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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)....

2019 Yamaha Niken GT | Video Review

After the success of the Niken, the world’s first production Leaning Multi-Wheeled motorcycle introduced last year, Yamaha has launched a sport-touring version called the...

2019 Yamaha Tracer 900 GT | Long-Term Ride Review

MSRP $15,087 (as tested) Mileage: 7,280 Last September I participated in the Three Flags Classic, an endurance ride from Mexico to Canada totaling more than 5,000...

2019 Yamaha Niken GT | First Ride Review

Following our first ride on the 2019 Niken at the press introduction in Europe, Yamaha pre-sold every one of the relatively few examples it...

2019 BMW R 1250 GS/GSA/RT | First Ride Review

The time for big changes to your best-selling motorcycle models is generally not when their sales are on the upswing, and BMW knows this...

The Best Bikes for Smaller Riders (and Budgets): 2019 Edition!

Bigger doesn’t always mean better, and fortunately for those of us looking for a fun, affordable motorcycle there are more choices than ever. Nearly...

2019 Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE LT+ | First Look Review

Thanks to their comfortable, sit-up ergonomics, generous suspension travel and do-it-all versatility, adventure tourers have been one of motorcycling’s few growth segments in recent...

2019 BMW R 1250 RS and R 1250 R | First Look Review

With the announcement of the 2019 R 1250 RS and R 1250 R, BMW has finalized its update to the entire boxer range, including...

2019 Yamaha Niken GT | First Look Review

When Yamaha released the Niken as a part of its Touring lineup earlier this year, we hoped a road trip-ready GT version would be...

2018 Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE | Road Test Review

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive...OK, maybe those are a stretch, but riding Kawasaki's new Ninja H2 SX SE can...

Rider’s Guide to New/Updated Street Motorcycles for 2019

This handy guide includes all new or significantly updated street-legal motorcycles for the 2019 model year. Organized in alphabetical order by manufacturer, it includes...

Retrospective: 1992-1993 Yamaha TDM850

Despite their long-legged suspension, big side cases and rugged looks, most of today's adventure bikes are ridden more often on the road than off....

2018 BMW K 1600 Grand America | Tour Test Review

BMW entered the popular bagger segment for 2018 with the K 1600 B, a long and lowered cruiser based on the K 1600 GT...

2019 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT and R | First Look Review

In addition to unveiling its all-new 2019 790 Duke, at this week’s Intermot show in Cologne, Germany, KTM also announced updates to its 1290...

2019 Suzuki Street Model Lineup: Cafe Racer SV650X, V-Strom 1000XT Adventure, Plus 2020 Katana

Suzuki has unveiled its complete 2019 street lineup, featuring a new SV650X cafe racer and adventure- and tour-ready V-Strom XT models, at the Intermot...

Video Review | 2019 Yamaha Tracer 900 GT

Yamaha's all-new 2019 Tracer 900 GT is a premium, touring-ready replacement for the FJ-09 sport tourer. Weighing a little over 500 pounds and equipped...

2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 S Touring vs. KTM 1290 Super Adventure S | Comparison Review

There are still dedicated, highly competent sport tourers out there, but these days the job of traveling in fast-paced comfort is just as likely...

2019 Yamaha Tracer 900 GT | Road Test Review

When Yamaha introduced its 847cc triple with a Crossplane Concept Crankshaft on the FZ-09 naked bike for 2014, it was revelatory--a powerful, audacious engine...

Yamaha Announces Pricing, Availability for 3-Wheeled Niken

One of the most eye-catching and thought-provoking motorcycles unveiled at last fall's EICMA show in Milan was Yamaha's Niken Leaning Multi-Wheel (LMW), a two-wheels-in-front...

Ducati Monster 25th Anniversario | First Look Review

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of Ducati's most beloved and best-selling models—over 325,000 of them have been built since 1993—the Bologna-based manufacturer...

Re-Cycling: 1997-2005 Suzuki Bandit 1200

If you’re put off by modern technology like throttle-by-wire, fuel injection and trick electronic engine management systems, but still want gobs of horsepower available at...

2018 KTM 1290 Super Adventure S | Road Test Review

With aggressive, chiseled design by Kiska and modular architecture, KTM’s range of liter-class motorcycles share common elements (engine, trellis frame, instrumentation) but are tailored...

2018 BMW K 1600 GTL vs. Honda Gold Wing Tour | Comparison Review

My, how the luxury touring landscape has changed. Since our last comparison test of these two high-performance, 6-cylinder luxos in 2012 (the year the BMW was introduced and the...

Video Review | 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 S

The new 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 gets a larger 1,262cc L-twin that delivers a big boost in power, as well as better aerodynamics, a...

1985-1992 BMW K100RS | Retro Review

A burger and fries is a great meal once in a while, but you wouldn’t want to make a steady diet of it. BMW...

2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 S Touring | First Ride Review

Take some of the twistiest roads in the world, wrap them around a 6,400-foot-high volcano on an exotic isle off the coast of northwestern...

Retrospective: 1998-2001 Honda VFR800Fi Interceptor

This is the so-called fifth generation of the VFR—and it was essentially a new machine. The most obvious change was the slightly bigger V4...

2018 Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX | First Look Review

If you looked at Kawasaki’s bombastic Ninja H2 supercharged sportbike back when it was introduced in 2015, and thought to yourself, “Gosh, that’s my...

A Look Back: 1991-2002 Honda ST1100

When Honda introduced the V45 Sabre in 1982, everyone thought the V-4 revolution was at hand. Everyone at Honda, that is. With a few...

New 2018 Kawasaki Models Unveiled at EICMA

Under the broad promise of "True Commitment"--to adventure, sport and life in general--Kawasaki unveiled several new models at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy,...

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