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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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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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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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…
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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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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“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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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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“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…
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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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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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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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…
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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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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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…
