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2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R - Feature

2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R – FeatureQuickest production-bike E.T. we’ve ever recorded! And 192 horsepower...

The Kawasaki ZX-14R has been one of the most anticipated motorcycles of the new model year, and it didn’t disappoint us once we got our hands on it. We first rolled our Golden Blaze Green testbike onto the Cycle World Dynojet dyno and it spun the drum to an impressive 192 rear-wheel [...]

On Any Sunday - 40th Anniversary

On Any Sunday – 40th AnniversaryBehind the scenes of Cycle World’s exclusive reunion of Bruce Brown, Mert Lawwill, and Malcolm Smith.

Photography by Brian Blades | Video by Jay McNally If you were riding motorcycles—or desperate to—when Richard Nixon was commander-in-chief, odds are you were one of the millions swept up in the cinematic wave of On Any Sunday that splashed into theaters that glorious summer of 1971. Not only was [...]

Dirty Desmo! RSD Desmosedici V4 Custom Dirt-Tracker (Photo by Chris Cantle)

Flying the RSD Dirty Duc, Coming in Hot…Behind the scenes of the print-exclusive story on the Roland Sands Designs Desmosedici Street Tracker.

Action Photography by Jeff Allen | Video and Studio Photography by Chris Cantle We do get to throw our leg over some pretty blue-groovy motorcycles here at Cycle World (the Gregg’s Customs R1 comes to mind), but even that seems a bit tame compared to the Ducati Desmosedici Street Tracker [...]

MC1, 2 and 3 - Print Exclusive Feature

MC1, 2 and 3 – Print Exclusive FeatureAll it took was 20 years and 20 grand.

Bonus content for the print exclusive feature “MC1, 2 and 3” in November’s issue. (November, 2011 pg. 42) A great custom-built two-stroke project that was 20 years in the making, the so-called MC3 started life as a YSR50 but evolved into using a Kawasaki KX100 frame and power–the rest is [...]

Pikes Peak Experience - Feature

Pikes Peak Experience – Feature12.4 miles, 156 corners and 14,110 feet: Multi or Chasm?

After reading about the new Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak Special Edition several months ago, I may have accidentally let slip on the phone with Ducati PR guy John Paolo Canton how much I used to enjoy racing supermoto against the brothers Gary Trachy and Greg Tracy (some family members spell [...]

North to Alaska - Feature

North to Alaska – Print Exclusive FeatureBMW F800GS vs. Triumph Tiger 800XC: Middleweight Adventure in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Bonus content for the print exclusive feature “North to Alaska”  in October’s “Road to Adventure” ADV issue.  (October, 2011 pg. 26)

2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 - Dyno Run Video

2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 – Dyno Run VideoRoad Test Editor Don Canet performance tests the 2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 on the Cycle World Dyno.

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2011 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP - Dyno Run Video

2011 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP – Dyno Run VideoRoad Test Editor Don Canet performance tests the 2011 Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP on the Cycle World Dyno.

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Kawasaki Mystery Bike - Video

Kawasaki Sportbike Mystery – VideoTeaser video of new Kawasaki sportbike.

Call us crazy, but after watching this Kawasaki teaser video we recently stumbled onto of a green flash blasting through the Tokyo streets, we honestly have no idea what Kawasaki is up to. If our ears are to be believed, we would have to say that the bike is a [...]

Big Mids - Comparison Test

Big Mids – Comparison TestDucati 848 EVO vs. Suzuki GSX-R750 vs. Triumph Daytona 675R.

A 749cc inline-Four, an 849cc 90-degree V-Twin and a 675cc inline-Triple: One wag described this comparison as the “apples and oranges shootout.” But the Ducati goes slightly downmarket for the Italian company with its $12,995 848 EVO in matte-black “dark stealth” trim, while running with the Triumph Daytona 675 and [...]