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2016 Honda CBR650F - Ride Review
Touring Sport: Scotland on a Honda CBR650FSummer in Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is more a state of mind than meteorological phenomenon. It can be 50F and raining...
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Doing an Iron Butt ride was utterly pointless
Back in June I took part in my first-ever Iron Butt ride.Ostensibly, I took part in the ride to help raise money for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, a charity initiative that helps the UK’s...
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The race that won't stop killing
Five* racers were killed in 2016’s Isle of Man TT races. That’s a few more than average, but nothing anyone's getting uptight about; ferry bookings to attend next year’s event have already sold...
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Help Me Understand, America
Last summer I spent a month driving across the United States, exploring 10 states –– Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas –– in the iconic...
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2017 Harley-Davidson Road Glide – Ride Review
Sitting on the new Harley-Davidson Road Glide atop Hurricane Ridge last September, in the northern part of Washington’s Olympic National Park, the ridge was living up to its name.I was amid a small but...
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Review: 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Glide
Man, what a difference a year makes.You may remember I spent a day with the 2016 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special in early spring, and the tl;dr version of that review is that I was not a huge fan...
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Review: 2017 Harley-Davidson CVO Limited
Back in autumn Harley-Davidson chose Washington state as the backdrop for the unveiling of its overhauled touring line-up (Read my reviews of the Road Glide and the Street Glide), but the company had...
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Review: 2016 Triumph Street Triple
NOTE: This is a review of the previous-generation (675cc) Street Triple. I will be test riding the new generation at some point this spring.Before recently throwing a leg over the 2016 Triumph Street...
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Review: 2017 Kawasaki GTR1400 (aka Concours 14)
The market for sport-touring motorcycles seems to have cooled in recent years. Unless you count KTM’s 1290 Super Duke GT, we’ve not seen a truly new sport tourer in quite some time. Stalwart machines...
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Review: 2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber
There will be a certain segment of hardcore traditionalists who will hate the new Triumph Bonneville Bobber. To them, it’s a styling exercise – hipster bait – and not a TRUE bobber because, you know,...
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Review: 2017 Triumph Tiger Sport
When my wife was a young girl she collected motorcycle stickers – keeping them in a book, or sometimes displaying them on her bedroom wall.“My favorites were the Triumphs,” she once told me. “That’s...
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Gear Review: MotoBailey ElBulli Boots
Product: MotoBailey ElBulli bootsPrice: $220Made in: ChinaWebsite: MotoBailey.comBlake Bailey, the eponymous founder of MotoBailey Shoe Co., was born and raised in Houston – a part of the world very...
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Ride Review: 2017 Triumph Street Cup
The Triumph Street Cup was introduced at EICMA late last year to relatively subdued fanfare. Yes, there was loud music and girls in tight outfits and British racing legend Carl Fogarty, but considering...
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How do you solve a problem like Suzuki?
Six months ago this week I handed over the keys to my 2015 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 Adventure, a bike that had been a workhorse for me over the past two years, trading it in for a moto I think will suit my...
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Ride Review: 2017 Indian Roadmaster
Back in February I was in Southern California to attend a super-duper top-secret Indian Motorcycle press event for the Indian Chieftain Limited and Indian Chieftain Elite – two very cool motorcycles...
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Ride Review: 2017 Harley-Davidson Street Rod
You may remember that when Harley-Davidson's Street 750 first came out, one of the biggest criticisms people had of the bike was that it didn't live up to the Harley standard in terms of fit and...
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Ride Review: 2017 Indian Chieftain Limited and Indian Chieftain Elite
OK, let’s address the elephant in the room: the new Indian Chieftain Limited and Chieftain Elite are not really new motorcycles. They are motorcycles based on an existing model that has been...
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What it's Like to Crash a Motorcycle
“Damn it. John Burns thinks I’m a dick.”That was one of the predominant thoughts going through my head as I slid down a Florida highway at 60 mph back in March.It’s weird how the mind works. Time slows...
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Gear Review: 55 Collection Hard Jacket
Product: 55 Collection Hard JacketMade in: BarcelonaCost:€480 (US $510)Website:www.55collection.comIt’s likely you’ve never heard of 55 Collection; the Barcelona-based leather goods company is...
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Gear Review: Pando Moto Boss 105 INDIGO Jeans
These high-quality jeans saved my skin in a crash last year“What are those? Aerostich?”That’s the question a number of my fellow moto-journalists asked when examining the jeans I had been riding when I...
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Ask Chris: Am I Ready for a Long-Distance Ride?
A while back, the following email hit the RideApart inbox: "I live in India and am planning a ride on my Royal Enfield Classic 350 from Delhi to Kerala. The distance between the two is about 2,500...
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2017 Triumph Bonneville T100 – Ride Review
Photos by Megan Harris"I've had a look at this motorcycle of yours whilst you were having your supper," my wife's grandmother says upon my return from the pub.Grandma, as she allows me to call her, is...
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HJC RPHA 11 Pro Helmet – Gear Review
I’ll admit that when it comes to certain safety gear – like helmets – I’d kind of prefer to never have to find out whether it actually works. Because finding out if it works generally means crashing....
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15 Things You Will Learn From Riding a Motorcycle
Summer is still many painful months away in the Northern Hemisphere, but it won't be long before two-wheeled folk are coming out in droves. Many of those hitting the roads in a few months will be...
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Five Safest Helmets for Under $200
One of the more frustrating aspects of riding can be finding good gear. Or, well, that’s not totally true: good gear is relatively easy to find, but affording it is a different issue entirely.I make no...
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