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2014 Desperado Gun Runner III: Texas firecracker

Twenty years ago The Motor Company experienced a huge upsurge in sales resulting in a shortage of new Harleys, creating long waits for delivery...

Retrospective: Cooper 250 Enduro: 1973-1975

Back in those halcyon days of the early 1970s, two-stroke enduro models were the rage. If you wanted a play-bike, you bought Japanese. If you...

Retrospective: BSA A7 Shooting Star 500cc: 1954-1962

That Daytona 200 was a thriller back in ’54, on a cold wind-swept beach. The 4.1-mile oval had one straightaway on the asphalt, then...

Victory's 15th Anniversary Cross Country Tour Limited Edition

You stand impatiently waiting, slightly nervous, filled with anticipation. It’s not your first date, you’ve been out with this gal plenty of times—you acknowledge...

2014 Kymco MyRoad 700i | First Ride Review

The Kwang Yang Motor Company, better known as Kymco, is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of small-displacement engines, scooters, motorcycles and ATVs. Now it its 50th...

Bling’s Cycles ‘Spade’

Bikes were jammed underneath the pavilion at the Broken Spoke, awaiting their collective fate, while we judges wormed our way between each custom looking...

Bling's Cycles 'Spade'

Bikes were jammed underneath the pavilion at the Broken Spoke, awaiting their collective fate, while we judges wormed our way between each custom looking...

Retrospective: Silk 700S: 1975-1979

Never heard of a Silk motorcycle? Not surprising. It was an English bike, very few were ever built, and probably less than half a...

2013 Victory Boardwalk road test

In any new relationship, first impressions mean a lot. Whether it’s the way she walks in a pair of heels, or whether he holds...

The 2012 Ural Limited Edition: The Ural Yamal

IMZ-Ural, the Siberian manufacturer of motorcycles with sidecars, has introduced the 2012 limited edition Ural Yamal—the only motorcycle equipped with an oar. Yamal, which translates...

Motor Trike Announces New IRS Conversion for Kawasaki 1700

Motor Trike, Inc. has released an additional Independent Rear Suspension conversion to add to their rapidly expanding product line. The “Challenger” conversion was designed to...

2012 Victory Hard-Ball ride review

There’s one in every family, even the most respectable—especially the most respectable, perhaps. A black sheep, that is; the rebellious one, the one who...

Kymco Unveils 2013 Scooters

Offering four all-new scooters that range from a lightweight and agile 50cc commuter to a quick and comfortable 500cc tourer, Kymco USA’s two-wheeler line...

2013 Victory Judge review

It wasn’t so very long ago that the term “cruiser” entered the motorcycle style lexicon as a novel means of classifying bikes that weren’t...

2012 Ural T Sidecar | Road Test Review

Among all of the ways to ride on three wheels, I think sidecars are the most fun, and challenge your riding skills in the...

2012 Electric Motorcycles from Brammo and Zero

(This article was published in the August 2012 issue of Rider Magazine.) “Motorcyclists…will welcome a new type of electric motorcycle which is being introduced, and...

Motus Announces Production Plans, Pricing for 2013 MST and MST-R

After a year of extensive testing and development, Motus Motorcycles announced at Daytona Bike Week its 2012 production plans, including pricing, accessories, specifications, availability...

Victory Motorcycle’s new 2012 Hard Ball

Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 9—Victory Motorcycle wasted no time in stealing the spotlight at the International Motorcycle Show’s Long Beach appearance, the seventh city...

2011 Lehman Storm | Road Test Review

photography by Bill Stermer and Mark Tuttle Lehman’s trike conversions have been around since 1985, and its Harley-Davidson and Honda Gold Wing conversions have been...

Retrospective: Matchless G15/45 750cc (AMC): 1962-1963

The old American adage goes, “There is no substitute for cubic inches.” And in the early ’60s there was definitely a battle for the...

Retrospective: Meguro Junior S3 250: 1957 – 1958

story and photography by Clement Salvadori Pretty good-looking motorcycle, this OHV 250. Look down at the right-side engine case and you might expect to find...

Retrospective: BSA W1 Winged Wheel 35cc: 1953 – 1957

story and photography by Clement Salvadori Following the ravages of World War II, Britain was eager to get back on wheels—preferably motorized wheels. Motorcycles were...

2012 Husqvarna Dual-Purpose TE Line Revealed

Dirt-aggressive and street-legal, the revamped TE dual-purpose bikes in the 2012 Husqvarna motorcycle lineup are ready to invade the U.S. All four TE models...

Claudio Castiglioni, President of MV Agusta, Passes Away

Claudio Castiglioni, the president of MV Augusta and an industry veteran, died Wednesday in Varese, Italy, after a long battle with cancer. He...

Victory Motorcycles 2011 High Ball

A step into the past Bargain bobber oozes attitude Victory Motorcycles gets into the custom bobber game with the introduction of their gnarly new High Ball,...

Victory Cory Ness Cross Country 2011

Mile-mannered and dressed to thrill A fine balance of form and function The much-ballyhooed affiliation between Victory Motorcycle and the Family Ness dates back to 2001,...

2011 Harley-Davidson FLTRX Road Glide Custom/PowerPak ride review

Riding a blue streak Low down and loaded up The fun begins a few miles west of the town of Williams when Highway 20 leaves the...

Desperado Motorcycles Smuggler 2011

Some like it hot Staying true to a custom philosophy Houston, Texas, July 17–25—The American motorcycle scene is in quite a state of flux as of...

2010 Kymco Lineup

photography by Scott Hirko   Kymco’s 2010 two-wheeled lineup, which includes 16 scooters and a small-displacement motorcycle, offers a wide variety of fun, stylish and economical...

2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri vs. 2010 Yamaha Tmax

photography by Scott Hirko The first time I took one of these scooters out with my riding buddies they were holding back, easing off, coddling...
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