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2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 – Road Test Review

photography by Rich Cox Comparing a fast motorcycle to a rocket ship is a common metaphor. Rockets conjure images of the eyeball-flattening acceleration and yahoo...

2010 KTM Street Bikes – Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing and Brian J. Nelson On a hot, bone-dry day in July 2008, I sat on a sandy hill overlooking Laguna Seca...

2009 Yamaha FJR1300A/AE – Road Test Review

photography by the author, Rick Oxton and Paul Drevenstedt FJR Tour, 4:40 a.m.—Blink, blink…up early, picking up Paul, coffee & doughnuts from Russell’s, driving...

2009 Ducati GT1000 Touring – Road Test Review

"Whew! That was close...." As soon as my mind punctuated that thought, the Ducati GT1000 and I were on our sides skidding down the road. It...

2008 Yamaha FJR1300A – Road Test Review

When Yamaha introduced the FJR13000 to the United States for 2003, for sport-touring riders it was a second coming of sorts. Gobs of smooth...

2008 BMW R1200RT vs. Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 – Comparison Review

Any sport-touring motorcycle is going to fit along a sliding scale of sportiness vs. touring capabilities. At one end of the spectrum would be...

2008 Buell Ulysses XB12XT | Road Test Review

When Buell peeled the covers off the new 2006 Ulysses XB12X at its launch in 2005 and officially jumped into the adventure-bike category, it...

Rider Magazine’s 2008 Motorcycle of the Year and Best of Class

The new bikes for the 2008 model year have all been revealed, and it's time once again to name our three Best-of-Class winners. From...

2007 BMW F800ST – Road Test Review

There's a certain feeling of exclusivity you get when you own something expensive. Drive through town in a Ferrari, Mercedes or Porsche, and you...

2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS – Road Test Review

It's finally here! Twenty-one years since its introduction in 1986, Kawasaki has finally seen fit to reinvent the venerable Concours. Sure, it made a...

2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250S – Road Test Review

When an existing motorcycle model is revamped, I hold my breath. Who will win in the corporate tug of war: The bean counters or...

2007 Triumph Tiger 1050 – Road Test Review

A trip to Spain could hardly be called a bad thing, especially when the mission is to ride a new motorcycle model like the...

2006 BMW K1200GT vs. Yamaha FJR1300A – Comparison Review

Photography by Michael Mariant As any reader understands, the test rider has got to be objective in his evaluation of a motorcycle, to judge that...

2007 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 – Road Test Review

  If you wanted a touring bike 25 years ago, you bought either a BMW or a Moto Guzzi. Both share the air-cooled, loping twin-cylinder...

2005 BMW R1200ST – Road Test Review

The “ST” designation on a motorcycle usually indicates a sport tourer, one that offers a melding of some degree of sporty handling with various...

Sport Touring Comparison: 2003 BMW K1200GT ABS, 2003 BMW R1150RT ABS, 2003 Honda ST1300 ABS, 2004 Yamaha FJR1300 ABS

Sport tourers are the gold standard for distance-riding, hybrids that blend the best attributes of dressers and sportbikes. Their comfort level approaches that of...

2002 Triumph Sprint ST 955i – Road Test Review

Approach the new Triumph Sprint ST 955i, take it for a blast through the hills, and it will serve as a mirror for your...

2003 Honda ST1300 ABS | Road Test Review

by Bill Stermer photography by Kevin Wing Most motorcycles come and go. Their pictures appear in the magazines, then units arrive at the dealer's door with...

2003 Yamaha FJR1300 | Road Test Review

Shortly after I started working here at Rider, the first sport tour I went on with the staff was a shootout of the all-new...

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