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2018 Triumph Tiger 800 and 1200 XR XC | First Look Review

Triumph’s Tiger 3-cylinder adventure-bike lineup has been significantly refined and enhanced for 2018, starting with a claimed 22-pound weight loss for the Tiger 1200s,...

2018 BMW F 750 GS and F 850 GS | First Look Review

When it debuted nearly a decade ago, BMW’s F 800 GS seemed like the answers to adventure riders’ prayers. It had the durability and...

2018 Honda NC750X | First Look Review

The U.S. will finally receive the larger 745cc version of Honda’s midsize crossover adventure tourer for 2018, which gets a number of updates for...

2018 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports | First Look Review

Since its introduction for 2016, Honda’s CRF1000L Africa Twin has been a runaway success. It has been a best seller in the red-hot adventure-touring...

2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 | First Look Review

Perched at the top of the adventure-sport touring heap sits Ducati's Multistrada, which bested its closest competitor, the BMW S 1000 XR, in our...

2017 Ducati Multistrada 950 vs. 2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT vs. 2018 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 | Comparison Review

Summertime is for touring. Long days, warm weather and vacation days that have been squirreled away like acorns mean it’s time to pack the...

Should Suzuki Bring the V-Strom 250 to the U.S.?

We've seen and ridden the latest versions of Suzuki's V-Strom 650 and V-Strom 1000 "sport adventure tourers," and both won our recent comparison tests....

2017 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT vs 2017 Suzuki V-Strom 650 | Comparison Review

In his Rider Test of the 2017 V-Strom 650, Rider's Senior Editor Drevenstedt mentions The Question: “If you could only own one motorcycle, what would it...

2017 Suzuki V-Strom 650 | Road Test Review

Because we test so many different bikes, Rider staffers are often asked, “What’s the best motorcycle?” That’s not an easy question to answer, in...

2017 Honda Africa Twin vs. 2017 KTM 1090 Adventure R | Comparison Review

Most of today’s adventure bikes, despite their extra-large dimensions and scale-straining weights, are quite capable off-road. Many feature traction control, off-road-optimized ABS and electronically...

Ducati Announces Multistrada 1200 Enduro Pro | First Look Review

Ducati’s superlative Multistrada 1200 Enduro is already perched on the peak of what most normal mortals can handle—a towering, 152-horsepower (claimed), snarling beast of...

2018 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 | First Ride Review

After some lean years following the Great Recession, Suzuki has pinned the throttle. In our comprehensive guide to new/updated street motorcycles for 2017-2018, which...

2017 CSC RXR | First Look Review

CSC Motorcycles, which imports and distributes several 250cc motorcycles manufactured in China by Zongshen, has announced its newest model for 2017. CSC describes the...

2017 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS | First Ride Review

There are times when a manufacturer gets a motorcycle just right, when price, style and mechanics come together with all of the intangibles to...

2017 Kawasaki Versys-X 300 | First Ride Review

Is lightweight touring the Next Big Thing in motorcycling? If so, Kawasaki has grabbed the hole shot with its new Versys-X 300 all-rounder. Two...

2017 KTM 1090 Adventure R | First Ride Review

With their rally-racer styling, 21-inch front wheels, 35-inch seat heights and right-now throttle response, KTM’s V-twin-powered 950/990 Adventure models were popular among performance-oriented adventure...

Video Review | 2017 Ducati Multistrada 950

The 2017 Ducati Multistrada 950 exemplifies the "Less is More" strategy with less weight and girth for nimbler handling and narrower flanks than the 1200 models,...

BMW Introduces R 1200 GS xDrive Hybrid Two-Wheel Drive Motorcycle

Editor's Note: As much as we wanted this announcement to be real when we posted it on March 31, BMW Motorrad has admitted that...

2017 Triumph Street Scrambler | First Ride Review

Scramblers were born in the 1960s, and were essentially street bikes that had been modified for dirt racing and general off-road hooliganism. As the...

2016 Honda Africa Twin DCT | Touring Review

Hi-Yo, Silver! We haunt some Nevada ghost towns on a real-world touring test of the 2016 Honda Africa Twin DCT. It’s easy to find yourself...

2017 Ducati Multistrada 950 | First Ride Review

The 2010 redesign of the Ducati Multistrada transformed it from a narrowly focused sit-up sportbike into a full-fledged adventure tourer, opening the storied Italian...

Kawasaki Announces Pricing, Accessories for the 2017 Versys-X 300

Last month at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, Kawasaki unveiled the latest addition to its Versys adventure-street lineup, the new 2017 Versys-X...

Tackling LA-Barstow-Vegas on a 2WD Ural Gear-Up

It’s well before dawn, and the temperature is below freezing. Ben’s KTM 1190 Adventure says it’s 27 F., but Kurt’s BMW R 1200 GS...

2017 Kawasaki Versys-X 300 | First Look Review

Kawasaki revamped its Versys adventure-street lineup for 2015, extensively updating the Versys 650 and Versys 1000, and finally bringing the latter to the U.S....

2017 Triumph Street Scrambler | First Look Review

It was a Triumph that Steve McQueen so famously rode in the 1964 International Six Days Trial, and for today's scrambler-style enthusiasts, Triumph’s latest...

2017 BMW R nineT and R nineT Urban G/S | First Look Review

When BMW released the original R nineT in 2014, it represented a major shift in BMW's approach, and proved to be a genre-bending—and very...

2017 BMW R 1200 GS Updates & New Style Packages

BMW’s iconic GS marque has spent 35 years perfecting the combination of touring and off-road capability, and the latest liquid-cooled R 1200 GS is...

2018 BMW G 310 GS | First Look Review

Last year, at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy, BMW Motorrad unveiled the G 310 R, the company’s first sub-500cc roadster model. It was...

2017 Honda CRF250L Rally | First Look Review

Honda today unveiled a new adventure-focused model, the 2017 CRF250L Rally. Inspired by the factory CRF450 Rally machine raced in the Dakar by Team...

2017 Ducati Scrambler Café Racer & Desert Sled | First Look Review

Ducati has announced two new variations in the Scrambler family: the sporty Café Racer and the off-road focused Desert Sled. The new models were...

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