Motorcycle Review

Running around Europe for the last decade or so was a touring motorcycle with a woeful name--the Honda Deauville--but an appealing skill set for the solo sport-touring enthusiast.

Motorcycle Review

Lanzarote, part of the Canary Islands chain, is a small, still-active, volcanic island that peeks through the Atlantic just off the northwestern coast of Africa.

Motorcycle Touring

The dashed centerline, rough-edged pavement, and sandy shoulder converge into a distant point. I set the cruise control at 80, and lean back in the near-still cocoon behind the windshield and watch the numbers on the odometer mount-yet, the point refuses to budge. Welcome to the Mojave Desert.

Dealer Delivery Day

Four and half weeks after ordering our new 2010 Multistrada 1200 motorcycle from Ducati Newport Beach, we got the call that D-Day was here. We had traded-in two other project bikes for one by rationalizing in our favor that the 1200 four-bikes-in-one concept was the equivalent of two-bikes-for-one.

Motorcycle Review

Back for the twelfth time since its introduction in 1998, the 2010 Road Glide earns the Custom suffix, as Harley-Davidson's engineers have decided to drop down the seat height to give the bike an even longer and lower look, in line with contemporary tastes.

Motorcycle Review

Most of us fight an eternal internal battle; we are constantly sorting out what we need, what we want, and what is best for ourselves. The 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom SE (Special Edition) forces us to confront the question of how much displacement is the right amount.

SMT & SMR Motorcycles

I remember thrashing up to Big Sur on California Highway 1 a few years ago on a KTM 950 Supermoto. I reached the Henry Miller Memorial Library, parked up, and got off the motorcycle. Pulling the gloves from my shaking, sweaty hands I flagged down my compadre and begged him to swap bikes; I was worried I was going to die on the KTM.

VFR1200F DCT Test

Technology - motorcyclists thrive on it. Whether you enjoy crossing the interstate, dragging a knee, clearing a triple, gapping two boulders, or simply commuting to work, technology is what makes our motorcycles more enjoyable.