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Indian Motorcycle Launches Never Finished Campaign, Celebrating 125th Anniversary

Indian Motorcycle celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2026, kicking things off with a new campaign called Never Finished. Indian was founded in 1901 by Goerge...

Recall on 2025 KTM 390 Models: Side Stand Spring

A few KTM 390 models from model year 2025 have been recalled, with KTM requesting owners visit an authorized KTM dealer to replace the...

Motor School with Quinn Redeker: Fighting Fatigue

It was late summer of 1988, and I was busily hauling my personal belongings from my mom’s house in Ventura, California, back down to...

Donating Used Motorcycle Helmets

Several years ago, I took a training course called A Crash Course for the Motorcyclist, which taught basic skills for bystander assistance at an...

KTM and Husqvarna Recall 2024-2025 390/401 Models

KTM and Husqvarna, both part of the Pierer Mobility group, have announced a recall on models powered by the liquid-cooled 399cc Single. In KTM’s...

Lost Coast BDR-X to Premiere Dec. 13

Backcountry Discovery Routes is set to release its latest route, called the Lost Coast BDR-X. This new loop travels 550 miles along the rugged...

2026 Mecum Auction Preview: Rare and Unusual

So many lots have been added to the roster for Mecum’s annual motorcycle auction, which returns to the South Point Hotel & Casino in...

Rikuo Motorcycles: The Japan Inc. Harley

The Japanese motorcycle industry we know today is a very different landscape from the one in the early 20th century. Among the lesser-known but...

Triumph National Dealership Holiday Party To Take Place Dec. 13, 2025

The Triumph National Dealership Holiday Party, taking place on Dec. 13, 2025, at Triumph dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, invites riders and their...

Overnight Sensation: Feuling Parts’ 17-Day FXRT Build

Sturgis is just a few weeks away, and the bike in your Southern California garage is a 1985 Harley-Davidson FXRT. Now what? Most of...

Walking Through History: Visiting the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

As a child, I was a Hot Wheels fanatic. I had an old suitcase filled with orange plastic track pieces. Straights, curves, and loops...

Indian Motorcycle Partners with Vance & Hines for King Of The Baggers 2026

As Indian Motorcycle transitions to new ownership, its King Of The Baggers factory racing team will also undergo some changes as the 2026 season...

Rolling Vintage: Motogiro d’Italia 2025

A New Zealander on a Benelli, a Brit riding an MV Agusta, a Polish rider aboard his wife’s Ducati – at the Motogiro d’Italia,...

2026 Mecum Auction Preview: British Invasion

As of this writing, there are over 580 motorcycles up for auction at Mecum’s annual motorcycle auction, which returns to the South Point Hotel...

Motor School with Quinn Redeker: Improving Your ROM

If you’re under 40, hey, good for you. Seriously, congratulations on yet another effortless day of frolic and sunshine without knee pain, muscle strain,...

Harley-Davidson Let’s Ride Challenge – Ride for Heroes Supports Groups with $1 Million Donation

Back in March, we published an announcement about Harley-Davidson’s Let’s Ride Challenge – Ride for Heroes, a seven-month-long event to support a variety of...

2026 Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup Schedule Announced

Harley-Davidson Road Glides have been winning races in the King Of The Baggers series at tracks across the U.S. since 2021. With several years...

2026 Mecum Auction Preview: Japanese Gems

We’ve been poring over the lots and collections of motorcycles that will be available at Mecum’s annual motorcycle auction, which returns to the South...

2026 Mecum Auction Preview: Racing Motorcycles

Between now and the next Mecum motorcycle auction in Las Vegas, which takes place Jan. 27-31, 2026, at the South Point Hotel & Casino,...

Motor School with Quinn Redeker: Hip Hip Hooray

Today we’re going to learn how to use our hips to improve our motorcycle’s initial drop into a turn and reduce the turning radius...

Vintage Iron, Modern Magic: 2025 AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days

From the moment I crested the hill and saw row upon row of tent tops, trucks, RVs, toy haulers, motorcycles, quads, golf carts, minibikes,...

The Last of the Mohicans: The Odd and Enduring Story of One of the Final Springfield Indians Ever Produced

At the far end of the parts counter of Indian Sales & Service in New Salem, Pennsylvania, an old Bakelite rotary phone rang. It may...

2026 Mecum Auction Preview: American Motorcycles

Mecum’s annual motorcycle auction returns to the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Jan. 27-31, 2026. Many highly desirable motorcycles are...

Polaris Sells Indian Motorcycle to Private Equity Firm

Polaris, which acquired Indian Motorcycle in 2011, has now entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake in the iconic American motorcycle brand...

The Sport-Tourer Is Dead. Long Live the Sport-Tourer.

A reader named Joe Salz recently sent me the following email. I ride a 2005 Honda ST1300 ABS, which has provided 94,000 miles of trouble-free...

Royal Enfield BTR 2026 Open for Applications

The Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race. program concluded its 2025 season less than one month ago, and it’s now open for applications for the...

King Of The Baggers at New Jersey Motorsports Park Results: Final 2025 Double-Header

Although Kyle Wyman clinched the 2025 King Of The Baggers title at Circuit of the Americas on Sept. 14, the bagger racers had one...

2026 King Of The Baggers Schedule Announced

While the 2025 AMA Superbike season isn’t over yet, MotoAmerica has already released the 2026 schedule, including 14 King Of The Bagger races and...

JT Nesbitt, Bienville Studios | Ep. 84 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

Episode 84 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is sponsored by FLY Racing and the Big East Powersports Show. Our guest is JT Nesbitt,...

Taia Little Wins 2025 Royal Enfield BTR Flat-Track Championship at Lake Ozark

The Royal Enfield BTR flat-track program concluded its 2025 season with a double-header on Sept. 13 at Lake Ozark Raceway in Eldon, Missouri, where...

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