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2020 Ural Weekender Special Edition Announced

Ural has announced its 2020 Ural Weekender Special Edition that is based on the 2WD Gear Up model. Changes between the models are cosmetic...

2020 Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 | Road Test Review

Some bikes prize form over function, and that’s OK. I mean, come on, the star-spangled chopper ridden by Peter Fonda in “Easy Rider” was...

Retrospective: 1965-1968 Greeves 24TFS Trail 250

Few motorcyclists today are familiar with the Greeves name, but it was an interesting company, and had quite a bit of clout in this...

2019 Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 | Road Test Review

Different is good. What would our world be like if the only ice cream flavors were chocolate and vanilla? A life without Denali Mint...

2020 Arch KRGT-1 | First Ride Review

I’m going to be brutally honest. I showed up in Pasadena, where Rider Magazine was being given the opportunity to ride the new Arch...

Retrospective: 1958-1966 Matchless G12/CS/CSR 650

The 1950s and ’60s were the era of the UBM -- Universal British Motorcycle -- a parallel OHV twin sitting upright in the frame,...

Retrospective: 1971-1977 Healey 1000/4

This has to be one of the least-known motorcycles built since the end of World War II, with an Ariel 4G Mark II Square...

Retrospective: 1960-1964 Tohatsu CA2 Runpet Sport 50cc

This little charmer was in the first wave of Japanese bikes to enter the U.S. market, thanks to Hap Jones, a motorcycle racer and...

Retrospective: 1956-1962 Norton Dominator 99 600cc

This was the bike that got a lot of Americans excited about the Norton marque. Brit bikes were relatively rare in the U.S. in...

Retrospective: 1974-1977 Montesa Cota 247-T

The Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, and then the rest of Europe spun out of control. Spain sensibly decided to stay neutral in...

Retrospective: 1980-1984 Benelli 254

Here was a delicious little machine, a transversely mounted 231cc in-line four, putting out some impressive horsepower and weighing, fully fueled, a modest 269...

Updates For Ural’s 2019 Lineup | First Look Review

Although the 2019 Ural lineup appears almost identical to the previous models (as a matter of fact, one can say the same thing about...

Retrospective: 1967-1972 Egli-Vincent 1000

Back in 1965 a Swiss engineer named Fritz Egli bought a Vincent Rapide in order to go racing. Hill climbs were popular in Europe,...

Rider’s Guide to New/Updated Street Motorcycles for 2019

This handy guide includes all new or significantly updated street-legal motorcycles for the 2019 model year. Organized in alphabetical order by manufacturer, it includes...

Retrospective: 1949-1957 DKW RT125

This little critter was responsible for putting a lot of the world on wheels back in the early 1950s--including the United States. It was...

2018 CSC San Gabriel Café Racer | First Look Review

CSC Motorcycles has announced the release of its latest model, the 2018 San Gabriel, a café racer with an air-cooled, 16.1-horsepower (claimed), 250cc, single-cylinder engine,...

Retrospective: 1989-1993 Buell RS1200

Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear—that’s what Erik Buell managed to do back in the late 1980s. Now, nothing...

1971-1979 Bultaco Alpina 250 | Retrospective Review

Señor Bulto had a simple plan when he started up the Bultaco brand in 1958: build great competition motorcycles. And he did. In the...

Retrospective: 1964-1965 BSA Beagle/Starlite

Cute name, BSA Beagle. Dog names for motorcycles were not unusual in England, as with the Triumph Terrier of the early 1950s. But when...

Retrospective: 1999-2000 Excelsior-Henderson Super X

Back in the early 1990s the Hanlon brothers, of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, looked at the Harley market and saw that the boom in sales...

Retrospective: 1958-1960 Ariel 650 Cyclone

In the 1950s, the Brits realized that giving their products exciting names could enhance sales. And stormy allusions were popular, perhaps starting with the AJS...

This Is The MV Agusta Brutale 800 America, Because Freedom

Back in the 1970s, Italian marque MV Agusta built a series of bikes called the America. For 2017, MV Agusta is bringing back the...

2017 CSC RXR | First Look Review

CSC Motorcycles, which imports and distributes several 250cc motorcycles manufactured in China by Zongshen, has announced its newest model for 2017. CSC describes the...

Tackling LA-Barstow-Vegas on a 2WD Ural Gear-Up

It’s well before dawn, and the temperature is below freezing. Ben’s KTM 1190 Adventure says it’s 27 F., but Kurt’s BMW R 1200 GS...

2017 CSC RZ3 Streetfighter | First Look Review

After successfully launching several 250cc motorcycles, including the RX3 Adventure, CSC Motorcycles will introduce another 250cc model manufactured by China’s Zongshen. Said to be...

The 39 Best New Bikes for Smaller Riders (and Budgets)

UPDATE (3/13/2018): Our list of best new bikes for smaller riders and budgets continues to grow. We're way beyond 39 now, but like we...

Retrospective: 1970-74 MV Agusta 750S

In the best Italian fashion, this machine was the motoring equivalent of Gina Lollobrigida and Sofia Loren—gorgeous and rare. Only about a thousand of the...

First Look Review: 2016 Ural Limited Edition Sahara 2WD Sidecar Motorcycle

If you haven’t ridden, er, driven, um, piloted a Ural sidecar rig in the last couple years, you might be surprised by how far...

Retrospective: 1974 Norton Commando 850 John Player Replica

This was a minor marketing coup: Dress up a stock Norton Commando to look like the genuine race motorcycles that had been doing well...

2016 Kymco K-Pipe 125 | First Look Review

Competition is heating up in the pocket bike category. First came the Honda Grom, then the Kawasaki Z125 Pro, and now Kymco is rolling...

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