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At the very first glance, the CB1100 parked outside the Rider office had me by the eyeballs. Appraising its Candy Red paint and clean,...

Retrospective: Honda NX650: 1988-1989

Here was a slightly new approach to the widening dual-purpose market, an electric-start 650 single with a bikini fairing, a couple of plastic body...

2015 Honda NM4 DCT ABS | Road Test Review

Imagine for a moment that you’re a 20- or 30-something motorcycle designer in Japan, head swirling with futuristic ideas thwarted by practicalities. Then you’re...

American Honda Announces More 2015 Motorcycles

In September, American Honda announced new and returning motorcycles for 2015, including the 40th anniversary Gold Wing, the Gold Wing F6B, a big crop...

Honda Reveals Road-Going MotoGP and Adventure Bike Prototypes

Today at the EICMA show in Italy, Honda Motor Europe unveiled a pair of prototype models, along with Honda’s 2015 model line. The RC213V-S Prototype...

Motor Trike F6B Raptor | First Ride Review

It’s hard to fathom, but with its bright red fenders, tank cover and trunk, contrasted with a blacked-out engine area, the Motor Trike Raptor...

Comparison Test: Honda CBR300R ABS vs. Kawasaki Ninja 300 ABS SE

It was only a matter of time. In the face of Honda’s 2011 CBR250R challenge to its long-lived Ninja 250, Kawasaki embarked on a...

Honda Announces 40th Anniversary Gold Wing and Other 2015 Models

Hot on the heels of its summer introductions of three new 2015 models—the CBR300R, CB300F and NM4—Honda has announced the return of several cruiser,...

Touring Southern British Columbia on a Honda CBR1100XX

The airport security agent lingered on my helmet bag. “I’m just trying to decide whether to hassle you,” she said without smiling. “You rode...

2015 Honda CB300F – First Look Review

Honda has announced it will offer a naked version of the CBR300R for 2015 called the CB300F with more upright ergonomics and a lower...

2014 Honda CBR650F – First Ride Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Since 2012, Honda has rolled out more than 30 new or updated models, everything from the playful new Grom 125 to...

2014 Honda VFR800 Interceptor – Road Test Review

Honda has unleashed so many new motorcycle models recently that one wonders where dealerships are going to put them all. The company is on...

Honda Unveils 2015 CBR300R

Honda has added another bike to its 2015 lineup and upped the ante in its small-displacement sportbike battle with Kawasaki. Compared to the 2014...

2014 Honda CTX1300 Deluxe – Road Test Review

Honda, like all motorcycle manufacturers, classifies its models into various categories such as touring, adventure, cruiser and sport. With the 2009 introduction of the...

Comparo: 2014 Honda Gold Wing F6B vs. Kawasaki Vulcan Vaquero ABS SE

One of the newest trends in motorcycling is the emergence of tourers, a.k.a. baggers, as the dominant individual street bike category. Riders are discovering...

2014 Honda Gold Wing F6B Review

It’s a great idea. Start with a bike that is well proven as a tourer, then strip off weight, complication and expense. To create...

Retrospective: Honda CB1000: 1994-1996

Take a casual glance at the motorcycle in the picture and one might mistake it for Honda’s latest retro-bike, the CB1100. Nope, we’re going...

2014 Honda Valkyrie | Road Test Review

As many Gold Wing and F6B riders know, a motorcycle with Honda’s GL1800 flat six at its heart can be ridden smoothly and quietly,...

Retrospective: Honda VFR750F Interceptor: 1986; VFR750F: 1990-1997

The motorcycling world was immensely impressed when Soichiro Honda introduced the CB750 in-line four in 1969, but by 1980 the copycats had relegated the...

Honda Releases First 2015 Models

Honda’s first release of new and returning models for 2015 includes the futuristic NM4 and PCX150 scooter. Here’s what Honda has to say about...

Exploring Historic Southern Arizona on a Honda CB500X

There is something about the Old West that appeals to romantics—myself included. Shoot-outs on Main Street, brothels with beautiful ladies, stagecoaches rushing along and...

2014 Honda Interceptor, CBR650F and CB1100 | First Look Review

If the polar vortex, Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow and Payton Manning’s loss in the Super Bowl have you feeling blue, Honda’s latest announcement...

2013 Honda CB500X – Road Test Review

The core of Honda’s praiseworthy, multi-bike response to the Global Financial Crisis and the distressed motorcycle market is the 2013 CB500 series, three bikes...

Scooter Shootout: 2014 BMW C 650 GT / 2013 Honda Silver Wing / 2013 Suzuki Burgman 650

Scooters are often seen as something less, something that one learns and practices upon until he or she is ready for a real machine....

2014 Honda Gold Wing Valkyrie – First Look Review

Eight years after Honda shocked the touring crowd by unveiling the first six-cylinder Gold Wing luxury tourer, cruiser riders got their chance to experience...

2014 Hondas First Look Review

As if the more than two dozen all-new or updated models that Honda has introduced since 2012, including the new Gold Wing, F6B, CB1100,...

2014 Honda CTX1300 – First Look Review

Honda has adroitly filled a niche in the entry-level motorcycle genre with its two twin-cylinder CTX models, which are based upon the 670cc parallel...

Popular Honda Motorcycles Return for 2014: Shadow, 1300 Custom and Rebel Cruisers, XR650L

In addition to the nearly two-dozen all-new or improved models that Honda has released since 2012, Big Red is bringing back other popular bikes...

2014 Honda Grom 125 – First Ride Review

If you’re wondering what the heck a “grom” is, you’re not alone. Honda’s latest effort at winning over the young—and the young at heart—is...

2013 Honda CB500F and CBR500R – First Ride Review

After several years of downturn-induced dormancy, Honda has released 22 new or significantly updated models since 2012—more bikes than some manufacturers have in their...

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