BMW Concept Ninety Roland Sands reinterprets a 40-year-old version to celebrate 90 years of BMWs.
BMW Motorrad turns 90 this year; the R 90 S turns 40. As a tribute to both, BMW, in cooperation with… [more]
Electric Cannonball Run Moto-Electra will challenge coast-to-coast record on electric motorcycle.
Beginning June 3, electric-motorcycle pioneers Moto-Electra and a team of James Madison University engineering… [more]
2013 Honda CB500F and CBR500R – First Ride Affordable, fuel-efficient fun in practical and racy flavors.
Honda, in case you hadn’t noticed, is in the midst of a massive product offensive. Over the last two… [more]
High Plains Driftin’ Video Ducati Diavel. Dry lake bed. Steel shoe. Action!
Sometimes you just need to push the boundaries. Like Ducati did with its power cruiser, the Diavel. So… [more]
Corsa Motoclassica/AHRMA 2013 Classic motorcycles and SoCal’s oldest road course—Willow Springs—were meant for each other.
How could I not go to the 18th annual Corsa Motoclassica/AHRMA race at Willow Springs? The track where… [more]
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… [more]
2014 Honda Grom 125 – First Look Honda makes it official and releases renamed MSX125 in the U.S.
As expected, American Honda announced that the Taiwan-built, fuel-injected, 125cc Grom will be for sale… [more]
Borile B450 Scrambler – First Look Ducati may not build a 450 Scrambler anymore. But Umberto Borile does.
Umberto Borile, who gave life to this B450 Scrambler, exemplifies the passionate and creative Italian,… [more]
2014 Honda MSX125 – First Look You meet the nicest kids … in rush-hour traffic?
Rolling burnouts in a parking garage? Dirt-track slides through construction zones? Wheelies that would… [more]
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Suzuki Bandit 1200S – Best Used Bikes Best Standard, 1997 Ten Best Awards.
Years sold: 1996-2006 MSRP new: $7099 Blue Book retail value: $2800 Basic specs: An 1157cc inline-Four that made 101.7 hp at 8500 rpm, 69.5 ft.-lb. of torque at 6250 and weighed 490 pounds dry. It shot through the quarter-mile in 11.15 seconds at 120.24 mph and registered a measured top speed of 144 mph. Why [...]
Aermacchi’s Glorious Attempt
How about another footnote to history? This one concerns a machine called “Linto,” a 500cc Twin that was created by engineer Lino Tonti in 1967-68. It consisted of two 250cc top ends from the Aermacchi horizontal single-pushrod DS racer, combined as a parallel-Twin on a newly designed common crankcase. A jackshaft took power from the [...]
2011 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 – First Ride Kawasaki clothes the naked Z1000, comforts the afflicted with an all-new Ninja 1000.
The road up Mt. Tamalpais is paved with good intentions but covered in a thick coniferous carpet of dropped foliage from the huge redwood and Douglas firs that canopy it. Hmmm, is this any place for a 50-year-old motojournalist on a 503-pound 136-hp Kawasaki? At first it seems like a terrible idea, but after slithering [...]
Indianapolis and Tomorrow – Racing What does the future hold for MotoGP?
Photography by Tim White, Andrew Wheeler, Andrea Wilson [Dani Pedrosa made the most of his Repsol Honda’s class-leading top end—194.5 mph—to win the third running of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP. Photo by Tim White ] Jorge Lorenzo was expected to continue his dominance at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, having won seven of the 10 MotoGP [...]
2011 Honda CBR250R – First Look Honda launches entry-level single-cylinder sportbike.
» 2011 CBR250R Promotional Video Honda is expected to introduce two new streetbikes for 2011. One of those machines, the entry-level CBR250R sportbike, was announced today. The other model will be unveiled at EICMA in Milan, Italy, next week. A true global model, the single-cylinder CBR250R will be sold in Japan, Europe, North America, India and [...]
Cycle World Special Features
BMW Concept Ninety Roland Sands reinterprets a 40-year-old version to celebrate 90 years of BMWs.
BMW Motorrad turns 90 this year; the R 90 S turns 40. As a tribute to both, BMW, in cooperation with Roland Sands Design, presents the Concept Ninety, sprung at the very swank Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013. “This cooperative venture elevates both Roland Sands Design and BMW Motorrad Design to a new level,” says [...]
Electric Cannonball Run Moto-Electra will challenge coast-to-coast record on electric motorcycle.
Beginning June 3, electric-motorcycle pioneers Moto-Electra and a team of James Madison University engineering students will make an attempt on the U.S. coast-to-coast record for electric vehicles. Their machine, built on a traditional Norton “featherbed” chassis with sleek replica John Player Norton streamlining, will be ridden by ex-racer Thad Wolff. The present record stands at [...]
High Plains Driftin’ Video Ducati Diavel. Dry lake bed. Steel shoe. Action!
Sometimes you just need to push the boundaries. Like Ducati did with its power cruiser, the Diavel. So we took a Diavel Cromo the desert, and in the best spaghetti Western tradition, let the horse run free. We hope you like the ride. More Ducati Diavel Content: » 2013 Ducati Diavel Buyer’s Guide » [...]
We Have A Winner! One of our subscribers has won the Cycle World/Ride for Kids Honda CBR1000RR.
John Bretz—a Cycle World subscriber from Rockford, Indiana, who owns a couple of “slow and comfortable” Harleys—decided to buy five raffle tickets online after reading about the CW/Ride for Kids custom Honda in the pages of our magazine. Turned out to be the best $20 he ever spent, as this owner of a small farm [...]
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2013 Honda CB500F and CBR500R – First Ride Affordable, fuel-efficient fun in practical and racy flavors.
Honda, in case you hadn’t noticed, is in the midst of a … [Read More...]
Borile B450 Scrambler – First Look Ducati may not build a 450 Scrambler anymore. But Umberto Borile does.
Umberto Borile, who gave life to this B450 Scrambler, … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
2013 Harley-Davidson Sportster Iron 883 Special Edition S – First Look Sorry, this cool, American-made V-Twin is only available in Italy.
The Italian motorcycle market has grown 50 percent leaner … [Read More...]
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Technically Speaking: Yamaha YZR-M1 Yamaha reveals more about Valentino Rossi's MotoGP-winner.
Design never sits still, especially in racing. Every year at Valencia—the final event of the MotoGP season—Yamaha presents a review of current technical developments. It’s normal to seek more power and a better powerband, and to apply that power more usably through electronic controls. This past year, there was an added complication: a new rule [...]
2008-2009 IBOTY: AUTO-BY, Japan World journalists pick the International Bike of the Year 2008-2009.
1. Honda CBR 1000 RR Fireblade Very attractive, individual and unique styling. This bike responds so quickly to a rider’s will, just like water soaks through the sand. Riders feel as if they’ve just improved their supersport skills when they get on this CBR. That is why we nominate the CBR as No. 1. 2. [...]
Exclusive: The Demise of Buell Motorcycles Cycle World gets the inside story on the closure of America's sportbike maker and rides the Barracuda 2 superbike before it goes to the crusher!
It is safe to say everybody was shocked when the press release went out on October 15, 2009, announcing that Harley-Davidsonhad decided to close down Buell Motorcycles. But nobody looked more shocked than Erik Buell himself in the video address posted that same day on the Buell website. I got the release just after 6 [...]
On the Record: Colin Edwards Two-time World Superbike Champion Colin Edwards talks MotoGP.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway recently hosted a teleconference with American MotoGP stars Colin Edwards and Ben Spies, both of whom are riding this season for the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha team. Journalists were asked to participate in the call, which was a precursor to the third running of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP scheduled for August [...]
