Last year, we laid out a question: with more connectivity and more layers between rider and road, when does "assistance" start killing the ride? Now in 2026, AI makes that question harder to dodge. To dig into it, we sat down with industry veteran, systems specialist, and longtime AI advocate Dom Kwong to hear what he thinks AI in motorcycles looks like.

Damon Motorcycles has been the subject of plenty of talk — excitement, controversy, and a long list of questions that once felt too big to answer. The company burst onto the scene in 2018 with the HyperSport, a halo product that drew serious investment and thousands of depositors eager to see Damon’s vision roll into their garages. We sat down with Dom Kwong to get straight answers to the questions everyone’s been asking. But first, a little background on Damon’s new leader.