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Finnish E-bike manufacturer Verge Motorcycles has expanded its U. S. retail presence with a new retail showroom inside the Bike Shed Moto Co. in downtown Los Angeles. This marks Verge ' s first major retail footprint in Southern California. " Expanding our retail presence in the USA, especially with Bike Shed Moto Co. in a dynamic market like Los Angeles, is a significant step for Verge. Customers will now be able to see, feel, and experience our bikes in an authentic environment that reflects our shared passion for motorcycling," says Pekka Parnanen of Verge Motorcycles. BSMC LA is located at 1580 Industrial Street, LA; www. bikeshedmoto. com, www. vergemotorcycles. com

Having made its name in the 1950s with snowmobiles, 2025 sees Polaris celebrate 40 years in the ATV market- initially with the three-wheel Scrambler before the four-wheel Trail Boss paved the way for the 4 × 6 Big Boss in 1989 / PSB

Serial American entrepreneur Erik Stephens, founder of Twisted Throttle( TT- Rhode Island, USA) and DENALI Electronics, has decided to close TT to focus on DENALI. He started TT in a garage in 2002, and went on to specialise in international brands, importing products such as SW-MOTECH luggage and MRA screens from Germany, Barkbusters hand guards from Australia, South African Kaoko cruise controls and R & G protectors from the UK. Erik founded LED lights specialist brand DENALI and it is now owned by Brown and Watson International( BWI) of Australia; www. denalielectronics. com

The provisional 2026 MotoGP schedule, the first to be released under the imprimatur of new Dorna Sports owner Liberty Media( Colorado, USA) again includes 22 Grands Prix on five continents. A highlight will be the return of the Brazil GP for the first time since Makoto Tomada’ s win for Honda in 2004- the new venue for the Brazilian race will be Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna at Goianai near Brasilia. This will be the final season before the 1,000 cc formula( introduced in 2012) switches to 850 cc for 2027. The season opener is still slated for Thailand but an alternate city and venue to Bangkok is expected to be announced shortly. The casualty for 2026 is the Indian GP, due to ongoing logistical and financial issues since its inaugural race in at the Buddh International Circuit in 2023. Argentina ' s race at Termas de Rio Hondo also falls off the 2026 calendar, but it is expected to return in 2027 at a new location in Buenos Aires.

2026 H-D Bagger World Cup The plan to run Harley-Davidson Road King ' Bagger Racing ' at select MotoGP rounds in 2026 is confirmed. Launched at the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring, Speilberg, Austria, in August, the 2026 Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup is essentially a ' Company Cup ' with their Race prepared Road Kings

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2026 RACE CALENDAR

Grand Prix of The Americas- Circuit of the Americas: Mar 27 – 29 Grand Prix of Italy- Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello: May 29 – 31 Grand Prix of the Netherlands- TT Circuit Assen: June 26 – 28 Grand Prix of the United Kingdom- Silverstone Circuit: Aug 7 – 9 Grand Prix of Aragon- MotorLand Aragón: Aug 28 – 30 Grand Prix of Austria- Red Bull Ring: Sept 18 – 20, Champ Round

as the ' spec ' bikes. Carlos Ezpeleta, Chief Sporting Officer at Dorna Sports said: " We ' re always looking for ways to innovate and expand- staying faithful to what fans love about MotoGP but finding ways to connect with new audiences. The Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup fulfils the brief. www. motogp. com