motorcycle Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/motorcycle/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:07:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Ducati factory tours are restarting https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/ducati-factory-tours-are-restarting/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/ducati-factory-tours-are-restarting/#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:52:07 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7390 Ducati is preparing to welcome its fans again at its Borgo Panigale motorcycle factory and museum outside Bologna, Italy. Visits to the museum and tours of the factory will start on 21st April. During the pandemic, tours and museum visits have been limited. Now, the Ducati Museum will be accessible from Monday to Sunday from […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/ducati-factory-tours-are-restarting/feed/ 0 The Ducati Museum Reopens https://mechtraveller.com/2020/10/the-ducati-museum-reopens/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/10/the-ducati-museum-reopens/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:06:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6445 Keen to reconnect with its fanbase, Ducati is reopening its museum today (5 Oct) at their motorcycle factory in Borgo Panigale, Bologne, Italy. The museum’s new coronavirus protocols mean that visitors have to book online and register a specific date/time slot in advance. The 15-min time slots are available, each for a limited number of […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/10/the-ducati-museum-reopens/feed/ 0 The “Zen Motorcycle” joins the Smithsonian’s Collections https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/the-zen-motorcycle-joins-the-smithsonians-collections/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/the-zen-motorcycle-joins-the-smithsonians-collections/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 10:28:23 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5661 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is to be the new home of American author Robert M. Pirsig’s 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle featured in his book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values. Pirsig’s book, originally published by William Morrow in 1974, has sold more than 5 million copies […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/12/the-zen-motorcycle-joins-the-smithsonians-collections/feed/ 0 In the USA, Nearly 20% of Motorcycle Owners are Women https://mechtraveller.com/2018/12/in-the-usa-nearly-20-of-motorcycle-owners-are-women/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/12/in-the-usa-nearly-20-of-motorcycle-owners-are-women/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:12:45 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3933 Nearly one in five motorcycle owners is now female, compared with one in 10 less than a decade ago, and the data suggests that women could soon make up one quarter of owners, which would be a major shift in motorcycling demographics, according to the latest national survey by the Motorcycle Industry Council. Among all […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2018/12/in-the-usa-nearly-20-of-motorcycle-owners-are-women/feed/ 0 Triumph Motorcycles’ new brand museum and factory tour https://mechtraveller.com/2017/11/triumph-motorcycles-new-brand-museum-factory-tour/ https://mechtraveller.com/2017/11/triumph-motorcycles-new-brand-museum-factory-tour/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:08:55 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=2831 Triumph Motorcycles has just opened (yesterday) its new £4 million Triumph visitor experience and factory tour. The new facility at the Triumph Motorcycles HQ and factory site in Hinckley, Leicestershire will enable fans to get up close to the most iconic and rare Triumph motorbikes in the world, including: Legendary Triumph movie bikes, from Steve […]

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