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In the year or so that we’ve had it, we’ve asked a lot of our Africa Twin: commuting, off-the-bike camping, ADV shootouts, grocery-getting, long...

Honda to Bring Monkey and Super Cub C125 to U.S.

American Honda has announced that the Monkey and Super Cub C125 ABS models will be made available to U.S. customers for the 2019 model...

2019 Honda CRF450L Dual-Sport | First Look Review

Looking for a lightweight, modern dual-sport? Based on Honda’s flagship CRF450R motocrosser, the new-for-2019 CRF450L provides a street-legal alternative with LED lighting, mirrors and...

2018 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports | Road Test Review

Honda’s reboot of the Africa Twin, a 998cc parallel twin-powered adventure bike that carries the dirt-worthy CRF1000L model designation, has been a hit. Introduced...

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...

Honda Announces U.S. Availability of 2019 CB300R

American Honda today announced that the 2019 CB300R, first unveiled at the Milan EICMA show last November, will be made available here in the...

2018 Honda Gold Wing Tour DCT | First U.S. Ride Review

According to the bike’s thermometer it’s a chilly 45 degrees when my wife and I set out from the hotel outside Austin, Texas, on...

1965-1968 Honda CL77 Scrambler 305 | Retro Review

Here we have the last of Honda’s 305 models, which began with the dry-sump CA76 in 1959, moving on to the wet-sump CA77 Dream...

Small Bikes Rule! Honda CRF250L Rally, Suzuki GSX250R and Yamaha TW200 Reviews

One day we happened to look in a darker corner of the Rider shop and realized that a number of smaller new motorcycles were...

Long-Term Report: 2017 Honda Africa Twin

When Honda announced that the white/blue/red, gold-rimmed color scheme was going to be available in the U.S. for 2017, we couldn’t resist adding an...

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...

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...

2018 Honda CB1000R | First Look Review

While the Gold Wing is Honda’s flagship motorcycle, the roots of its success in the U.S. and abroad reside in the CB series of...

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 Honda Gold Wing | First Ride Review

Honda’s iconic Gold Wing dominated the heavyweight-touring category for many years thanks to its combination of smooth, stump-pulling power, excellent handling for its size,...

Honda Gold Wing Milestone Models 1975-2015

The following is a summary of significant models in the history of the Honda Gold Wing during its first 40 years, from 1975-2015, spanning...

Honda Gold Wing Timeline: 1972-2018

For more than 40 years, the Gold Wing has been Honda's flagship motorcycle. From the M1 "King of Kings" prototype to the introduction of...

Behold, the New Honda Gold Wing! (We Think)

A Dutch website called Oliepeil has spilled the beans: Weinig text, maar veel beeld! Check hier de nieuwe 2018 Honda Goldwing, standaard wel voorzien van...

Rider’s Guide to New/Updated Street Motorcycles for 2018

This handy guide includes all new or significantly updated street-legal motorcycles for the 2018 model year (we snuck in a few early-release 2019 models...

2017 Honda CB500F | First Ride Review

Sitting side-by-side, the Rebel 500 and CB500F don’t appear to be kin, the only potential giveaway being the “surname” (i.e. Honda wing) on each...

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...

Retrospective: 1983-1985 Honda CB650SC Nighthawk

This Nighthawk was truly a marvel of good looks and efficiency when it appeared in 1983. Good lines, good paint, cast alloy wheels, megaphone-styled...

Honda CB650F Comes to the U.S.

American Honda has announced that the CB650F will be available in the U.S. as a 2018 model, and is projected to be in dealerships...

Honda NC700X DCT ABS | Tour Test Review

Confession time: It may seem like the result of careful planning, but serendipity often plays a big role in our ability to create good...

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...

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...

Honda Debuts Self-Balancing Motorcycle at CES

Remember a couple of months back, when BMW announced their crazy futuristic Vision Next 100 concept bike? Well, Honda has jumped into the ring...

Motor Trike Prowler RT | First Ride Review

Today’s “trike” is not just a trike. Variants include everything from traditional units with two driven wheels at the back of a conventional motorcycle,...

Rider’s Guide to New/Updated Street Motorcycles for 2017

Talk about an embarrassment of riches! More than 100 street motorcycles are all-new or significantly updated for the 2017 model year. This bumper crop...

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