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Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom and Ducati Diavel Dark - static #2

Italian V-Twin Cruiser Comparison Test Ducati Diavel Dark vs. Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom.

All roads lead to Rome, or so the saying goes. Once literal (all roads in the ancient Empire actually did lead to Rome), the expression in popular culture reminds us that different paths can lead to a common goal. Just like the new Ducati Diavel Dark and Moto Guzzi California [...]

Freddie Spencer leads the charge at Chuckwalla

Superbikes With Soul: Classic vs. Modern Superbike Comparison Test Fast Freddie Spencer tests the greatest superbikes old and new.

As Freddie Spencer climbed to the top step of the 1982 Daytona Superbike podium, he knew he was done racing Superbikes. His first year in Grand Prix loomed before him, and he had already tasted Formula 1 perfection aboard the Honda FWS1000. 
He knew what a good racebike should feel [...]

Mid-Size Baggers Comparison Test - in-action

Mid-Size Baggers Comparison Test Honda Interstate vs. Star V Star 1300 Tourer vs. Suzuki Boulevard C90T B.O.S.S.

Southern California has its problems, but lack of good places to go for a ride isn’t one of them, even in February. We shoved off from CW HQ in Irvine under warm, partly cloudy skies and rode a couple of hours southeast to Lake Henshaw, elevation 2656 feet, where the [...]

H-D CVO Road Glide Custom vs. Honda Gold Wing F6B - action shot #2

Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide vs. Honda Gold Wing F6B Deluxe – Comparison Test King of Bling meets the Clipped Wing.

  “What the heck is it?” That’s what most people ask when first laying eyes on the F6B, a Gold Wing whose big touring trunk and full-size windshield have gone AWOL. Without those key items, the F6B couldn’t possibly be the same dominant over-the-road touring rig as always. Could it? [...]