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“Wow, that’s a big scooter you’re on. I ride a Honda 1800 Goldwing, myself,” said Captain Rick Turner, pilot of the Ohio River ferry...

2013 Zero S | Road Test Review

Hey, now we’re talking! The last time we tested Zero Motorcycle’s pure-street electric motorcycle, the Zero S (Rider, September 2011), we could only squeeze...

2014 Yamaha FZ-09 | Road Test Review

Just three years after its debut, the FZ8 has been axed from Yamaha’s lineup. Replacing it is the all-new, hyphenated FZ-09, another middleweight naked...

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...

2014 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 ABS – Road Test Review

More than any other manufacturer, Kawasaki has all the sportbike bases covered, with its line of Ninjas ranging from 298cc to 1,441cc. If you’re...

Retrospective: Yamaha VMX12 V-Max 1200: 1985-1986 (also 1988-2007)

Too modern for Retrospective? Perhaps not. The V-Max appeared back in 1985, was on the books for ’86 then skipped ’87, only to reappear...

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 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited | Road Test Review

In the right-here, right-now times we’re living in, much of what we buy is built and sold for the lowest possible price, or it’s...

Retrospective: Suzuki GSX1100G: 1991-1993

It was big at 1,100cc, good for 130-plus mph, and comfortable. You could spend all day on this bike, easily racking up a few...

2014 BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive – First Look Review

One complaint you almost never hear about BMW’s top-line K 1600 GTL touring bike is that it’s not luxurious enough. With cushy heated seating...

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 Triumph Motorcycles | First Look Review

On the heels of announced updates to the Bonneville, Thruxton and Scrambler for 2014, at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy, Triumph Motorcycles introduced...

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...

2014 Zero Motorcycles First Look Review

In a very short time, Zero Motorcycles has come a long way. When we first tested a Zero S—the company’s “streetfighter” model, which was sold...

2014 Ducati Monster 1200 and Monster 1200 S – First Look Review

For the past 20 years, Monsters have been roaming the streets, striking fear in the hearts of commonfolk and stoking lusty fires in the...

2013 Suzuki SFV650 – First Ride Review

When it was introduced for 2009, the Suzuki Gladius was a sharp little handler powered by a 645cc, 90-degree V-twin engine. It was named...

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 BMW S 1000 R – First Look Review

The emperor has lost his clothes. After quickly climbing to the top of the liter-class sportbike heap with its 193-horsepower, in-line four S 1000...

2014 BMW R 1200 RT – First Look Review

With the introduction of the liquid-cooled BMW R 1200 GS earlier this year, it was only a matter of time before the lighter, more...

New-for-2014 Suzuki | First Look Review

Suzuki Motor of America held its annual dealer meeting in Orlando, Florida, in October during the inaugural American International Motorcycle (AIM) Expo, where it...

Harley-Davidson’s All-New Street 500 and 750

Harley-Davidson will launch its first all-new platform and sixth model family next year with “Street” 750 and Street 500 motorcycles based on a new...

2014 Kawasaki Z1000 – First Look Review

What’s the most important letter in Kawasaki’s alphabet? The mighty Z, of course. In 1973, Kawasaki’s Z1, a 903cc four-stroke in-line four capable of speeds...

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...

2013 Suzuki GW250 – First Ride Review

After years of bigger-is-better expansion drove displacement, weight and price to new heights, we’re in the midst of a small bike renaissance. For 2014,...

Star Motorcycles Announces Winners in the Bolt Custom Build-Off

Star Motorcycles recently held a contest to see who could create the greatest custom motorcycle using the Star Bolt as their canvas. There were...

New BMW R nineT First Look

Retro is back at BMW with today’s reveal of the R nineT, or nineT for short. Created to mark the 90th anniversary of BMW...

2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 | First Look Review

Although word leaked out weeks ago when Suzuki Japan went live with a website for the all-new 2014 V-Strom 1000 ABS, Suzuki Motor of...

2014 Royal Enfield Continental GT | First Ride Review

Last September Royal Enfield Motors hosted a lavish international press launch in England for its all-new Continental GT café racer bike, which was first...

2014 Triumph Rocket III Touring | Road Test Review

(This road test review of the 2014 Triumph Rocket III Touring was also published in the October 2013 issue of Rider magazine.) Bigger is better....

2014 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure – First Look Review

A year after BMW Motorrad unveiled the heavily revised, partially liquid-cooled R 1200 GS at the Intermot show in Cologne, Germany, the company has...

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