, the exposure methodology behind the ratio, and how that figure has moved across the most recently published years.
ABS: Mandatory in Brussels, Petitioned in Washington	The EU's phased ABS mandate for motorcycles above 125cc — in force since 2016 — against the NHTSA petition history in the United States, where a formal rulemaking request has been filed and not resolved. The divergence in regulatory outcome from the same body of effectiveness evidence.
What Changed Between 22.05 and 22.06	The ECE 22.06 helmet certification standard — what it tests differently from its predecessor ECE 22.05, the oblique-impact test addition, the timeline for the transition, and which markets have adopted it as a legal minimum. Drawn from UNECE published regulation text.
Euro 5+ and the Models It Removed	The Euro 5+ emissions standard's effect on manufacturer line-ups — which models were discontinued, which were re-engineered, and what the standard's stricter OBD requirements cost at the product-planning level. Documented through manufacturer announcements and EU regulation text.
Texas's Partial Repeal and the Data That Followed	Texas's 1997 partial repeal of its universal helmet law — the legislative terms, the age and insurance-exemption structure — and what TxDOT's subsequent crash data recorded in the years after the change. The state as a documented case study in partial-repeal outcomes.
Level 1, Level 2, and What the Test Measures	The CE EN 13634 and EN 1621 armour certification levels for motorcycle jackets and back protectors — the impact-transmission thresholds that separate Level 1 from Level 2, the test methodology, and why the distinction appears in EU type-approval but not in US federal standards.