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2017 Indian Roadmaster Classic | Road Test Review

What every enthusiast thinks of today as the classic Indian motorcycle first appeared in 1940 as a radical design departure for the company’s line...

Rider Test: 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide

With its batwing fairing and angular saddlebags, Harley-Davidson’s Street Glide—its top-selling Touring model in the U.S.—cuts an iconic profile. It was overhauled for 2014...

2017 BMW R 1200 GS Updates & New Style Packages

BMW’s iconic GS marque has spent 35 years perfecting the combination of touring and off-road capability, and the latest liquid-cooled R 1200 GS is...

2017 BMW K 1600 GTL | First Look Review

At last month’s Intermot show in Germany, BMW Motorrad announced updates to its 6-cylinder sport tourer, the K 1600 GT. And at BMW’s Vision...

Video: We Interview Paul James, Director of Motorcycle Product Planning at Harley-Davidson

Join us for an in-depth look at Harley-Davidson's new lineup of 2017 Milwaukee-Eight Touring motorcycles, as we interview Paul James, Director of Motorcycle Product...

2017 Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight Touring Bikes | First Ride Review

As you’ve almost certainly read on our website or in Kickstarts in the November 2016 issue, for 2017 Harley-Davidson has launched an all-new engine...

Harley-Davidson Launches Milwaukee-Eight Big Twin for 2017

Often considered hidebound to tradition, Harley-Davidson isn’t known for radical or rapid change. But as Dylan crooned, the times they are a-changin’. In the...

2017 Moto Guzzi MGX-21 Flying Fortress | First Ride Review

An endless crackling of unmuffled pipes fills the air, and the bitter stench of abused clutches is unmistakable. If it’s early August in the...

2017 Indian Motorcycle Lineup First Look Review

Indian Motorcycle’s 2017 lineup includes two engine platforms and nine models, including cruisers, baggers and touring models. Here’s the low-down on all of them… Ride...

2017 Indian Chieftain and Roadmaster Get Infotainment

Since being relaunched by Polaris, Indian has roared out of the gate with two engine platforms and nine models in its first three years....

2016 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra – Road Test Review

During its initial production run, from 2011 to 2013, the Road Glide Ultra established a reputation as a serious touring machine, with its owners...

Harley-Davidson Announces its 2016 Lineup

Harley-Davidson’s lineup expands for 2016, with two new Dark Custom models, two new S Series limited-edition cruisers and the return of the Road Glide...

Rider Comparo: 2015 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Limited | 2015 Honda Gold Wing | 2015 Indian Roadmaster

The onset of middle age is often a time for taking stock of how far one has come and how one measures up. Are...

2015 Indian Roadmaster | First Look Review

Although Indian lays claim to being American’s first motorcycle manufacturer, in this group the Roadmaster is the new kid on the block. After the...

2015 Honda Gold Wing

Honda developed the Gold Wing to be its flagship, a boundary-breaking example of what was possible from the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturer. From the...

2015 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Limited Review

When Harley-Davidson launched Project Rushmore for 2014, the customer-driven enhancement program was said to be the most extensive and important in the company’s 110-year...

Indian Motorcycle Announces its 2016 Lineup

Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicking off next week, Indian Motorcycle has announced its 2016 model lineup, which includes...

Middleweight Touring Cruisers: Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT, Star V Star 950 Tourer, Suzuki Boulevard C50T, Triumph America LT

Baggers, with their broad fairings and hard saddlebags, are popular these days, but classically styled cruisers with windshields and leather saddlebags have been mainstays...

2014 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT Review

V-TWIN VALUE Remember 1984? That’s the year Apple launched its Macintosh computer during the Super Bowl and Kawasaki introduced the Vulcan 750 cruiser (as a...

2014 Star V Star 950 Tourer Review

STYLE FOR MILES Yamaha’s Star Motorcycle division claims to be the top-selling metric cruiser brand, and it’s easy to see why. Star has eight model...

2014 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Review

CRUISER COMFORT Suzuki’s Boulevard cruisers, which have model names that identify engine displacement in cubic inches rather than cubic centimeters, range in size from the...

2014 Triumph America LT Review

BRITISH INVASION Although the reborn Triumph showed its first models at the Cologne, Germany, show in 1990, it wasn’t until 2001 that it resurrected the...

2015 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special | Road Test Review

Earlier this year, Harley-Davidson released the entry-level, liquid-cooled Street 500/750 cruisers and unveiled the Project LiveWire electric bike, making clear its desire to attract...

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,...

2015 Indian Roadmaster | First Ride Review

No motorcycle has left as indelible an impression on the American psyche as the late 1940s Indian Chief. Although the first Chief emerged from...

Rocketing Through the Cascades on Triumph’s Rocket III Touring

One day I got a postcard from friends who were up on the North Cascades Scenic Highway (Washington Route 20), showing the hairpin turn...

2014 Kawasaki Vulcan Vaquero ABS SE Review

Introduced as a 2011 model, the Vaquero (which means “cowboy” in Spanish) is one of three dressed versions of the popular Vulcan 1700. Each...

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

(This review of the 2014 Honda F6B was a sidebar to our comparison test with the 2024 Kawasaki Vulcan Vaquero ABS SE.) It’s a great...

2014 Triumph Thunderbird LT and Commander | Road Test Review

Triumph’s return has succeeded because the company is producing excellent motorcycles, from eager sportbikes to first-rate dual-sports to an exquisite line of modern classics....

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