Workwear, the road trip

“You don’t need much for a motorcycle road trip,” begins Long Live The Kings, a short film documenting a trip aboard old BMWs that seems to take place through both the Alps and the American southwest, simultaneously. There’s also a … Continued

2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200 gains spec, color

Ducati is up-specing the Ducati Multistrada 1200 for 2013, adding various accessories and this new Pikes Peak-rep color scheme. The big news though is the addition of “Skyhook” semi-active suspension which will adjust damping settings on the fly to deal … Continued

Spy Photo: BMW F800GT

Late last month, an EPA spreadsheet revealed details of new Kawasaki models like the Ninja 300 and the 636cc ZX-6R. That was the big news, but tantalizingly, there was also mention of a BMW F800GT, a model not currently in … Continued

Mad Men and Motorcycling

Oh how bubbles burst. We North Americans are used to the popping sound that accompanies the sudden destruction of a previously cherished truth. We understand the consequences of calling bullshit when we see it, like Bostonians did in 1776 when … Continued

Classic style, modern ADV bike

Now this is more like it. France’s unit garage has created a bolt-on bodykit that transforms any current R1200GS into something that looks like a ’70s Dakar racer. Including a headlight, tank, seat/tail unit, the kit creates virtually an all-new … Continued

Honda NC700X: the Swiss Army Knife of bikes?

Not sure if you know this about me yet, but I’m a knife nerd. Blame a youth misspent causing trouble in the outdoors. So, when they called this new Honda NC700X adventure-style, automatic-transmission equipped, half-a-car-engine thing “the Swiss Army Knife … Continued

Not just a good show

Veteran British motorcycle journalist Kevin Ash recently published an op-ed in which he criticized the mainstream manufacturers for wasting energy and money on motorcycle racing. His line of reasoning went that in these economically depressed times where even the mighty … Continued