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Part adventure bike, part sport tourer, the Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT is the best of both worlds. It’s tall enough for generous legroom and...

2016 BMW R 1200 RS – First Ride Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Rider, like many motorcycle magazines, is based in Southern California, where mild temperatures allow year-round riding and a short winter rainy...

CFMoto 650TK | First Ride Review

The Chinese motorcycle industry’s long march into the global marketplace with a range of full-size models aimed at Western customers finally got under way...

Motus MST & MST-R – First Ride Review

The first American four-cylinder street bike in the 70 years since World War II has now reached production, and the initial examples of the...

2015 Yamaha FJ-09 | Road Test Review

(This is a sidebar for a comparison test with the Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS. To read the full article...

2015 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 – First Ride Review

Photography by Milagro MV Agusta has been making motorcycles in Varese, Italy, on and off since the late 1940s, winning dozens of championships and later...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT | First Ride Review

Using the same engine in multiple motorcycle models makes good economic sense. The 649cc parallel twin that debuted in the Kawasaki Ninja 650 found...

2014 Moto Guzzi Norge GT 8V – Road Test Review

Spec charts are wondrous things. Given accurate data, a spec chart forecasts amazing insights into a motorcycle’s performance before you ever fire it up....

2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT – First Ride Review

Photography by James Wright and Ula Serra I Prat As Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan advised, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” Male or female,...

2015 MV Agusta Stradale 800 – First Ride Review

Photography by Milagro MV Agusta will enter the touring segment for the first time for 2015, with two new three-cylinder models quite unlike anything else...

2015 Yamaha FJ-09 – First Ride Review

Photography by Riles & Nelson What are you looking for in a sport-touring motorcycle? I know what I want in my go-to bike—plenty of performance,...

2015 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS – Road Test Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Borrowed from the French, concours (pronounced kawn-koor; the “s” is silent) refers to an assemblage of things or a contest, such...

2015 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS – First Look Review

For its eighth model year Kawasaki has nicely revised and updated the 2015 Concours 14 ABS sport-tourer, which offers a high-powered but flexible 1,352cc...

2015 Yamaha FJ-09 – First Look Review

Yamaha’s FZ-09 sport-standard triple is so popular that it’s unlikely a slight price increase for 2015 to $8,190 will have any negative effect on...

2015 BMW S 1000 XR – First Look Review

Since its debut for 2010, BMW’s S 1000 RR sportbike, powered by a ferocious in-line four-cylinder engine that makes a claimed 190 horsepower (for...

2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVT – First Look Review

At the EICMA show in Milan, Italy, Ducati announced a major update to its Multistrada 1200 for 2015, the third generation of its sport/adventure...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 ABS/LT and Versys 1000 LT – First Look Review

When the Kawasaki Versys 650 debuted for 2008, it had styling as unusual as its name (a mash-up of “versatility” and “system”). Powered by...

2014 BMW R 1200 RT – Road Test Review

Sport-touring bikes have a love/hate relationship with weight. A rider generally moves up to a sport tourer in order to get creature comforts such...

2015 Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS Travel Pack – Road Test Review

Norway’s Nordkapp (North Cape) is a 1,000-foot cliff overlooking the frigid Barents Sea, reached by riding through a 4.3-mile undersea tunnel on the world’s...

2014 BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive – Road Test Review

When BMW’s K 1600 GTL streaked onto the scene for 2012, packing a 1,649cc in-line six that sends 135 horsepower and 114 lb-ft of...

2014 Honda CTX1300 Deluxe – Road Test Review

Honda, like all motorcycle manufacturers, classifies its models into various categories such as touring, adventure, cruiser and sport. With the 2009 introduction of the...

2015 Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS Travel Pack – First Ride Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Not that long ago, back when only a select few knew how to get the clock on their VCR to stop...

2014 Yamaha FJR1300ES – Road Test Review

Feeling snubbed for missing out on the all-new Yamaha FJR1300 sport tourer, which debuted in Europe for 2001, Americans complained so loudly that Yamaha...

2014 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS – Road Test Review

More than any other manufacturer, Kawasaki has all the sportbike bases covered, with its line of Ninjas ranging from 298cc to 1,441cc. If you’re...

2014 BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive – First Look Review

One complaint you almost never hear about BMW’s top-line K 1600 GTL touring bike is that it’s not luxurious enough. With cushy heated seating...

2014 BMW R 1200 RT – First Look Review

With the introduction of the liquid-cooled BMW R 1200 GS earlier this year, it was only a matter of time before the lighter, more...

2014 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS – First Look Review

For 2014, Kawasaki’s entire street lineup returns except for the Vulcan 1700 Classic—only baggers will be in the Vulcan 1700 cruiser lineup. Tweaks to...

New for 2014 Yamaha and Star Motorcycles | First Look Review

To date Yamaha’s big news had been the launch of the 2014 FZ-09 triple, which was so well received the company has added a...

2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Granturismo | Road Test Review

If, as the saying goes, four wheels move the body but two wheels move the soul, then the Ducati Multistrada 1200—a snarling, sexy, technological...

2013 Ducati Hyperstrada – First Ride Review

Three new-for-2013 Ducatis have strada, the Italian word for “road,” in their model names, each offering a different take on high-performance touring. The Multistrada...

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