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Due to its touring prowess, the Honda GL1800 Gold Wing has long been a popular platform for trike conversions. The GL1800’s engine and drivetrain...

2013 Can-Am Spyders | First Look Review

For 2013, Can-Am’s family of Spyders grows more legs with the addition of a new sport-touring model called the Spyder ST. Positioned between the...

Kymco Unveils 2013 Scooters

Offering four all-new scooters that range from a lightweight and agile 50cc commuter to a quick and comfortable 500cc tourer, Kymco USA’s two-wheeler line...

2012 Ural T Sidecar | Road Test Review

Among all of the ways to ride on three wheels, I think sidecars are the most fun, and challenge your riding skills in the...

Scooters: BMW C 600 Sport and C 650 GT Review

By Mark Tuttle, photography by Arnold Debus If you live in a large city, it doesn’t take much thought to figure out why BMW is...

Honda Announces New Scooters for 2013

Honda enters the 2013 model-year season with two fun scooters that contain significant upgrades: the thoroughly revised Metropolitan and a new PCX scooter with...

BMW C 600 Sport / C 650 GT Scooters – First Ride Review

If you live in a large city, it doesn’t take much thought to figure out why BMW is jumping into the scooter market now....

2012 BMW C 600 Sport and C 650 GT Scooters – First Look Review

Having shown its Concept C scooter at the Milan Show in late 2010, few were surprised when BMW unveiled its C 600 Sport and...

2011 Lehman Storm | Road Test Review

photography by Bill Stermer and Mark Tuttle Lehman’s trike conversions have been around since 1985, and its Harley-Davidson and Honda Gold Wing conversions have been...

2011 Suzuki Burgman 650 Executive Road Test

Over the past few years we’ve tested quite a few machines with “automatic” transmissions: the SE5-equipped Can-Am Spyder, the electric-shift Yamaha FJR1300AE, the dual-clutch...

2011 Can-Am Spyder RS-S Road Test

photography by Kevin Wing When Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), the Canadian company best known for its Ski-Doo snowmobiles and Sea-Doo watercraft, introduced the Can-Am Spyder...

2012 Can-Am Spyder RS and RT — First Look Review

Our soon-to-be-delivered September issue features a full test of the 2012 Can-Am Spyder RS-S, the sportiest of BRP’s three-wheeled roadsters. Equipped with a 106-horsepower...

Yamaha Royal Star Venture/Hannigan Trike Conversion | Road Test Review

Like some recent sports and entertainment notables, motorcycles occasionally experience positive character changes as a result of forced intervention. This certainly was the case...

A Short History of Sidecars

Curious conveyances, sidecars. Few of us have ever ridden in one, fewer yet driven a rig. But there is a small, passionate number of...

2010 Kymco Lineup

photography by Scott Hirko Kymco’s 2010 two-wheeled lineup, which includes 16 scooters and a small-displacement motorcycle, offers a wide variety of fun, stylish and economical...

2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri vs. 2010 Yamaha Tmax

photography by Scott Hirko The first time I took one of these scooters out with my riding buddies they were holding back, easing off, coddling...

2010 Lehman Crossbow Powered by Victory Road Test

photography by the author and Mike Callahan Trikes, with one wheel in front, two behind, have been around the motorcycle world for more than a...

2011 Honda PCX and Ruckus Scooters

American Honda has announced the release of two scooters for the 2011 model year: the new Honda PCX and the popular Honda Ruckus. “We’ve enjoyed...

Seven 250-1200cc Scooter motorcycle road tests

Seven 250-1200cc Scooter motorcycle road tests and spotlights for new motorcycle riders o 2009 Yamaha Tmax o 2007 Kymco Xciting 500 o 2006 Kawasaki Ninja...

2010 Can-Am Spyder RT-S Road Test

photography by Riles & Nelson Crossing the moonscape Mojave under a gray wool sky, large rain drops splatter on my face shield as I glance...

2009 Campagna T-Rex 14R Road Test

The first time I saw a T-Rex was on the MTV show Ryan Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Dyrdek, a pro skateboarder with too much money...

2009 Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic | Road Test Review

photography by the author and Brian Rathjen Aftermarket trike conversions have been around for many years, but now you can pop down to your friendly...

2009 Honda DN-01 | Road Test Reviews

If you find it difficult to imagine a motorcycle that combines some character of a sportbike with the lowness of a cruiser and the...

2009 Yamaha Tmax Scooter | Road Test Review

When Yamaha introduced the boisterous new Vmax streetfighter last summer, another "Max" had already slipped into the market under the radar. Billed as a...

2009 Honda DN-01 | First Ride Review

Confusion. If there was a consistent theme running through the presentation of Honda's new DN-01 in Milan, then this was it. Confusion first is...

2008 Can-Am Spyder Road Test

photography by the author, Gary Drevenstedt and Scott Hirko Feeling lonely? Having trouble getting noticed? Ride a Can-Am Spyder and you'll instantly win friends and...

2008 Piaggio MP3 500 | Road Test Review

If Batman owned a scooter the Piaggio MP3 500 would be it. In the immortal words of Robin, the Gotham-city hero's sidekick, "Holy mechanical...

2008 Lehman Renegade Trike | Road Test Review

We've seen them at rallies and rolling down the road, three-wheeled vehicles based on motorcycles that are referred to as "trike conversions." The conversion...

2008 Trike Buyers Guide

You’ve seen them on the road and probably heard the rationale. With three wheels, a tricycle is more stable than a motorcycle; there’s no dropping...

2008 Can-Am Spyder First Ride

by Troy Siahaan The wild vehicle you see before you is the 2008 Can-Am Spyder, which parent company Bombardier is using to bring the Can-Am...

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