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Quick Read: 2018 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra

Editor's Note: This Quick Read is part of our Luxury Touring Bike Comparison, which you can read here. As we’ve reported in previous road tests...

2018 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 114 | Road Test Review

Stubby rear fender, deep-dish seat, steep (for a cruiser) inverted fork, chunky tires, upswept exhaust and that sci-fi cyclops headlight giving you the classic...

2018 Indian Chieftain Elite | First Look Review

Last year Indian rolled out two high-end, factory-custom versions of its hard faired bagger, the Chieftain Elite and Chieftain Limited. They featured custom paint,...

Video Review | 2018 Yamaha Star Eluder

Based on the Star Venture platform, Yamaha's Star Eluder is a bagger that foregoes the trunk and passenger backrest as well as several other...

2018 Harley-Davidson Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special | First Look Review

Joining the all-new Softail family, the Road Glide Special, Street Glide Special and a fresh crop of Custom Vehicle Operations models in Harley-Davidson’s new-for-2018...

2018 Harley-Davidson CVO Limited | Road Test Review

Back in 1999, when there was worldwide worry about computers failing because of the Y2K glitch, Harley-Davidson launched the Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) program....

2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster | First Ride Review

When the Bonneville America and Speedmaster cruisers disappeared from Triumph’s lineup for 2017, we knew something was afoot. The Bonneville line was in the...

2018 Yamaha Star Eluder | First Ride Review

One of the biggest announcements last year in the world of motorcycle touring was the return of Yamaha’s Star Venture, a fully-loaded luxury tourer...

2018 Triumph Bonneville Bobber Black | First Ride Review

The 2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber was one of the most highly anticipated new models to be released last year, an instant hit that quickly...

Indian Scout Bobber vs. Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber vs. Triumph Bonneville Bobber | Comparo Review

Today’s bobbers, as a style, could be described as less than sensible. They prize form over function, emotion and feel over pure logic. If...

2018 Harley-Davidson Sport Glide | First Look Review

Harley-Davidson’s Softail line made a huge leap forward for 2018, getting the Milwaukee-Eight Big Twin that was introduced last year on Touring models, an...

2018 Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic | Road Test Review

It’s fair to say that Harley-Davidson is one of those brands that leans heavily on its heritage, and perhaps no other model exemplifies that...

2018 Triumph Bonneville Bobber Black | First Look Review

When Triumph unveiled the Bonneville Bobber in October 2016, I fell into immediate lust with the “brutal beauty.” Like a twitterpated teenager, I forgave...

2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster | First Look Review

Triumph’s Speedmaster cruiser is one of the last models in the Bonneville family to be upgraded to the new platform. As with other Bonnevilles,...

New Triumph Speedmaster to be Unveiled on October 3

Triumph completely revamped its Bonneville platform for 2016, rolling out five models—Street Twin, Bonneville T120, Bonneville T120 Black, Thruxton and Thruxton R—that successfully combined...

2018 Harley-Davidson Softails | First Ride Review

When’s the last time you rode and evaluated 20 different bikes in one day? More to the point, we’re talking about 10 brand-new bikes...

2018 BMW K 1600 B Bagger | Road Test Review

You really get to know a motorcycle when you ride it all day, every day, for an entire week. Long hours in the saddle...

Video Review | 2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber

While most manufacturers simply take an existing model, shorten the fenders, put a new handlebar and a solo seat on it, and maybe give...

Harley Launches Three New CVO Models, Plus Road Glide and Street Glide Specials

The new models continue to roll out of Milwaukee, as Harley-Davidson announces three new limited-edition CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations) Touring models outfitted with a...

2018 Harley-Davidson Softails | First Look Review

Last year Harley-Davidson launched the Milwaukee-Eight, the ninth generation of its Big Twin, an all-new, eight-valve, 45-degree V-twin available in 107ci or 114ci sizes...

Indian Motorcycle Announces 2018 Models

Indian Motorcycle has announced its 2018 model year lineup, from the entry-level Scout family to the classic Chief cruisers, Springfield and Chieftain baggers, and...

2018 Yamaha Star Venture | Road Test Review

Today’s luxury touring motorcycle market is a much different kettle of fish than it was in the 1980s and ’90s, when sophisticated German and...

2018 Indian Scout Bobber | First Ride Review

When Indian launched the Scout for 2015, it was only a matter of time before spin-off models followed. Just a year after introducing the...

2017 Harley-Davidson Road King Special | First Ride Review

Before the Street Glide took over as Harley’s bestseller about a decade ago, the Road King was its chartbuster for many years. All of...

2018 Indian Scout Bobber | First Look Review

Four years ago, at the 2013 Sturgis Rally, the reborn Indian Motorcycle made its debut with three all-new Chief models powered by the air-cooled,...

2017 Bagger Comparison Review: Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special vs. Indian Chieftain Dark Horse vs. Moto Guzzi MGX-21

Harley-Davidson, Indian and Moto Guzzi are three of the most storied brands in motorcycling. Each has origins dating to the early part of the...

2017 Honda Rebel 500 | First Ride Review

If you’ve taken the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse (as well as many other learn-to-ride courses), chances are very good that you did so...

2017 Indian Chieftain Elite and Limited | First Ride Review

Indian has jumped into the new-for-2017 fray with several fresh models, including the Chieftain Limited and Chieftain Elite. These two bikes represent evolutionary advancement...

2017 Harley-Davidson Street Rod | First Ride Review

Now that The Motor Co. has apparently satisfied the global demand for an urban-oriented line of inexpensive entry-level Harleys with the cruiserish Street 500...

Special Retrospective: Victory V92C | First Ride Review

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the September 1997 issue of Rider. If an American company like Polaris is going to jump feet first...

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