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Adventure & Dual-Sport Motorcycle Reviews

2017 Triumph Street Scrambler | First Ride Review

Scramblers were born in the 1960s, and were essentially street bikes that had been modified for dirt racing and general off-road hooliganism. As the...

2016 Honda Africa Twin DCT | Touring Review

Hi-Yo, Silver! We haunt some Nevada ghost towns on a real-world touring test of the 2016 Honda Africa Twin DCT. It’s easy to find yourself...

2017 Ducati Multistrada 950 | First Ride Review

The 2010 redesign of the Ducati Multistrada transformed it from a narrowly focused sit-up sportbike into a full-fledged adventure tourer, opening the storied Italian...

Kawasaki Announces Pricing, Accessories for the 2017 Versys-X 300

Last month at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, Kawasaki unveiled the latest addition to its Versys adventure-street lineup, the new 2017 Versys-X...

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 Kawasaki Versys-X 300 | First Look Review

Kawasaki revamped its Versys adventure-street lineup for 2015, extensively updating the Versys 650 and Versys 1000, and finally bringing the latter to the U.S....

2017 Triumph Street Scrambler | First Look Review

It was a Triumph that Steve McQueen so famously rode in the 1964 International Six Days Trial, and for today's scrambler-style enthusiasts, Triumph’s latest...

2017 BMW R nineT and R nineT Urban G/S | First Look Review

When BMW released the original R nineT in 2014, it represented a major shift in BMW's approach, and proved to be a genre-bending—and very...

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...

2018 BMW G 310 GS | First Look Review

Last year, at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy, BMW Motorrad unveiled the G 310 R, the company’s first sub-500cc roadster model. It was...

2017 Honda CRF250L Rally | First Look Review

Honda today unveiled a new adventure-focused model, the 2017 CRF250L Rally. Inspired by the factory CRF450 Rally machine raced in the Dakar by Team...

2017 Ducati Scrambler Café Racer & Desert Sled | First Look Review

Ducati has announced two new variations in the Scrambler family: the sporty Café Racer and the off-road focused Desert Sled. The new models were...

2017 Ducati Multistrada 950 | First Look Review

Back in 2010, when Ducati transformed the Multistrada from Pierre Terblanche’s ugly duckling into a sharp-beaked, 150-horsepower swan, it injected a healthy dose of...

Tour Test: Riding the Devil’s Highway on a V-Strom 650XT

The road is turning and twisting in an almost violent way, with 10-mph hairpins and 25-mph curves in endless succession. We (V-Strom and I)...

2017 KTM Adventure Lineup | First Look Review

When KTM introduced the 1190 Adventure for 2014, it pivoted away from the dirt-focused 990 Adventure and rolled out a more balanced street/off-road adventure...

2017 Suzuki V-Strom 650 and 2018 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 | First Look Review

No conversation about adventure touring motorcycles is complete unless the word V-Strom finds its way into the dialogue. Suzuki’s venerable V-twin-powered models in both...

Rider Comparo – 2016 Honda VFR1200X vs. 2016 Triumph Tiger Explorer XRt vs. 2016 Yamaha Super Ténéré

Over the past decade, adventure tourers have matured into a diverse segment of the motorcycle market. These days you can buy one or more...

2016 Honda VFR1200X | Road Test Review

Shortly after its groundbreaking VFR1200F sport tourer was introduced for 2010, Honda launched an adventure-styled bike for 2012 based on the same smooth and...

Video Review | 2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro

https://youtu.be/zioMKMG_46U Though it has improved off-road and touring capabilities, the 2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro still has the heart of a superbike. Watch the video...

2016 CSC RX3 Adventure | Road Test Review

My first “adventure tour” was a three-day ride into the backcountry on a Yamaha 175 Enduro, decades ago. From that brief introduction, I discovered...

Video Review | 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin

The 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin remains true to its dual-sport roots. It will appeal most to adventure riders who put a high priority...

Long-Term Review: 2015 Yamaha Super Ténéré ES

February 2016 Report 6,602 Miles / MSRP $16,190 In addition to our Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and Yamaha FJ-09 long-term test bikes, we’ve been racking up...

2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro | First Ride Review

With its 17-inch wheels, short wheelbase and superbike-derived engine, Ducati’s Multistrada 1200 has, since the platform debuted for 2010, occupied the sporty end of...

2016 Triumph Tiger Explorer XCa | First Ride Review

Today’s adventure-touring segment already offers a dizzying selection, to which Triumph now adds a whole family of next-generation 2016 Tiger Explorers. Three focus on...

2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin | First Ride Review

Honda may be late to the adventure-bike party, but it has shown up in a big way for 2016 with two new models, the...

Video Review | 2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure

The 1290 Super Adventure takes KTM’s touring enduro concept to a luxurious new level with more power, a larger fuel tank, semi-active suspension, cruise...

Triumph Expands Tiger Explorer Line to Six Models for 2016

Triumph’s full-size Tiger Explorer adventure bike line has been updated for 2016, with six models to choose from, three geared toward street riding (XR,...

Honda Announces 2016 VFR1200X Adventure Model, Updates to NC700X and CB500X

The 2000s were the decade of the chopper, but the 2010s are the decade of the adventure bike. Nearly every major manufacturer has one...

Rider Comparo: 2016 BMW S 1000 XR vs 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVT S

When Ducati introduced the Multistrada 1200 for 2010, it injected a big dose of performance into the utilitarian adventure segment. BMW’s R 1200 GS...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT | Road Test Review

Too much Sicilian sun? Kinda sounded like it in Senior Editor Greg Drevenstedt’s sunshine-laden first take on Kawasaki’s heavily revised Versys 650 LT (Rider,...

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