13 November 2025

EICMA showcases what’s new and refreshed for 2026

Our very own globetrotter, Paul Browne, has returned from Italy bearing news of new and refreshed machines for the coming season.

Pepped up by the very finest coffee, he’s filed a caffeine-fuelled report on what to expect on showroom floors in 2026.

 

I was in Milan last week for the EICMA bike show. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it.

As well as seeing all the bikes that are new for 2026 there were some other very spectacular machines on display.

Akrapovic, the exhaust manufacturers had a row of MotoGP bikes on their stand. Seeing this kind of machinery up close was a real treat.

A significant amount of the manufacturers in attendance launched new machinery, or at least last year’s bikes with new paint.

Hot compress

Honda’s new V3R 900 E-Compressor was one of the bigger exceptions.

So new it’s a protype, as the name suggests, this thing is armed with the V3 the company unveiled at last year’s EICMA, complemented by  an electronically controlled compressor. Some might call that a supercharger. Certainly sounds better.

This, the company says, is a world first

In its words, this will allow “precise control of engine boost, delivering high-response torque from low revs.”

The corporate blurb goes on the claim this will  enable “performance on par with a 1,200cc engine despite its 900cc displacement.”

Time will tell.

In Augusta company

Completely new brands included the rather wonderfully titled “Phelon and Moore”.

They have a new tall tourer called the Cape Town 7X.

There are also a couple of other models running the same chassis and engine, as well as cruisers, scooters and 125cc machines in the range.

The Hipsters were out in force with Seattle company, HogWorkx leading the charge of the bearded ones.

Norton, meanwhile, have given up on that V4RS thing and instead had a choice of new and more realistic bikes to showcase.

Two more than four

Harley-Davidson were in attendance for the first time in many years, but appear to be holding the newer stuff back until early in ’26. The other two Americans, Indian and Zero were also in the house, although the latter is now, in fact,  a European company.

BMW launched a new 450, but, for me, the M4 that’s used as the pace car for the out laps on MotoGP was more impressive.

That’s an especially sacrilegious thing for someone like me to say, as someone who has comprehensively failed to understand why anyone would want to have any more than two wheels. It was that good.

One of the most impressive new brands on site was Infinite Machine.

These guys are also based in the US and are making a new range of urban electric scooters.

I’ve never seen anything that looks like these things before.

Imagine RoboCop was a Deliveroo rider and you’d get the picture. The brushed chrome is beautiful and the styling unique.

Showing off

Suzuki were keen to show off another Hayabusa with a limited edition badge as well as the new GSXR range.

Yamaha, while they didn’t have anything new, had a lot of there bikes dressed with their accessory range.

Brembo and Ohlins were also in attendance with a number of new pieces. I now need most of them.

Furygan had a stand featuring a spectacular new suit developed in conjunction with Michael Dunlop.

They also had the latest In&Motion air vest, while D30 had their own pitch with some very clever armour on display.

Klim clothing’s presence was large, with even the design team having flown in from the US to talk about their work and how they have come to put some of the best premium clothing on the market.

The best stand for me, though, was Arai’s.  While they don’t have any new models this year they do have a host of new designs, with at least one new colour scheme for each model. Good looking lids!

 

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