Tail sliders: protect your bike’s rear end

The last time you dropped your bike, even at 0mph, you scraped up the tail unit, right? These new tail sliders from R&G racing are designed to prevent that, sticking on to the protruding tails of popular sporstbike models.

RideApart Review: 2013 Honda CBR600RR

Here we are again with the revised 2013 Honda CBR600RR. This time, we’ve ridden out to the middle of godforsaken nowhere to see how the updates work on the track. Honda has always believed that its supersport bikes need to … Continued

A BSA Barn Find

I’ll admit it: I was vulnerable. I was in a weakened condition. In a rare fit of fiscal responsibility, I had sold my ’71 Triumph Tiger the previous summer. It was the perennial project bike. It was beautiful and wild, … Continued

A California road trip

Bike: 2013 Suzuki GSX-R750 Bag: Kriega R30 Gloves: Cortech Latigo RR GPS: Garmin GPSMAP 62S Days: eight Miles: 1,190 Roads ridden: HWY-2, Tuna Canyon, HWY-33, HWY-58, HWY-101, HWY-17, HWY-1 Number of flooded crossings: two Number of turned-over cars: one

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

Bakcroad Revival, a poem

In addition to working as an architect, writer and teacher, it seems as if resident intellectual Carter Edman is a bit of a poet as well. This one’s about riding fast down a twisty road. — Ed.

RideApart Review: 2013 Honda CBR600RR

“The 2013 Honda CBR600RR, building on the platform of the previous model, has taken its performance to a new level,” describes the project’s large project leader, Hirofumi Fukunaga. “It delivers and awesome ride on the circuit and is even more … Continued