Motorcycle Reviews

Motorcyclist’s First Rides section showcases our staff riding the latest motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia and more in order to give you their professional impressions. Find motorcycle reviews and sport bike tests including comparisons and much more.

First Rides

	Buell Ulysses XB12XT - First Ride Finally, A Long-Distance Adventure-Tourer For Short People more

	2008 Yamaha WR250X/R - Pocket Rockets Will that be Supermoto Lite or Demi Dual-Sport? more

	2008 Moto Guzzi Stelvio - Reborn Identity Moto Guzzi Stelvio more

	BMW F800GS - Willkommen To The Jungle Finally, and F-spec GS worthy of the name. more

	2008 KTM 1190 RC8 - Clockwork Orange An Austrian alternative To The Traditional Italian Super-Twin more

	First Ride: 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R - A First Ride To Remember Ninja 250R receives a massive '08 makeover. more

	KTM 690 Duke, SMC & Enduro - One Motor, Three Very Different Motorcycles - First Ride Three compelling reasons to stay single. more

	First Ride: 2008 Suzuki GSX-R600 - Supersport Stalker More Midrange Power And S-Dms Adjustability Whip The GSX-R600 Into Shape. more

	2008 Honda CRF230L - First Ride Big Red's Little Wonder more

	2008 Overland Motorcycles Terra Mostro 695 - First Ride A New-Generation Ducati Scrambler, Made The American Way more

	First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple Triumph's factory streetfighter still hits hard more

	2008 Suzuki RM-Z450 - Fuelie Flyer - First Ride The 2008 Suzuki RM-Z450 is the first mass-produced, fuel-injected motocrosser. more

	Moto Guzzi California Vintage - First Ride La Leggenda Ritorna more

	2008 BMW HP2 Sport - First Ride DOHC, Radial Valves And 133 Horsepower Make This The Sportiest Boxer Ever more

	2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R - First Ride - Enter The Warrior Packing Almost 180 Horsepower, This Is The Fiercest Ninja Yet. more

	Ducati 848 - Ten Nine Eight In Miniature - First Ride Lighter Makes Righter For This 370-Pound, 134-Horsepower Middleweight more

	Honda VTX1300T - First Ride The T Stands For Touring Have Bags, Will Travel more

	Kawasaki KLX140L Fills The Gap - First Ride Not-So-Mean Green more

	2008 Yamaha YZF-R6 - First Ride Fly-By-Wire Throttle,Variable-Length Intake Tracts And Other Electronic Trickery Make The '08 R6 The Most Potent Yet. more

	Star Motorcycles - Raider - First Ride Read our review on the Raider. more

	Ducati Desmosedici Rr - First Ride The First-Ever Street-Legal Motogp Replica Is Absurdly Expensive-And Worth Every Red Cent more

	2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 - First Ride This Is Why It's Called Sport-Touring. more

	First Ride: 2008 MV Agusta F4 R 312 We ride the exotic 2008 MV Agusta F4 R 312. more

	Gilera Fuoco - Sex On Three Wheels - First Ride Be careful what you wish for, because it just might come true. I was thinking this as I pulled away on the Gilera Fuoco in a light rain,... more

	Kawasaki Z1000 - Naked Performance - First Ride As niche markets go, the "performance naked class" as Kawasaki calls it (and claims to have started back in 2003 with the original Z1000,... more

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Motorcycle Reviews by Make

• Aprilia	• Honda	• Suzuki
• Bimota	• Kawasaki	• Triumph
• BMW	• KTM	• Victory
• Buell	• Moto Guzzi	• Vyrus
• Ducati	• MV Agusta	• Yamaha
• Harley-Davidson

Motorcycle Reviews by Year

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• 2007	• 2004	• 2001
• 2006	• 2003

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