S11E07: Best New Motorcycles of 2026: Our Picks
Highside/Lowside - A Motorcycle Podcast
RevZilla
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 137 minutes
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Summary
The $6,000 Harley-Davidson, Honda's automatic clutch, the "vicious" KTM 990 RC R superbike, and much, much more are discussed as Zack and Spurg preview the most exciting motorcycles, tech, and industry shifts coming in 2026!
We also have an "Am I the A-hole" debate involving a delivery robot and a parked Harley… and we're joined by gear expert Pat McHugh to discuss the future of hearing protection: Cardo's active noise-canceling helmet.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to high side, low side. |
| 0:03.4 | This is season 11 episode seven. |
| 0:05.3 | My name is Zach. |
| 0:05.9 | I'm joined as always by my buddy Spurge. |
| 0:07.9 | On this episode, we're talking about the best of 2026 in so much as what we are most excited about. |
| 0:14.1 | We're looking back on 2025 a little bit as well. |
| 0:16.6 | Also, a delivery robot versus motorcycle on the streets of Los Angeles and a breakthrough |
| 0:21.8 | in noise canceling in helmets. |
| 0:23.8 | All that and more coming up. |
| 0:25.6 | But first, a word from our sponsor. |
| 0:27.4 | So in these Motel conversations, we talk a lot about changing your engine oil. |
| 0:31.7 | But what about your gear oil? |
| 0:33.7 | What if you're out there on a shaft drive motorcycle burning up the miles and you haven't checked out |
| 0:39.9 | your gearbox lately? That final drive system that needs some attention. Well, luckily, |
| 0:45.0 | Motool has a full line of gear oil products to make sure that your bike is running tip top all the time. |
| 0:52.9 | Even if you don't have a chain, Motools got you covered with their high-end gear oil. To learn more about how Motool can help you from grinding your gears, head over to RevZilla.com slash Motool. That's Revzilla.com slash M-O-T-U-L. And while you're over there on Revzilla.com, make sure you check out the Airbag Save page. RevZula is dedicated to making sure that you are informed about all the newest safety |
| 1:13.5 | technology coming down the pike. |
| 1:15.1 | And the newest, |
| 1:16.1 | most protective safety technology that we've seen in recent years is the evolution |
| 1:20.2 | of airbag technology. |
| 1:21.8 | So to learn about the entire line of airbag products and which one might be right for |
| 1:27.1 | you and your ride, |
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