Motorcycles

Zero Gravity windscreens are made in the U.S.A. and now available for the 2010-2012 Kawasaki Z1000 in two distinctive styles. Make your new bike stand out and get better aerodynamic performance from this inexpensive upgrade! The stock replacement SR Series™ (20-227 shown in dark smoke) matches the size, shape and function ...    Read more

As the new guy (yes, still), I hardly expected to get the good gigs until I'd served my tour of fetching people coffee and washing bikes. The boss threw me a bone last month though, sending me to NOLA Motorsports Park to ride Josh Hayes' three-time champion Graves R1. Having ...    Read more

WORDS: Jake Fuchs PHOTOS: Riders For Health Most of us would agree that motorcycles make us feel better. Flying unencumbered over the road on the backs of our bikes elevates the soul as well as the body. Whacking open the throttle and tearing through the air can’t help but put a ...    Read more

I’m a fan of elegant design. So, when I saw the way Honda handled windshield adjustment on the NC700X, I was delighted. It’s a simple system, with four sets of paired holes offset vertically by 20mm. Which set you thread the screen’s four screws into determines the ...    Read more

Things are looking good for the upper end of the motorcycle market with the recent announcements from BMW Motorrad of record monthly sales figures. Now Ducati North America is reporting nine consecutive quarters of retail sales growth, crediting the Diavel and Panigale as major factors. According to Ducati, its North American ...    Read more

There are too many rats in this cage we call Los Angeles—nearly 4 million at last count. Sure, this place is a sprawling metropolis, but if you time the traffic right, you can be in another world in under an hour. Take a look at a map and ...    Read more

You might be surprised to learn—especially if you notice the stream of readers' corrections that appear almost monthly in "MC Mail"—that we actually do a lot of research in the process of writing articles around here. Especially lately, as we prepared so much historical content for our yearlong MC100 retrospective, ...    Read more

The Repsol Honda Team returned to full power at the Malaysian Grand Prix with another superb win for Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner's return to the podium in third position.   The treacherous conditions today in Sepang caused the race to be cancelled with six laps remaining due to heavy tropical rain. ...    Read more

I have friends who love vintage motorcycles, and by that I mean anything with points ignition, drum brakes, and valves you can adjust with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers, or maybe just a hammer. I also have friends who adore current machinery. If the warranty has expired, it’s ...    Read more

Moto Guzzi came out with its three-model, retro-styled V7 lineup for 2013, with a revamped motor and a new matte-black Stone edition. Now we get confirmation that three of Guzzi’s previous designs return for 2013. The sportiest of the bunch, the Griso 8V SE carries a 110 horsepower and 80 ...    Read more

My total off-road riding experience is roughly equivalent to the tiny trace of dirt you could scrape from between the lugs of my barely worn AXO motocross boots. I didn't learn to ride on a Z50 in my parent's big back yard. I didn't spend adolescent weekends leaping tabletop jumps, ...    Read more

Honda has just launched a section on its worldwide site dedicated to the new retro-styled CB1100—a bike we reported on in the October issue Read more

Originally from Brazil, Connecticut resident Carlos Semeghini saw our “Cheap Adventure” article (MC, Oct.) and pegged us for fans of the low-cost tour. Since he was planning a long-distance trip across America on his ‘08 Versys 650, he thought we’d be interested in seeing the bike and hearing part of ...    Read more

A little less than a month ago Editor in Chief Marc Cook rode a Triumph Explorer north to Healdsberg, CA, for the Ninja 300 intro, choosing to ride instead of fly. When I was assigned the ZX-6R press launch in Chico, a bit farther ...    Read more

Star Motorcycles recently released a video about the bikes and builders who won the 2012 Star Custom Calendar competition. Check it out:

The otherwise lovely Moto Guzzi V7 Stone is, like a lot of modern motorcycles, sticker bombed. And not for product placement...no, they're warning stickers. When the meds kick in, I accept these dimwitted examples of a legal system run amok as a necessary evil, a way to ...    Read more

Honda Plans Return To Dakar American Rider Johnny Campbell To Compete On Honda Team Honda has recently announced its plans to participate in the forthcoming Dakar Rally this upcoming January, by unveiling the new CRF450 Rally at the recent INTERMOT show in Cologne, Germany. This will be Honda’s ...    Read more

Team Suzuki Press Office - October 6. FIXI Crescent Suzuki has announced that it has agreed terms to secure the services of Leon Camier for the 2013 Superbike World Championship. Camier completed the deal shortly before this weekend's final round of the season at Magny-Cours in France and will sign a ...    Read more

Last Sunday night I attended the Los Angeles Moto Film Festival at Golden Road Brewing. There were 16 entries (including an episode of On Two Wheels, our YouTube show) that all spoke to the passion of LA’s varied motorcycle factions. It was ...    Read more

With a nail-biter finish to the World Superbike Championship, Max Biaggi took home his second title aboard an Aprilia RSV4 Factory. Aprilia's racing efforts clearly have paid off, but the Noale company continues to develop the street-going versions of its V-four superbike. For 2013, the RSV4 ...    Read more

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I've got a real on-again, off-again relationship with my 1972 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. The "on" periods—when it's working properly—are brief and torrid. This is undeniably one of the most charismatic motorcycles ever made. The "off" periods—when it's broke-down and waiting for me to save enough time and/or money ...    Read more

In my mind, bikes like the Triumph Tiger Explorer are for us old guys. It’s a mature machine for mature riders—a sensible road burner with a seating position kind to brittle old bones, shredded cartilage, and persistent sciatica. It has an air of sophistication, a mien of "I can do ...    Read more

The photo above is of a Yamaha V Star 250 key (left) as it compares to a CBR250 key. Suffice it to say it takes a confident and secure man to ride around on the Wee Star. Fortunately I have no reason to be ashamed, and no reason to treat ...    Read more

Triumph revealed the new 2013 Street Triple and Street Triple R at the Intermot Show in Cologne, Germany. Triumph first brought out the Street Triple back in 2007 as an option to the Speed Triple 1050. Using a re-tuned version of the 675cc in-line three-cylinder engine from the Daytona 675, ...    Read more