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2023 Motorcycle Buyers Guide: New Street Models

This 2023 motorcycle buyers guide highlights new or significantly updated street-legal models available in the U.S. We will continually update the guide as new...

2023 Royal Enfield Scram 411 | First Ride Review

Anytime you have a hit on your hands the way Royal Enfield does with its Himalayan adventure bike, you capitalize on it. A few...

Kawasaki Announces More 2023 Returning Models

Kawasaki announced the return of several sport, retro sport, naked, cruiser, adventure touring, and dual-sport models to its motorcycle lineup. These 2023 motorcycles are...

BMW Announces Updates to Select 2023 Models

BMW Motorrad USA has announced the first round of updates and changes to its 2023 lineup of motorcycles and scooters, which will begin production...

Triumph Announces New Colors, Names for Select 2023 Models

In response to customer request for brighter, more distinctive, and more elegant color options and building on the success of the 2022 Gold Line...

2022 Royal Enfield Classic 350 | First Ride Review

Few motorcycle manufacturers can hold claim to the word “classic” with as much legitimacy as Royal Enfield. Having launched its first motorcycle at the...

2022 Kawasaki Z 50th Anniversary | First Look Review

To challenge the dominance of Honda’s CB750, Kawasaki unleashed the Z1 in 1972. At the time, Team Green didn’t just produce the most powerful...

Royal Enfield 120th Anniversary Edition Twins Announced

In November 1901, Royal Enfield launched its first motorcycle at the Stanley Cycle Show in London, kickstarting the journey of what would become the...

Royal Enfield SG650 Concept | First Look Review

In recent years, Royal Enfield has deftly toed the line between modern and retro. The all-new Meteor 350 calls back to brand’s mid-century cruisers...

2022 Yamaha XSR900 | First Look Review

Yamaha knows that motorcyclists are not all the same, and one of the major dividing lines when it comes to choosing a motorcycle is...

Triumph Announces Four New Special Editions

Triumph has an early holiday present for fans of Britain’s custom-classic and road racing culture, in the form of four limited-release Special Edition models,...

2022 Triumph Bonneville Gold Line Editions | First Look Review

Earlier this year Triumph announced 2022 updates for every motorcycle in its Modern Classic lineup, including Bonneville, Scrambler 1200, Street Scrambler, and Speed Twin...

2022 Kawasaki Z900RS SE | First Look Review

Kawasaki has announced a new "SE" version of its retro-styled Z900RS for 2022, which features upgraded suspension and brakes. Up front are new radial-mount...

2022 Kawasaki Z650RS ABS | First Look Review

Joining the larger Z900RS is the 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS ABS, a retro-styled middleweight with a liquid-cooled, 649cc parallel-Twin and chassis derived from the Z650...

2022 Royal Enfield Classic 350 | First Look Review

Inspired by the 1948 Model G2, the Royal Enfield Classic 500 that was launched in 2008 brought post-WW2 styling to a contemporary audience. Over...

2022 Motorcycle Buyers Guide: New Street Models

This 2022 motorcycle buyers guide highlights new or significantly updated street-legal models available in the U.S. It includes cruisers, sportbikes, retro-styled bikes, scooters, touring...

2021 Motorcycle Buyers Guide: New Street Models

This 2021 motorcycle buyers guide includes new or significantly updated street-legal models available in the U.S. It includes bikes in many categories, including adventure,...

2022 Honda Monkey Gets 5 Speeds

Like the updated 2022 Honda Grom, the retro-styled Honda Monkey will also get a 5-speed transmission for the new model year. Both are powered...

2021 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone | First Ride Review

“I would know the sound of a big Guzzi in my sleep. It concentrates its aural energies in your upper chest, ringing through your...

2021 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone | Video Review

Moto Guzzi is celebrating 100 years of continuous production this year. Its updated V7 Stone is available in a special Centenario edition for 2021...

Honda Monkey: Super-Spreader of Happiness

Happy birthday, pandemic! It’s been a long, strange year since the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading like wildfire and the world went into lockdown. With...

2022 Triumph Street Scrambler | First Look Review

From the 900cc Street Twin and Street Twin Gold Line to the 1,200cc T120, T120 Black, Streetmaster, Bobber and Scrambler 1200 (including the ultra-cool...

Eddie’s Mean Green Machine: 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica

Precious few periods in motorcycling’s 120-some-year history have offered more radical change than the early 1980s. You could call the period transformative. Or radical. Or...

Moto Guzzi Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

This year Moto Guzzi celebrates its “centenario” — 100 years of continuous motorcycle production at its factory in Mandello del Lario, Italy. This achievement...

2021 Benelli Leoncino Trail | First Look Review

Benelli Motorcycles USA has announced an addition to its Leoncino family of scrambler motorcycles, with the 2021 Benelli Leoncino Trail. Translated directly as “little...

Retrospective: 1981-1983 Yamaha XJ550 Seca

Two things a motorcycle manufacturer has to look out for when introducing a new model: the competition and the economy. Yamaha got the competition...

2021 Moto Guzzi V7 Special and Stone Announced

Today, the 2021 Moto Guzzi V7 lineup has been announced by the Italian motorcycle manufacturer. Available in two variants, the V7 Stone and V7...

2021 BMW R nineT Range Announced: Engine and Color Updates

The full 2021 BMW R nineT range has been announced by BMW Motorrad, which includes the R nineT, R nineT Pure, R nineT Scrambler,...

Retrospective: 1997-1999 Bimota SB6-R 1100cc

Not many Americans have heard of Bimota motorcycles, and few were sold here, the price of this Italian exotica having something to do with...

Retrospective: 1937-1940 Matchless Model X Sports Tourist

What was this Model X? Collier & Sons began building bicycles in the 1800s, and then moved on to the motorized version, first budying...

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