Bike Reviews

Two Bonnevilles, Two Personalities

A pair of British cruisers with unique attributes and distinctly different characters. Bobbers were initially conceived in the mid-20th century. They were...

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Clean Sheet Brutale

Riding the prototype promises a more refined and accessible customer version. Mind-Blowing! That’s the expression that the marketing mob at MV Agusta has designated as the one they’d like to pass...

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The Gold Wing’s Golden Jubilee

The original touring motorcycle turns 50 years old. Honda was founded in 1948, and the Japanese manufacturer has since produced a number of milestone motorcycles. These are bikes that have been...

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High-Tech Italian All-Rounder

The V4 Rally’s ergonomics, driveline and handling make it an easy bike to live with. Remember the good old days when motorcycle brands had specialties Kawasakis were a little mad (okay, a lot mad),...

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A New Crossbreed of Adventure

Mimicking their larger siblings, these models offer on- and off-road accessibly in a very competent, smaller package. Originally released in 2020,the KTM 390 Adventure was a good entry-level...

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On Point for the Road

The Ibex 800 E makes a very good travel bike. In case you haven’t noticed, Chinese motorcycles are here to stay, but not in the form in which they were first introduced to Canada. In the early...

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A Resurection of the Beginning

A skunkworks project that inadvertently established a new genre of motorcycling. Like so many great discoveries — penicillin, Velcro and, yes, Viagra — BMW’s GS was an accident. Okay, not quite...

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Italian Ingenuity

The Tesi H2 Tera uses an unconventional centre-hub and swingarm steering system. Where to start is my big question. Do I lead with the fact that the new Bimota Tesi H2 Tera is a supercharged...

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Touring Excellence

Meet the most advanced touring motorcycle on the planet. Every generation of Bayerische Motoren Werke’s RT — and there have been at least six major revisions — brings with it trepidation....

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A Class of One

In the power cruiser segment, the XDiavel stands alone. There was once a time when a single bike fit into many categories. The UJM (universal Japanese motorcycle for those who haven’t yet greyed)...

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Triple Threat

Taking on all other engine configurations, Italian-Style. Twins, goes traditional lore, are torque monsters of motorcycling. Four-cylinder bikes, meanwhile, rev to the moon. Never mind that many a...

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The Classic Bobber

What you see is what you get, and then some. At first glance, the 2025 Harley-Davidson Street Bob test bike I’m about to mount really piques my interest. Adorned in a bright yellow finish (which...

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