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2011 Triumph Tiger 800 vs. Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS | Comparison Review

photography by Kevin Wing When we first tested the V-Strom 650 in 2004, and for several years thereafter, Suzuki had the middleweight, multicylinder adventure touring...

2011 Suzuki GSX1250FA – Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing Many new bikes are awash in technical innovations. Today you can buy a motorcycle with keyless ignition that—by pressing a button—will...

Suzuki GSX-R750: The First Generation 1986-1987

In the mid-1980s the Japanese got deadly serious about their sportbikes. When the 750cc size became the competition class of choice, everybody piled in,...

2009 Suzuki TU250X – Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing A whirring sound from beneath the gas tank as you switch on the Suzuki TU250X tells you this is no ordinary...

2009 Suzuki Gladius 650 | Road Test Review

If you've been around motorcycling for a few years, you no doubt recall the heyday of the Suzuki Katanas. Introduced in the early '80s...

2009 Suzuki Boulevard M90 – Road Test Review

The other day I looked at my bike's tires after a long and briskly paced street ride and was surprised at how narrow the...

2009 Suzuki Boulevard M90 – First Ride Review

Story by Gabe Ets-Hokin, photography by Brian J. Nelson Find a need and fill it! That's the central tenant of capitalism (and dentistry), no? In 2004,...

2008 Motorcycle Fuel Economy Comparison Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Motorcycles included in this review (2008 model year): Honda Nighthawk, Kawasaki Ninja 250R, Star V Star 250, Suzuki GZ250, Honda 750...

2008 V-twin Touring Cruiser Motorcycle Comparison

Cruisers are known as unruffled, laid-back bikes with slow-revving engines and a certain presence. And the greater engine displacement they have, the more laid-back...

2008 Honda VTX1300T, Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT, Suzuki Boulevard C50T, Star V Star 1100 Silverado | Comparison Test Review

You're a cruiser rider, and you like to travel, too, right? So your choice in bikes is a touring cruiser, one with a windscreen,...

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...

2008 Suzuki Hayabusa vs. Kawasaki ZX-14 – Comparison Review

You're riding along on one of these new 2008 supersports, and suddenly slow down to contemplate the moment you've been waiting for. The road...

2008 Suzuki GSX650F – Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing If you're going to commute on a motorcycle in 38-degree temperatures, it may as well be on a bike you really...

2008 Suzuki B-King – Road Test Review

TOKYO, Japan, October 2001: At the annual motorcycle show here this month, among the parade of exotic concept bikes, one neo hot-rod spoke to...

Retrospective: Suzuki GT185 Adventurer: 1973-1977

(This Retrospective article was published in the December 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI Get on this little Adventurer, turn on the...

2007 Suzuki GSX-R1000 – Road Test Review

It must be hard for a company like Suzuki to improve what many consider to be the finest liter-class sportbike on the market. True...

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 Honda XR650L, Kawasaki KLR650 and Suzuki DR650S | Comparison Review

A lot of riders look at these three motorcycles, scratch their heads, and wonder just what they're meant for. Anybody who desires a good...

2007 Suzuki Boulevard C50T | Road Test Review

Very interesting. I'd just gassed up the Suzuki Boulevard C50T for the first time, and when I went to reset the tripmeter it read...

2006 Honda 599, Kawasaki Ninja 650R, Suzuki SV650S and Yamaha FZ6 – Comparison Review

Photography by Rich Cox/Slide Action Look at the middleweight motorcycle class and you'll find a bunch of very serious sportbikes, adventure tourers, dual-sports, cruisers‚ and...

Retrospective: Customized Motorcycle (based on a 1985 Suzuki Madura 1200)

(This Retrospective article was published in the June 2006 issue of Rider.) This is one man’s view of how his motorcycle should look—it is a...

2006 Suzuki Boulevard M109R – Road Test Review

About a year ago I rode one of those big V-twins made by a low-volume alternative or “clone” manufacturer, a 100-incher with about 100...

Taking Baja by V-Strom

It was a tolerable day, Kurt and I agreed, as we sat in the shade of a palapa on the sand at Bahia Concepción...

V-Strom vs. V-Strom: DL1000 vs. DL650

When the Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom came out in 2002, this magazine anointed it Bike of the Year—an excellent choice. Two years later the DL650...

Long-Term ’Strom: 15,000 Miles on Suzuki’s Adventure Tourer

It only took sitting on it to decide I wanted one. In a market saturated with bikes with punitive ergonomics, or blinding acres of...

2003 Model Year Bike Reviews

(This article was published in the December 2002 issue of Rider magazine.) By Mark Tuttle Jr. Hope you’re hungry! There’s a veritable feast of new motorcycle...

2002 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom – Road Test Review

by Bill Stermer, photography by Rich Cox/Slide Action There was a time was when motorcycles were just sizes and numbers. You started on a 90cc...

2001 Model Year Bike Reviews

The article The Stars of 2001 was published in the December 2000 issue of Rider magazine.) by Mark Tuttle Jr. Ready? Cue Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the...

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