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2020 Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro Walkaround | Video Review

The 2020 Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro is the top off-road ADV model in the all new Tiger series. Woman Rider Editor Jenny Smith...

2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT | Tour Test Review

The venerable V-Strom hasn’t changed much in its nearly two-decade history, which is testament to the fact that Suzuki pretty much got it right...

Retrospective: 1977 Honda CT125 Trail

We Americans don't often think of motorcycles as being purely utilitarian, since we use them mostly for traveling to interesting places, sporting along back...

2020 Honda Africa Twin CRF1100L Adventure Sports ES | Road Test Review

Honda’s CRF1000L Africa Twin was a little late to the adventure-bike party when it was introduced for 2016, but the bike immediately established itself...

2021 Yamaha Ténéré 700 | Video Review

When the Yamaha T7 was announced, it immediately became one of the highly anticipated motorcycles in the ADV class. In this video review, we...

2020 Yamaha WR250F vs WR250R | Comparison Test

Life is so simple when you’re young. As teens and 20-somethings we thought nothing of loading up our dirt bikes, gas cans, firewood, chili,...

2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT Tech Video | Video Review

The 2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT received a major update for model year 2020, and a big portion of that update is related to its...

2020 Honda Africa Twin Ride Modes How-To | Video Review

Curious about the functionality of your 2020 CRF1100L Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports ES or standard Honda Africa Twin? Check out this helpful video...

2021 Yamaha Ténéré 700 | First Ride Review

As the ADV market has been trending toward middleweight machines, perhaps the most anticipated new bike after KTM’s 790 Adventure is Yamaha’s 2021 Ténéré 700,...

2020 KTM 390 Adventure in Detail | Video Review

Get a detailed look at the 2020 KTM 390 Adventure in this informal bike walkaround video. We'll give you a closer look at this...

2020 KTM 390 Adventure | Road Test Review

"Who woulda thunk it," as my dad would say. A KTM adventure bike that costs less and makes more power than a Kawasaki KLR650,...

2019 KTM 790 Adventure | Tour Test Review

The desert can be an unforgiving place, with miles of lonely highways and even more unpaved roads and trails. The KTM 790 Adventure is...

2020 Triumph Tiger 900 GT Pro and Rally Pro | First Ride Review

There was a lot to like about Triumph’s Tiger 800 when it was first released in 2011 in two variations, a standard street-oriented model...

2019 Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE LT+ | Road Test Review

Considering how popular the Versys 650 has become, almost from the moment it was introduced in the U.S. for 2008, we found it decidedly...

2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT | First Ride Review

The Suzuki V-Strom 1000 is an old lion of the adventure-touring world. When it debuted for 2002, there weren’t many liter-class adventure bikes to choose from,...

2020 Indian FTR Rally | First Look Review

Unveiled at the EICMA show in Milan last November, Indian has announced that the FTR Rally, a scrambler-inspired version of the FTR 1200 street tracker that...

2020 Moto Guzzi V85 TT | Road Test Review

We’ve been looking forward to getting our hands on the Moto Guzzi V85 TT, the latest bike to roll out of Italy’s oldest motorcycle...

2020 Triumph Tiger 900 / GT / Rally | First Look Review

For the 2011 model year, Triumph launched two all-new models – the Tiger 800 and more off-road-oriented Tiger 800 XC, both powered by a...

2020 BMW S 1000 XR | First Look Review

After BMW announced several changes to the potent in-line four powerplant in its S 1000 RR superbike earlier this year, we figured it was...

2020 BMW F 900 R and F 900 XR | First Look Review

BMW surprised us with two new mid-range models, the 2020 F 900 R and the F 900 XR, both based around a slightly enlarged...

2020 and 2021 KTMs: 1290 Super Duke R, 790 Adventure R Rally, 890 Duke

In addition to the new 390 Adventure, KTM revealed several new and updated machines at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy this week that...

2020 KTM 390 Adventure | First Look Review

The field of lightweight, entry-level adventure bikes will grow by at least one in 2020 with the introduction of KTM’s new 390 Adventure. Ready...

Harley Releases Details on Liquid-Cooled Revolution Max Engine Powering Pan America and Bronx Models

Harley-Davidson made some waves at EICMA this week, showing off two models it teased in 2018, the Pan America adventure tourer and the Bronx...

2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050, 1050XT and 1050XT Adventure | First Look Review

Suzuki has announced updates for its lineup of big V-Stroms, including a nomenclature change from 1000 to 1050. The 2020 V-Strom 1050, V-Strom 1050XT...

2020 Ducatis: Streetfighter V4, Panigale V2, Multistrada 1260 S Grand Tour | First Look Review

Ducati has announced its entire 2020 motorcycle lineup, which includes new models such as the Streetfighter V4 and V4 S and the Panigale V2,...

2020 Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin | First Look Review

Back in 2016 Honda launched a reboot of the Africa Twin, a legendary, ’80s-era, Dakar-inspired dual-sport that never made it to the U.S. Sharing the “CRF”...

Suzuki Announces New and Returning 2020 Motorcycles

Suzuki has announced new and returning models for its 2020 motorcycle lineup. New models include the modern interpretation of the iconic Katana sportbike, which...

Rider Magazine’s 2019 Motorcycle of the Year

It’s seldom (if ever) easy to pick a Motorcycle of the Year…not that anyone ever feels sorry for us and our “but we had...

2019 Honda CB500X | First Ride Review

For reasons that remain a mystery, Honda waited until the 2016 model year and the introduction of its very capable CRF1000L Africa Twin to...

2020 Guide to New Street Motorcycles

This handy guide includes all new or significantly updated street-legal motorcycles for the 2020 model year (plus sneak peeks at a few 2021 models)....

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