Rolex’s entry-level watch, the Oyster Perpetual 28, starts at $5,800. Divide that by half, and you get $2,900. Believe it or not, that might still be several hundred dollars more expensive than Zeno’s upcoming Emara ADV electric off-road motorcycle…. Check out the original article: [Gearpatrol] This Might Be the Best Adventure Moto You Can Get…
When you think about it, anniversaries are pretty dang arbitrary. What makes a year ending in 0 or 5 more notable than any other? The upside of this nonsense, however, is that brands tend to step up their game during anniversary years, and consumers win. That sure seems to be the case with Yamaha lately,…
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Thanks to head-turning cameos in everything from 1965’s Thunderball to 2024’s The Bikeriders, BSA has never fully fallen out of the public consciousness — at least not for the two-wheeled cognoscenti among us, anyway. Pretty wild considering the UK motorcycle maker that began life as the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited 164 years ago (in…
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Since its launch just nine years ago, the Royal Enfield Himalayan has only grown more and more beloved amongst adventure motorcycle fans. Along with eye-popping retro style, the bike is super approachable for newer riders and a helluva value proposition for anyone interested in getting off the beaten path. I know this from experience, having…
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Have you ever wished you grew up in a totally different time and place? Haven’t we all? That’s certainly the feeling I get reading up on Giacomo Agostini, a dashing Italian motorcycle racer who won 15 world titles in the 350cc and 500cc classes from the mid-’60s through the mid-’70s. The vast majority of those…
Here in America, we’re a bit obsessed with, for lack of a better term, “big-ness. ” How else can you explain Supersizing, the Ford F-450 or the multi-platform success of The Rock (to name a couple of examples)? However, when it comes to off-road motorcycling, the reality is that the biggest is not always the…
For those of us who did not grow up motorcycling, the barriers to entry can feel almost insurmountable. Replace “motorcycling” with “off-road motorcycling” and the prospect gets even more daunting. I can say this from experience, as someone who got into motorcycles late and adventure bikes even later, with my very first experience being the…
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While “One Headlight” was a massive hit for The Wallflowers in the late ’90s, the premise is kinda funny for seasoned motorcyclists, who “drive it home with one headlight” all the time. Well, it would be funny if it weren’t downright dangerous. The reality is that generally speaking, motorcycles lag far behind the auto industry…
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If you’ve got a thing for small-displacement off-road bikes with throwback looks, you’re most definitely not alone. I can say this confidently because Royal Enfield’s Himalayan is hugely popular and various versions of Triumph’s Scrambler aren’t far behind. The appeal is pretty obvious, as these admittedly divergent bikes and their ilk are super affordable, relatively…
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No matter how you feel about electric motorcycles, there’s no question that the design and engineering that goes into them has a knock-on effect on the industry as a whole. For instance, nearly every electric moto shifts automatically, a factor helping to drive more and more traditional brands to introduce bikes that shift more easily…
Beyond starting out with electric motorcycles (we see you, Zero), there are a couple ways an existing brand can get into the business. One approach we have covered a fair amount: when traditional moto manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson and Royal Enfield step away from internal combustion. The other is perhaps less common: when an e-bike…
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You don’t keep a motorcycle in your lineup for going on 40 years without two key factors: consistent excellence and continuous improvement. Both descriptors can easily be applied to Honda’s Transalp off-road bike, which pre-dates even the vaunted Africa Twin by a year or two. As beloved as the brand’s biggest adventure moto is, the…
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With Honda recently hitting the mind-boggling milestone of half a billion bikes sold and manufacturers like Harley-Davidson, Triumph and BMW each boasting over a century of history, you might think lesser-known brands would be nuts to even try to compete. Perhaps they are. But even as those traditional stalwarts continue to innovate and elevate with…
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