Category: Motorcycles
One of the Best-Looking Retro-Styled Roadsters Yet Is Rolling Out Now
There’s no roller coaster ride like spotting an eye-popping motorcycle, then discovering it’s a one-off flex by some rock star custom builder that you can’t actually buy. Because even if you don’t have the desire or funds to make the plunge, it’s nice to know you could if you did. That’s why the latest news…
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This Luxe Upgrade to an Iconic BMW Motorcycle Is Just Delightfully Decadent
For all the top-notch motorcycles BMW makes, its GS designation probably rises highest above the pack. Time is certainly on its side, as the brand’s 102-year-old moto division has been making some version of a Gelände/Straße (German for terrain/street) since way back in 1980. But so are incredibly high standards, clearly on display with one…
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Is This Now the Best-Looking High-Octane Sport Touring Motorcycle You Can Get?
As the cult classic Office Space taught us many years ago, “it’s up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum. ” If that is the case and you’re in the market for a sport touring bike, there are plenty that will get the job done for a pretty reasonable…
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This Absolutely Stunning Indian Motorcycle Shows What Is Possible With a Wrench and a Vision
Custom-built motorcycles come and go, but every once in a while, one pops up that makes you do a triple-take. That’s particularly true with regard to Indian Motorcycle’s Forged program, which recently tapped Forever Rad to make over a Chieftain PowerPlus for Florida Georgia Line veteran Tyler Hubbard. I swear, I’ve never been more motivated…
Is This Now the Best-Looking Long-Haul Adventure Motorcycle Under $20,000?
While many motorcycles fit neatly into a single box, such as “cruiser” or “scrambler” or “roadster,” plenty of others aren’t so easy to define. Case in point: BMW’s F 900 GS Adventure, which the brand itself defines as a “touring enduro. ” Parse that term without even looking and you can imagine a machine capable…
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This Sneaky Fast, Affordable New Motorbike Is a City Dweller’s Dream
As much as I love riding my Triumph Bonneville T100 around New York City, I can’t help feeling a twinge of jealousy every time I see a zippy little Vespa dart through thick traffic with ease. While scooters really don’t butter my bread, I do love bicycles as much as I do motorcycles. If only…
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Did BMW Actually Pull Off a Great-Looking Retro-Styled Cruiser?
There’s no question that, on the whole, BMW does different types of motorcycles really well. Its sport bikes are speedy, its touring bikes are well-appointed and its adventure bikes are arguably the very best around. In one category, however, American brands such as Harley and Indian seem so far ahead of the game that I…
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Harley-Davidson’s Most Exciting New Motorcycle Could Also Be Its Most Affordable (by a Country Mile)
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of attending Harley-Davidson Homecoming, the brand’s annual celebration of music, motorcycle culture and H-D’s hometown of Milwaukee. Highlights included a sneak peek at the Product Development Center, an exclusive tour of the H-D Museum, seeing Chris Stapleton perform and joining a bunch of badass female bikers (including Karen…
This Nimble Naked Motorcycle Just Took Home a Serious Accolade
The 2025 Red Dot Awards, some of the most coveted design awards in the world, were just announced. Only one motorcycle was included in the “Best of the Best” category this year — an electric one. While that’s a pretty surprising achievement, the bike itself (and the brand that made it) are perhaps more surprising…….
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This Stunning New Suzuki Motorcycle Shows Just How Awesome a Fairing Can Look
Early in my motorcycling days (mid-2010s), I considered myself such a motorcycling “purist” that I thought anyone who happened to have, say, a windshield or full-face helmet wasn’t really riding. Fast forward a decade and boy was I a jackass have things changed. I now rock a Sena Outrush R modular helmet that I absolutely…
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Is This Danish Start-Up’s Unreal New Bike a Glimpse at the Future of Motorcycles?
“There are two types of riders: those who have crashed and those who will. ” As haunting as that old biker expression may be, a more accurate one might replace “riders” with “motorcycle start-ups. ” Many have popped up on the radar, generated a ton of hype and then vanished without a single bike actually…
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Is This New Scrambler Now the Best-Looking Retro-Styled Motorcycle Under $7,000?
When I wrote breathlessly of Triumph’s winning spinoff of the already cool Scrambler 400 X just a couple months ago, I had only one hangup about the bike, but it was a big one. See, at the time, the so-called Scrambler 400 XC was only available in one place, India, leaving the rest of the…
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Suzuki’s Gorgeous Yet Affordable New Roadster Blends Throwback Magic and Modern Thrills
“The sportcycle that ‘couldn’t be made’ … but was. By Suzuki. ” So says some wonderful copy from a 1968 Suzuki sales catalog promoting the brand’s T500 motorcycle, which — thanks largely to the world’s first production 500cc 2-stroke engine — was groundbreaking for its time…. Check out the original article: [Gearpatrol] Suzuki’s Gorgeous Yet…
This Ridiculously Affordable Street Motorcycle Is a Guaranteed Envy Inducer
Considering I’ve waxed ecstatic about Royal Enfield’s 452cc FT450 and Honda’s 348cc GB350 recently, it’s safe to say I am pretty enamored with small-displacement motorcycles at the moment. And why wouldn’t I be? These bikes are not only super approachable and affordable, they also happen to look fantastic. The latest one to catch my eye…
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Triumph’s Coolest Modern Classic Motorcycle Has Never Looked Better
Whoever said “looks aren’t everything” never went motorcycle shopping. Even more than with four-wheeled vehicles, appearance plays a huge role in the appeal of a bike. People can so easily see you on the thing, it’s gotta look good, right? With that in mind, I can’t help but fall helplessly in love with Triumph’s latest…
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Is This Honda’s Best-Looking Retro-Styled Motorcycle Ever?
When I got serious about motorcycles and purchased my own nearly a decade ago, I could not imagine springing for a bike with anything less than a 900cc engine (OK, technically 865cc). Fast-forward to 2025, and (surprise) I can’t stop beating the drum for bikes with engines half that size or less. They are not…
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This Gorgeous Italian Motorcycle Pays Tribute to a Surprising Brand’s Game-Changing Tech
If I were to ask you which legendary brand engineered and built the first-ever motorcycle-specific wind tunnel, what would you say? Based on their success at the highest levels of racing in MotoGP, most likely you’d pick Ducati, Honda or Yamaha. All good guesses, but way off. The correct answer is (wait for it) Moto…
15 Awesome New Motorcycles Rolling Out Right Now
The casual motorcycle fan can probably name a respectable number of manufacturers off the top of their head. Think such stalwarts as Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Indian, Kawasaki, MV Agusta, Royal Enfield, Triumph and Yamaha, plus brands better known for four-wheelers such as BMW and Honda. But aficionados know there’s a whole host of other companies putting…
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This Stunning New Motorcycle Comes with a (Pretty Cool) Catch
Ever since I test-rode a bloody good Continental GT 650 several years ago, I’ve been rather enamored with Royal Enfield, the little British/Indian moto brand that could. The love affair has since extended to several other bikes, including the Himalayan Scram411, Super Meteor 650 and Guerrilla 450, which you’ll hear more about upon its US…
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This Might Be the Best Adventure Moto You Can Get for Less than Half the Price of a Rolex
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…
A Legendary Japanese Brand’s Best Off-Road Motorcycle Somehow Just Got Even Better
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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Could This Gorgeous Retro Motorcycle from a Long-Gone Iconic Brand Be Returning Soon?
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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Royal Enfield Is Officially Fixing the Biggest Problem With Its Best Motorcycle
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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An Iconic Italian Brand’s Stunning New Tribute Motorcycle Is a Work of Art You Can Ride
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…
Dreaming of Off-Road Motorcycling? This Super Affordable Honda Is Worth a Long, Lingering Look
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…