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Retro Rocket

Kawasaki’s all-new Z900RS offers a welcome trip down memory lane Bell-bottoms and disco weren’t the only cool things happening in the ’70s. Steve McQueen was still making movies and café...

Indisputably Intuitive

An important bike for KTM in a highly competitive middleweight market KTM has made a key roll of the dice with the introduction of the 790 Duke, its first-ever parallel-twin powered by the all-new...

Retro-Inspired Bonneville

Triumph hits another home run with this stripped-down classic The bobber phenomenon has been around since the end of the Second World War, when American servicemen returned home only to find there...

Artfully Sculpted Racer

Vintage styling captures the eye of this beholder With the 2017 BMW R nineT Racer strapped firmly into the bed of my pickup, I headed home to unload it and begin two weeks of test riding this...

Mannered Menace

Working without a safety net We’re encountering a renaissance of sorts in the sport standard segment at the moment: a return to responsibility rather than restriction; a dialling back of the nanny...

Looking for a Rebellious Generation

After a decades-long run, a staple in Honda’s lineup gets a makeover The Honda Rebel is one of those bikes that have had an unusually long production run, and for good reason. First introduced in...

Urban Adventurer

With inspired design from the scramblers of yore, this retro might be better sticking to hard-packed roads Where’s a trend these days for bike makers to introduce a motorcycle, and then use it as a...

Catching the Wave

Missing out on the first scrambler era, BMW is making up for lost time by entering into the current trend BMW has a storied history. In fact, the company celebrated its 100th birthday in 2016,...

Par for the Course

If there were a yardstick in the motorcycle industry, it would look like this Welcome back! Or maybe that should be, hello again. No, I know: glad-ius to meet you! No matter how we split those hairs,...

Sport Bike in Disguise

The 1290 GT is comfortable for long-distance travel, but it’s nimble and powerful enough to bring out your inner hooligan There are some bikes that seem to entice you into a ride more than others....

Transforming the R1

Even if you’re not into futuristic styling, there’s no denying the 2017 FZ-10 is a force to be reckoned with Strip a supersport machine of its bodywork and what do you get Well, if you’re...

The Best of Both Worlds

Sandwiched between the virtues of a twin and four-cylinder, this modern throwback to Yamaha’s classic XS series of motorcycles should appeal to a wide range of riders Inline-triples were never as...

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