First Rides

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/05/15/2014-honda-ctx700-ctx700n-first-ride-review-photos-specs/" target="_top">2014 Honda CTX700/CTX700N - First Ride</a></strong> - Honda is taking the bull by the horns and doing all it can to ensure motorcycling’s future. Over t

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/05/09/2013-honda-cbr600rr-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">2013 Honda CBR600RR - First Ride</a></strong> - Back in 2006, when Honda was selling roughly 20,000 CBR600RRs in the U.S. each year, fast-paced deve

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/04/26/2013-bmw-f800gt-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">2013 BMW F800GT - First Ride</a></strong> - It’s all in the initials. With the F800ST that BMW has been producing since 2007, the “ST” sta

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/04/25/2014-triumph-tiger-explorer-xc-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">2014 Triumph Explorer XC - First Ride</a></strong> - It’s all about the whiskey and the wool here in the Scottish Highlands...and of course, the wide-o

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/04/12/2014-yamaha-star-bolt-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">2014 Yamaha Star Bolt - First Ride</a></strong> - If bikes were dance partners, I’d want the Star Bolt to be mine. This, I’m thinking as I

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/04/01/2013-harley-davidson-fxsb-breakout-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">2013 Harley-Davidson FXSB Breakout - First Ride</a></strong> - Halfway through dinner at a swanky oceanfront hotel in Daytona Beach, Mark Strong, tech lead for the

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/03/29/2013-moto-guzzi-california-1400-custom-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">2013 Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom - First Ride</a></strong> - Long before the glamorous center-stage unveiling of the California 1400 at last year’s Milan show,

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/03/22/ducati-1199-panigale-r-first-ride-review-photos/" target="_top">Ducati 1199 Panigale R - First Ride</a></strong> - Austin, Texas—What a combination: Ducati’s 1199 Panigale R, the ultimate iteration of the Italia

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/03/20/2014-aprilia-caponord-1200-first-ride/" target="_top">2014 Aprilia Caponord 1200 - First Ride</a></strong> - Sardinia, Italy—When I first saw the Caponord at the EICMA show, I quickly dismissed it as a smart

<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/03/13/2013-mv-agusta-brutale-800-first-ride-review/" target="_top">2013 MV Agusta Brutale 800 - First Ride</a></strong> - As the old saying goes, if you want to extract all of the potential from an engine, stroke it! Well,

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Latest First Rides

2014 Honda CTX700/CTX700N – First Ride Big Red’s New-Think standard.

Honda is taking the bull by the horns and doing all it can to ensure motorcycling’s future. Over the past three years, Big Red has developed multiple points of entry into motorcycling. The first wave started with the CBR250R, which was followed by the NC700X and a three-bike, 500cc lineup [...]

2013 Honda CBR600RR – First Ride Evolution of one of the best, makes the CBR even better.

Back in 2006, when Honda was selling roughly 20,000 CBR600RRs in the U.S. each year, fast-paced development and short motorcycle life cycles were necessary to keep consumer interest and provide a good platform for Supersport racing. Now, in a market in which CBR250Rs outsell big brother significantly, careful evolution is [...]

2013 BMW F800GT – First Ride The name’s almost the same but this middleweight sport-tourer is much better.

It’s all in the initials. With the F800ST that BMW has been producing since 2007, the “ST” stands for “sport-touring.” But for 2013, the company rethought and redesigned the ST to provide a little less of the “S” and more of the “T,” then renamed it “GT” for “grand touring.” [...]

2014 Triumph Explorer XC – First Ride Hightailing it around the Scottish Highlands on the Brit’s newest adventure bike.

It’s all about the whiskey and the wool here in the Scottish Highlands…and of course, the wide-open spaces that nurture the requisite barley and sheep. Those same rolling hills and lush glens are also brilliant for adventuring. Just ask James Bond. And Triumph Motorcycle’s product manager, Simon Warburton, who’s invited [...]