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Adventure & Dual-Sport Motorcycle Reviews

Rider's 250-class Dual-Sport Motorcycle Comparison Review

photography by the author, James Norris, Roger Eggers and Kail Wathne "Let's get small." With gas nudging five bucks a gallon, the tag line from...

2009 Kawasaki KLX250S | Road Test Review

Have plate, will travel--that's dual-sporting in a nutshell, and nowhere is that description more appropriate than in Death Valley National Park in California and...

2008 BMW R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure | Road Test Review

photography by the author and Kevin Wing A good motorcycle is like a good suit of clothes -- it should fit properly and be comfortable....

2008 Honda CRF230L | Road Test Review

Honda certainly has a proud history of producing four-stroke powered dual-sport machines (previously called dual-purpose machines) dating back to the 1972 XL250KO. For many...

2008 Buell Ulysses XB12XT | Road Test Review

When Buell peeled the covers off the new 2006 Ulysses XB12X at its launch in 2005 and officially jumped into the adventure-bike category, it...

2008 KTM LC4 Singles | Road Test Review

On the afternoon flight home from Spain via London, you head west over Greenland. The effect is that of an endless sunset, as the...

2008 Kawasaki KLR650 | Road Test Review

I don't know what you've been doing for the past 21 years, but over at Kawasaki they've been listening, and making lists. The company's...

2009 BMW F 800 GS | First Ride Review

The clues are obvious--chain drive, inverted fork, 21-inch front rim, tall seat. With all of that cloaked in bodywork that says, "Let's explore," it...

2007 KTM 990 Adventure | Road Test Review

I'll never forget the day it dawned on me. It was about 20 years ago, and I was riding a 1,000cc sport tourer on...

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...

BMW R1200GS Adventure African Tour and Motorcycle Test

photography by Mark Tuttle and Arnold Debus Since BMW has used the word “Adventure” in the name of this latest big boxer model, as it...

2005 Triumph Tiger | Road Test Review

When a rider contemplates getting a new bike, the very first consideration is usually which type of bike it should be. Should it be...

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...

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...

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...
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