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Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom - action #2

Exclusive Test! Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom Italy’s oldest continuously operating motorcycle manufacturer releases an all-new version of its most popular bike, the Moto Guzzi California.

She was straight out of “The Golden Girls,” all white curls and peach polyester, and as she hurried toward me in the grocery store parking lot I braced for some geriatric comment. Instead, I got this: “Well, that’s not a Harley,” as she circled the Moto Guzzi California 1400 Custom [...]

Honda NC700X - action #1

Honda NC700X – Road Test That’s right, 73 mpg and room for junk in the trunk.

Welcome to the brave new world. “New” because the motorcycle you see here, Honda’s innovative NC700X, is a distinct, almost 180-degree change in direction from where motorcycles have been heading for many years. And “brave” because Honda has rolled the dice with this all-new-from-the-ground-up machine, gambling that there are legions [...]

2012 Harley-Davidson FLS Softail Slim in-action

2012 Harley-Davidson FLS Softail Slim – Road Test The Motor Company pares down the Softail.

Some words only appear in print; you seldom hear people speak them. “Brandish” is one. Nobody ever says, “Is that a banana you’re brandishing?” or, “Don’t brandish that thing at me!” Another one is “harken.” I’ve only heard the word a couple of times, once at a Renaissance Fair and [...]

2012 Zero S - Road Test

2012 Zero S – Road Test Amping up battery capacity gives the Zero a fresh charge.

The technological path from the Wrights’ powered flight in 1903 to Neil Armstrong hopping off the ladder onto the powdery surface of the moon in 1969 was anything but easy. It would take to the end of the Wright decade before powered flight was beyond purely experimental and World War [...]