Motorcycle Road Tests & Comparisons

Motorcyclist’s Road Tests section showcases our staff taking it to the streets to compare and ride the latest motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia and more. Find motorcycle comparisons and sport bike road tests including comparison test results and much more.

Motorcycle Road Tests

	Sumo Supermoto - Motorcyclist Comparo Large, Powerful And Not Exactly What They Seem more

	2008 Ducati 1098R - MC Test Redefining Superbike more

	Mc Test - 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 - Big Bang Theory Good Pavement, Bad Pavement Or No Pavement At All, Kawasaki's 2008 Klr650 Is The Cheap Adventure Champion Of The World. more

	MC Comparison: 2007 Ducati Multistrada 1100 vs. 2007 Triumph Tiger 1050 2007 Ducati Multistrada 1100 Vs. 2007 Triumph Tiger 1050 In A Battle Of Upsized, Road-Biased Adventure-Tourers. more

	2007 Harley-Davidson FXDSE Screamin' Eagle Dyna - Exclusive Road Test: Big Inch Is Milwaukee's Biggest Twin too much ... or just enough? more

	Road Test: 2007 Ducati Monster S4Rs Ducati's meanest Monster. more

	Road Test: 2006 KTM 950 Supermoto Charlize Angel: Full Throttle more

	First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FJR 1300AE New computer-controlled clutch for 2006 more

	2007 Ducati Monster S4Rs - Exclusive Road Test Merriam-Webster's definition fits Ducati's Monster as well as any and better than most. But you won't find a Monster more worthy of that... more

	2006 Ducati Monster S2R 1000 - Monster For The Masses - Road Test According to Miguel Galluzzi, the Argentinean designer who dreamed up this whole Monster thing in the first place, "all you need is a... more

	L.A. to Laguna Road Test & Review of the BMW R1200RT, Triumph Sprint ST, Honda Gold Wing motorcycles as they journey from L.A. to the Monterey Laguna Seca... more

	Smart Money: 2001-2004 Honda Gold Wing Road Test & Review of the 2001-2004 Honda Gold Wing motorcycle more

	Naked Bikes Rule! In the beginning, all bikes were naked, just like Adam and Eve. And it was good.And lo, the naked bike begat the touring bike, the cruiser... more

	Smart Money: 1990 Honda RC30 Not so much a race-replica as a TT-F1 racer you could hang a license plate on, Honda's RC30 had come and gone before most of us realized... more

	Boost Brothers Moments later I have to slow for traffic, and my chance to feel the Triumph bashing up against its rev limiter in top gear--as it was about... more

	Weird Science Say you're the head of design for a motorcycle company with what seems like a pretty simple assignment: Build a midsized, go-anywhere,... more

	BMW K1200R "So what's it like? "It's fast!" more

	2005 Triumph Speed Triple It's late afternoon and still cold under the low winter sun. There are quite a few cars on the N8 as it snakes from the old home of the Bol... more

	Harley-Davidson Road King Custom With an inviting ribbon of two-lane unfurling ahead and 88 cubic inches of Milwaukee's finest down below, life has a way of decelerating to... more

	Ragjun Cajun 130-plus horsepower, exotic materials and high-end build quality make Confederate's F124 Hellcat the Bimota of the bayous more

	How About Those Buell CityX/Kawasaki Z750S Performance Numbers? When we were putting our July 2005 issue together, the performance stats for the Buell Lightning XB9SX CityX versus Kawasaki Z750S... more

	Two-Wheeled Range Rover: 2006 Triumph Tiger 955i Nothing succeeds like success. Even 13 years after making its showroom debut as a three-cylinder tarmac trailie which over the years has... more

	RC51 vs. 999R more

	The Mild Ones more

	Rocket III Vs. 2005 Yamaha V-Max As Triumph started leaking hints and concept photos of the outrageous new Rocket III a certain feeling of deja vu settled over the hallowed... more

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Motorcycle Road Tests by Make

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

Motorcycle Road Tests by Year

• 2007	• 2004	• 2002
• 2006	• 2003	• 1990
• 2005

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