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.

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	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

	Spyder BRP Built - Can-Am Spyder - First Ride This is not a trike, at least according to its creators. more

	First Ride: 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 "Man, I wish I had this bike last summer," I thought to myself as I rode through a driving rain, in the dark, on Moto Guzzi's new Norge... more

	2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R - First Ride Read about our first ride on the 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R. more

	2007 Yamaha R1 - First Ride Check out our first ride on the 2007 Yamaha R1! more

	First Ride: 2006 Fischer MRX The most important new American motorcycle in generations more

	2007 KTM 450 EXC, Honda Shadow Spirit 750 And Star Motorcycles V-Star 1300 - First Ride There was a time when you could buy a new motorcycle, ride it to an off-road race, remove the lights and go for it. That was long ago, when... more

	First Ride: 2007 Harley-Davidson Twin Cam 96 The Big Twin for the rest of us more

	First Ride: 2007 BMW R1200R Bavaria's latest boxer does Old School cool more

	First Ride: 2006 Triumph Rocket III Classic An American bagger in London more

	First Ride: 2007 MV Agusta F4 1000 R When it rains, it pours more

	First Ride: 2006 Ducati GT1000 The most functional SportClassic in Bologna's lineup more

	First Ride: 2006 Triumph Scrambler Tons of show. Not quite enough go more

	First Ride: 2007 Suzuki Burgman 400 Less Work, More Play more

	First Ride: 2006 Suzuki Boulevard M109R V-twin cruiser gets an injection of GSX-R tech more

	First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FZ1 Smaller, lighter and cooler than before. more

	First Ride: 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic V-twin value, refined and redefined more

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Motorcycle Reviews by Make

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

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