Last summer I rode a BMW F800GS across Labrador and, after completing half the journey with a broken frame (oops), said I couldn’t think of a bike I’d have rather made the trip on. Well, now I can. That’s because … Continued
There’s not one bike out there that’s inspired so many of us, so much as the Britten V1000. For me, there aren’t many days where I don’t think about a detail or general principle of that outstanding piece of Kiwi … Continued
These are the first images of Husqvarna’s new street bike, captured while it’s undergoing pre-production testing in Germany. Why is an Italian street bike testing in Germany with a BMW-badged engine? BMW owns Husky and is donating its 800cc parallel-twin … Continued
When I picked up the 2011 Moto Guzzi Norge 8V from Piaggio a few weeks ago, I was initially somewhat sad to part with the R1 I had been cruising around on. The R1 felt like it weighed nothing, accelerated … Continued
The Ducati Diavel is a lot of things. It’s a cruiser, but it’s also a performance bike. It’s “a massive breach of brand trust and honesty,” but it’s also “the best bike Ducati makes.” It’s “a $15,000 motorcycle no one … Continued
Ukrainian BMW fan Vyacheslav Voronovich assembled this 12:1 K1600GTL scale model out of 391 components he carved from wood himself. The level of detail is amazing, the .5mm-thick windshield is adjustable, for instance, and he made working springs by hot … Continued
Make no mistake, the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R has one goal and one goal only: to dethrone the BMW S1000RR from its liter bike throne. As far as evaluations of its ability to do so go, top speed is utterly irrelevant … Continued