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<strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/04/ossa-tr280i-first-ride/" target="_top">OSSA TR280i - First Ride</a></strong> - In the wide, wild world of motorcycles, trials bikes usually don’t show up on the radar. Which is <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/01/2012-ktm-500-exc-first-ride/" target="_top">2012 KTM 500 EXC - First Ride</a></strong> - Let’s get to the point: KTM’s completely revised 2012 500 EXC is the best street-legal enduro ev <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/04/26/2012-triumph-tiger-explorer-first-ride/" target="_top">2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer - First Ride</a></strong> - Triumph had only one target for its new Tiger Explorer, explains product manager Simon Warburton: th <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/04/09/2012-honda-crf250r-first-ride/" target="_top">2012 Honda CRF250R - First Ride</a></strong> - Honda is on a roll this year with significant improvements to its CRF line. Revisions to the CRF250R <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/03/29/2013-bmw-c650gt-and-c600-sport-first-ride/" target="_top">2013 BMW C650GT and C600 Sport - First Ride</a></strong> - Urban planners project that in fewer than 20 years, 60 percent of the world’s population will live <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/03/19/2012-yamaha-wr450f-first-ride/" target="_top">2012 Yamaha WR450F - First Ride</a></strong> - Yamaha is taking a new approach with its 2012 WR450F. Gone is the focus on fast, open desert and cas <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/02/28/the-judge-first-ride/" target="_top">The Judge - First Ride</a></strong> - Photography by Jeff Allen It’s all relative, isn’t it? The last 16-inch-wheeled Victory w <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/02/23/2012-ducati-1199-panigale-s-first-ride/" target="_top">2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S - First Ride</a></strong> - Okay, so shoot me for using the “p” word when discussing something Italian, but Ducati really is <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/02/23/2012-harley-davidson-seventy-two-xl1200v-sportster-first-ride/" target="_top">2012 Harley-Davidson Seventy-Two XL1200V Sportster - First Ride</a></strong> - Photography by Jeff Allen As soon as Harley rolled out this pretty little redhead, I knew I h <strong><a href="http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/02/22/eric-bostrom-first-ride-mv-agusta-f3-675/" target="_top">Eric Bostrom - First Ride - MV Agusta F3 675</a></strong> - My journey back to Paul Ricard this past February for the press launch of the new MV Agusta F3 675 w

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OSSA TR280i - First Ride

OSSA TR280i – First RideYeah, it’s a trials bike, but it’s freakin’ cool

In the wide, wild world of motorcycles, trials bikes usually don’t show up on the radar. Which is too bad, because trialers often contain some of the latest technology before we see it on mainstream models. That’s exactly the case with the OSSA TR280i, a 272cc trials bike with, among [...]

2012 KTM 500 EXC in-action

2012 KTM 500 EXC – First RideEmperor of street-legal enduro bikes.

Let’s get to the point: KTM’s completely revised 2012 500 EXC is the best street-legal enduro ever. It simply has blown our minds. Just about everything on the big EXC is brand-new, right down to its name, and there’s not a single aspect of the bike that isn’t better than [...]

2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer - First Ride

2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer – First RideA British bike with a German accent.

Triumph had only one target for its new Tiger Explorer, explains product manager Simon Warburton: the BMW R1200GS. The big GS Boxer, the most successful motorcycle in the last two-and-a-half decades, sells so well it represents a very substantial chunk of BMW’s production and has been the machine that both [...]

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2012 Honda CRF250R – First RideLittle Red gets bigger power.

Honda is on a roll this year with significant improvements to its CRF line. Revisions to the CRF250R have endowed it with more power, better handling and improved traction, turning a perennial favorite into an even better motorcycle. In the 250cc four-stroke motocross category, more power is always welcome, but [...]

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