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2021 Honda ADV150 Certified By CARB
The Honda ADV150 may soon be coming to the U.S., as the California Air Resources Board has certified the scooter for the 2021 model year. Originally announced for Indonesia and other →
2020 CSC TT250 REVIEW: DIY DUAL-SPORT MOTORCYCLE
Mention the 2020 CSC TT250 dual-sport motorcycle, and one question always comes up first: “How good can it be for $2195?” That’s a reasonable question, →
THREE ELECTRIC YAMAHA SCOOTERS: FIRST LOOK FROM TOKYO AUTO SHOW
Yamaha displayed three scooters of interest at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show. Two of them are concept scooters, while the other is a production machine, →
2020 LAMBRETTA G325 SPECIAL FIRST LOOK: FLAGSHIP SCOOTER
Although many American’s knowledge of Italian scooters begins and ends with Vespa, aficionados of the genre are well-versed in the Lambretta brand. After all, Jimmy →
KAWASAKI ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE FIRST LOOK (8 FAST FACTS)
Kawasaki has revealed its electric motorcycle research project at EICMA 2019. Rather than a scooter or a superbike, Kawasaki has split the difference and created →
2020 VESPA PRIMAVERA SEAN WOTHERSPOON SCOOTER FIRST LOOK
While Vespa scooters have always been high-level industrial fashion, that doesn’t stop the trendsetting Italian brand from going outside of itself and engaging a hot →
2020 ITALJET DRAGSTER SCOOTER FIRST LOOK (7 FAST FACTS)
At EICMA 2019, Italjet brought the scooter that might just convert someone who never expected to ride a scooter. Available in two motor sizes and body styles, →
2020 PEUGEOT FIRST LOOK FROM EICMA: A MOTORCYCLE, TOO!
Although Americans are most familiar with Peugeot as an automobile and bicycle company, Peugeot first made motorcycles and three-wheelers in 1898. Since 2004, Indian powerhouse Mahindra has →
2020 Honda ADV 150 Announced For Indonesia
Honda has released a new, smaller version of its X-ADV scooter for the Indonesian market. The new 2020 Honda ADV 150 is styled after the 745cc X-ADV, and while it →
2020 Honda Activa 125 Scooter First Look (7 Fast Facts)
The revolutionary 2020 Honda Activa 125 scooter has been introduced. It is a new scooter that will be Honda’s first two-wheeler to meet the Bharat Stage →
2019 Vespa Elettrica Review – First Ride
The Electric Wasp. We were turned loose, a silent swarm of nocuous moto-journos descending upon the city, sneaking up on the unsuspecting fashion-forward folk of →
2019 Honda PCX Hybrid Scooter First Look: Gasoline + Electric (14 Fast Facts)
Hybrid cars are old hat by now, and electric scooters have been around for over a decade. The 2019 Honda PCX Hybrid scooter is the →
2019 BMW C400GT First Look
BMW introduced a new addition to its scooter lineup in the new C400GT. It joins the C400X introduced last year as a second mid-sized scooter, slotting in below →
2018 Yamaha XMax Review (17 Fast Facts): Another Happy Max
With the other two Japanese scooter manufacturers sitting out the 300 class, the tuning fork folks have stepped in with the impressive new 2018 Yamaha →
First impressions: Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO
There were already reports on Roccat developing a new mechanical switch for its keyboards. After a teaser video released by them, we were sure the →
Urban Electric Motorcycles: BMW C Evolution Scooter And Zero DSR
Once upon a time, electric motorcycles had such short range and high MSRPs that only the most devoted of early adopters had a reason to consider owning →
2018 BMW C Evolution Review
When it comes to two-wheeled practicality in an urban environment, it’s hard to beat a scooter. Perhaps that is why, in much of the world, →
2019 Honda Announced For America : PCX150 & CB300R
2019 Honda PCX150 Announced – New engine, frame and optional ABS American Honda announced a revamped PCX150 scooter for the 2019 model year with a new chassis, a revised engine →
2018 Suzuki Burgman 400 First Ride Review
Scooters are often thought of as second-class citizens in the world of motorcycles and take a backseat to their more common, two-wheeled brethren. But in fact, scooters →
2017-2018 SYM T2 250i Review
SYM brings affordability and practicality together in its streetbike trainer, the T2 250i. This ride represents the largest non-scooter-type model the factory makes, and the 250 cc mill →
2016-2017 Yamaha Smax Review
Building scooters is a somewhat funny business. You have overseas licensing conventions that force engine sizes into certain size brackets, and the displacement usually eases right up →
2017-2018 Honda Grom Review
Introduced in 2014, the Grom from Honda is a compact bike with sportbike styling, two-up capabilities if you don’t mind having to Fred-Flintstone the take-off, →
2018 Kymco Xtown 300i ABS Review – First Ride
With a scooter market of less than 30,000 units from major manufacturers a year*, the USA isn’t much of a thing for scooters, and medium-displacement →
2018 Kymco Like 150i ABS Review
Scooters are big in European and other markets – around here, not so much. “Scooters and soccer,” Kymco PR rep Peter Jones tells us, “they’re →
2018 Kymco Xciting 400i Review – First Ride
We were snuggled into a conference room in the upscale Aloft hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, when PR man Peter Jones kicked off Kymco’s 2018 →
2017 CSC Motorcycles RZ3 Review
The California Scooter Company, in cooperation with the Zongshen Industrial Group, is looking to expand its lineup of imported rides with the addition of the →
2017 SYM T2 250i Review
SYM brings affordability and practicality together in its streetbike trainer, the T2 250i. This ride represents the largest non-scooter-type model the factory makes, and the →
2017 Tao Tao Racer 50 Review
The classic swing-mount scooter drivetrain lends itself to a wide variety of applications, but it’s fair to say that all of them wind up looking →
2016 – 2017 SYM Wolf Classic 150 Review
We usually think of the Sanyang Motor Co., Ltd — better known to us as SYM — as a scooter company, so when looking at →
2016 Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 RR ABS Review
Aprilia isn’t a brand you see zipping around Smalltown, U.S.A., but European superbike race fans (and competing manufacturers) know the name all too well. Operating under the →