RideApart Review: Moto Guzzi California 1400

You know the typical cruiser compromise: riding one means you achieve a certain image, a certain experience, but at the expense of everything else that makes riding a motorcycle so fun and so practical. But, what if we were to … Continued

RideApart Review: Star Bolt

Yamaha’s cruiser brand, Star Motorcycles, is releasing a new bike at the end of month with its sights set directly on America’s best selling motorcycle, the Harley-Davidson Sportster. By pairing Sportester-esq styling with Japanese-quality components, they may have a real … Continued

Gear: street, track and in between

As you can see here we’ve just been to the track to test the new 2013 Honda CBR600RR. As part of that test, we also took notes on how our gear performed. While the street is our primary focus at … Continued

A Ural Motorcycle in the wild

Here’s a short commercial made by Jon Bekefy about how awesome Urals can be as he rides through the wilds of the California Coast and Big Sur.

RideApart Review: Moto Guzzi V7 Racer Record

Believe it or not, but the bike I’m riding here wasn’t made in the 1970s. It’s the brand-new, 2013 Moto Guzzi V7 Racer Record. And, while it might look old, has plenty of classic character and ticks all the right … Continued

The 2013 Team ICON Brammo Race Bikes

UPDATE: Kurt Walter, the Icon Design Director, has this to say — “”Fierce as a zebra, fast as a cat”. That was original livery pitch we presented to Brammo for the 2013 TTXGP series. Much like our original 2012 Stack … Continued

RideApart Review: Ducati 1199 Panigale R

“This is the ultimate representation of the performance motorcycle,” Ducati general manager Claudio Domenicali told us yesterday. He was riding alongside journalists at the launch of the flagship Ducati 1199 Panigale R at Austin’s brand new Circuit of the Americas, … Continued