The compact and modular nature of electric drivetrains makes them well suited to small utility motorcycles. But surprisingly few manufacturers have j ...
31-05-2021 21:55
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The builder with the half-finished house, the dentist with terrible teeth, and the landscaper with a deadset jungle in his backyard. It’s the age-ol ...
31-05-2021 21:56
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The stories that caught our eye this week, including Gene Romero?s Triumph racer being sold, an MV Agusta that an 18-month-old can ride, and a cut-pr ...
30-05-2021 21:56
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Belgrade, Serbia – Photo by Bobislav Bob Bobisavljevic We’re still grinning from last weekend’s DGR Ride – it’s hard not to smile when you†...
30-05-2021 21:56
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Miguel Castro seems to be working his way through a checklist of custom motorcycle styles. His first build was a cafe racer, but then he moved onto h ...
29-05-2021 21:58
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As I write this, I should be on my way to the Isle of Man for the 2021 TT Races. But I?m not. Because the 2021 TT races aren?t happening. Cheers C ...
28-05-2021 22:22
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The 2021 Yamaha Tracer 900 GT – Finished in Liquid Metal
Now in its third generation, Yamaha?s middleweight sport-tourer ? now called the Tracer ...
28-05-2021 22:22
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For the corporate folks at large multinationals, who happen to own motorcycle brands, those tattooed and bearded folk of the custom bike scene must be ...
28-05-2021 21:53
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Tudor Dunev is something of a motorsport renaissance man. On top of amassing a slew of high-profile victories behind the wheel of various race cars †...
27-05-2021 21:52
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The truth is finally out. A recent study says, on average, motorcyclists do indeed have larger penises than non-motorcyclists. The findings come a ...
27-05-2021 22:22
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Ever made love to a motorcycle" No, me neither. But that might change when I see one of these puppies in the flesh. The 2021 MV Agusta F3 is the l ...
27-05-2021 22:22
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It?s been a couple of years since Harley-Davidson revealed the LiveWire and sent shockwaves through the industry. It was the first battery-powered sp ...
27-05-2021 21:52
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The 2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 is an all-new supersport based on the MT-07 platform. (Photos by Drew Ruiz)
What?s a rider to do if they want a supersport b ...
26-05-2021 22:28
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I?ve lost count of the times I?ve heard people say things like this. But it?s usually said by people that have never raced, or even ridden, a bike ...
26-05-2021 22:28
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Some custom builders get locked into one style, while others play all over the field. But Pierre Dhers at Freeride Motos seems to bounce between two ...
26-05-2021 21:58
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It might not have the prestige of its four wheel counterparts, but endurance motorcycle racing at events like Le Mans, remains one motorsports toughes ...
26-05-2021 21:58
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Kit (on left), Guy, and the Moto Guzzi V85 TTs in Kaniksku National Forest.
In 2020, Guy Pickrell won the Moto Guzzi ?Spirit of the Eagle Rideaway? ...
26-05-2021 22:28
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Saratoga is horse country and thoroughbred farms abound. The Triumph Street Triple packs a few horses of its own.
Several times a year I ride north ...
25-05-2021 22:24
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This is the first time I?ve purchased heated gear and only my third time ever using a heated accessory on a motorcycle. That has more to do with t ...
25-05-2021 22:24
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One of my favourite things about racing motorbikes is that there are so many ways to do it. I?ve been lucky enough to have a go at quite a few of ...
25-05-2021 22:24
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A huge part of the custom scene is making modern motorcycles look older. Removing plastics, softening angles, fitting things like spoked wheels and s ...
25-05-2021 21:55
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1912 Flying Merkel Twin-Cylinder Racer
When you make your way to an airport, most times you?re traveling to another place. But right now through th ...
25-05-2021 22:24
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As Egon Spengler famously warned in Ghostbusters, ?Don?t cross the streams ? It would be bad ? Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping ins ...
25-05-2021 22:24
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I hate to say it, but my love for World Superbikes hasn?t got any stronger in recent years. And I know I?m not the only one. I put it down to one ...
24-05-2021 22:25
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The Street Fighter style of motorcycle carved out an era in the custom motorcycle scene when it was the top dog. Endless workshops built them, magazin ...
24-05-2021 21:54
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Our round-up for the week includes a well-used Moto Martin-framed endurance racer, and two BMWs; an R nineT and an R18. But first, we take a closer l ...
23-05-2021 21:54
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Building custom motorcycles is a changing profession these days. The lathe in the corner is oft replaced by a CAD workstation wired up to a 3D printe ...
22-05-2021 21:50
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Testing the wheelie control on the 2021 Ducati Monster. (Photos by Gregor Halenda and Mike Levin)
Over the years Ducati has produced several iconic ...
20-05-2021 22:24
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The self-help gurus of today love to talk about stepping outside of your ‘comfort zone’, but for all of us who ride motorcycles, we know that youâ ...
20-05-2021 21:53
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Our guest on Episode 12 of the Rider Magazine Insider podcast is Daniel Calderon, Curator of Exhibitions at SFO Museum in the San Francisco Intern ...
20-05-2021 22:24
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Anyone who’s been doing a job long enough has probably made a few rookie mistakes. For Tiago Gonçalves and Luis Gonçalves at Unik Edition, it was b ...
20-05-2021 21:53
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Testing the 2021 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special in the Mojave Desert. (Photo by Kevin Wing)
Check out our video review of the 2021 Harle ...
20-05-2021 22:24
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2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 in Team Yamaha Blue
When Yamaha launched the MT-07 for 2015, it was hoping to build on the success of its MT-09, a rowdy sport s ...
19-05-2021 22:23
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When someone says ?Supersport?, most of us think of screaming R6s, CBR 600RRs, ZX-6Rs and the like. Whether you?re riding them on the road, watchi ...
19-05-2021 22:23
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The 2021 Honda 2021 CRF300L (above) and CRF300L Rally get more power and torque, a new assist-and-slipper clutch, less weight, and other improvements. ...
19-05-2021 22:23
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Charity motorcycle giveaways are a dime a dozen, but this one is a cut above the rest. If you live in the US, it?s your chance to win a current model ...
18-05-2021 22:00
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Modern renaissance man Giacomo Galbiati never surprises us when he sends us new images of his latest stunning motorcycle; creating beautiful bikes is ...
18-05-2021 22:00
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When it comes to the Honda Ascot FT500 it is largely a case of the right motorcycle at absolutely the wrong time. A cheap single-cylinder bike, with a ...
17-05-2021 21:57
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When a new custom builder hits the scene, there?s no way of knowing if they?re a one hit wonder, or if they?ll be consistently good. And that?s espec ...
17-05-2021 21:57
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We?re racking up the air miles this week, with a stunning new build from the top Japanese workshop Hidemo, a new chapter in the saga of the Easy Ride ...
16-05-2021 21:59
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Go Takamine is universally credited with being the godfather of the Brat Style motorcycle, opening his first shop in Tokyo in 1998 before ultimately e ...
14-05-2021 21:58
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Triumph France is about to throw the wraps off a new custom build-off contest for dealers, and we’ve got a sneak peek at one of the entries. Built ...
14-05-2021 21:58
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Are you married" Do you have a significant other" Or do you live by your lonesome" You may think that to keep your bike in the living room you?d n ...
13-05-2021 22:17
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There?s a definite formula for BMW airhead customs. A few years ago, European workshops like Café Racer Dreams in Madrid figured out the recipe, and ...
13-05-2021 21:52
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We rode from the Mountain State of West Virginia to visit the Rockies. After hundreds of miles across the Great Plains, we were ready for some elevati ...
12-05-2021 22:24
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Every day bad drivers cause accidents on the road. Most of the time nobody gets hurt, there?s an insurance claim or two to fix a bent bumper and e ...
12-05-2021 22:24
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One of the raddest things about electric motorcycles is their ability to spark imagination. The possibilities are endless when you’re piecing toget ...
12-05-2021 21:55
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2021 Royal Enfield Meteor 350 in Supernova trim (Photo by Kevin Wing)
Check out our video review of the 2021 Royal Enfield Meteor 350, an affordabl ...
12-05-2021 22:24
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With emissions regulations tightening around the globe and Euro 5 having effectively killed off a host of long-running models, how much longer can air ...
12-05-2021 21:55
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The biker bash of the season is back and bigger than ever. Harley-Davidson has announced plans for the all-new Hometown Rally, a Labor Day weekend ...
12-05-2021 22:24
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There’s something about BMWs that causes large portions of the motorcycling community to become hopelessly obsessed. For many, they are like heroin ...
11-05-2021 21:52
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Who?d have thought getting ready for a major international motorcycle competition would be so complicated" We?re eight months away from the Dakar ...
11-05-2021 22:18
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I love summer. And it?s not just because the ladies tend to dress more scantily. Although, I?ll admit, that is a bonus. No, I love summer because ...
10-05-2021 22:22
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It’s true that there is a lot to learn from a name and Church Of Choppers has been producing some of the scenes best Harley’s for a very long time ...
10-05-2021 21:54
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The Yamaha DT175 is one of those classic bikes that look ?just right.? With a small tank, fat seat and raised fenders, it?s a pint-sized enduro machi ...
10-05-2021 21:54
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This week’s custom motorcycles come in all shapes and sizes?from a pint-sized flat tracker, to a stylish BMW R18. Plus we take a look at a tidy BSA ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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The definition of a commuter bike varies from the East to the West. In Europe, a prime commuter would be something like a Royal Enfield 650. But in A ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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Sinroja Motorcycles have been producing sublime customs from their Leicestershire, England workshop for the past five years. This BMW R80 is their 17 ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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We all fight a battle between our opposites selves, between good and evil, between our inner demon and our inner angel. No one is all good or all ...
09-05-2021 22:16
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This week we?ve got a smokin? hot XSR155 in John Player colors from West Java, Harley?s cool and classy Electra Glide Revival, and a Moto Guzzi eBay ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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Throughout history, Great Britain has had some ?great? British bike racers. Barry Sheene, Ron Haslam, Carl Fogarty, to name but a few. And althoug ...
09-05-2021 22:16
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For most custom motorcycle builders, their creations are like their children: it’s impossible to pick a favorite. But sometimes there’s one proje ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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Amsterdam-based sculptor Ram Katzir captures still life when he?s at work, but when he?s on two wheels, he likes to travel very fast indeed. His curr ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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We’ve always admired custom motorcycle workshops that keep pushing the boundaries. Austria’s Vagabund Moto have been doing good work since day on ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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It takes a massive amount of imagination to look at a KTM enduro and envision a barebones bobber?and even more skill to make it happen. Luckily Edi B ...
09-05-2021 21:52
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Riders Share, the largest motorcycle sharing marketplace, has announced that bikers can now pay a monthly subscription for discounted rides across ...
08-05-2021 22:26
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2020 Honda Monkey in Pear Glittering Blue (Photos by Mark Tuttle)
Happy birthday, pandemic! It?s been a long, strange year since the COVID-19 pande ...
08-05-2021 22:26
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The term genius is one that gets thrown around far too often and should be reserved for those who truly deserve the title. One such man is Indonesia†...
07-05-2021 21:56
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2021 will be the second year in a row motorcycles have failed to race round the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. And we all miss it. For many peopl ...
07-05-2021 22:26
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Just this morning I was sat on the porcelain throne, smartphone in hand waiting for the splashes and mindlessly scrolling through the endless reel ...
06-05-2021 22:27
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The man, the myth, the legend; he’s still got his full set of ears and an even fuller beard, so make way Mark ‘Chopper’ Read, it’s our very ow ...
05-05-2021 21:56
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I grew up riding two-stroke motorbikes. From little baby motocross bikes, to 125cc road race bikes. And I loved them. But back then, they were all ...
05-05-2021 22:24
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The 2021 Aprilia RSV4 and RSV4 Factory (above) were completely redesigned. (Photography by Larry Chen Photo)
Aprilia?s RSV4 is a bike that, like a ...
04-05-2021 22:33
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We?ve all picked the wrong queue at the fuel station and cursed ourselves for not being psychic. It?s a gamble, and like any form of gambling, som ...
04-05-2021 22:33
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For the 2021 Yamaha Tenere 700, National Cycle’s VStream Windscreen comes in three sizes (from left): VSport ($129.95, light tint), Sport/Touring ($ ...
04-05-2021 22:33
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Peter Jones with his 2006 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Bob-Job.
Our guest on Episode 11 of the Rider Magazine Insider podcast is Peter Jones, a veteran motojou ...
04-05-2021 22:33
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The riding season in Nova Scotia, Canada, is a pretty short one compared to other parts of the world. So when the weather is good, the good get going. ...
04-05-2021 22:00
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Summon a Moto Guzzi into your mind and you tend to think of a large motorcycle with even bigger cylinders hanging out the side and something that’s ...
03-05-2021 21:58
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Jerez looked as though it was, once again, going to be the Fabio show; the Frenchman with the Italian sounding name built a commanding lead and pr ...
03-05-2021 22:28
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It might have won six out of the last six World Superbike Championships, with Johnny Rea onboard, but the Kawasaki ZX-10R (or RR) hasn?t been flav ...
02-05-2021 22:40
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