Streetbikes: The ins and outs of class warfare.

The State of the Superbike The ins and outs of class warfare.

August 3, 2012 By Marc Cook Leave a Comment

We have two upsets for the price of one this month. Aprilia vanquishes the bleeding-edge Ducati for top honors among the Exotics while the apparent overdog Workhorse, the BMW S1000RR, returns to Munich to lick its wounds inflicted by, of all things, a Honda! A Honda without traction control or an unabashedly in-your-eardrums engine note [...]

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Filed Under: Features, Sportbike Tagged With: 1190RS, 1199 Panigale S, Aprilia, BMW, CBR1000RR, Ducati, EBR, Erik Buell, Erik Buell Racing, F4 RR, GSX-R1000, Honda, Kawasaki, Miller Motorsports Park, MV Agusta, Panigale, RSV4 Factory APRC, S1000RR, Sportbike, Streetbikes, Superbikes 2012, Suzuki, Yamaha, YZF-R1, ZX-10R

A Shout Out to the Shootout How did we wind up on this crazy starting grid, anyway?

August 1, 2012 By John Burns Leave a Comment

A Shout Out to the Shootout - Superbikes 2012

October, 1972: The first time the word “superbike” appears in the modern era is in editor Ivan J. Wagar’s first-ride report on the new Kawasaki Z1. With all that power, the conjecture was that the 903cc beast’s drive chain (even with an oiler dribbling lube) wouldn’t last more than about 3500 miles: “But chains and [...]

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Filed Under: Features, Sportbike Tagged With: BMW, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Sportbike, Streetbikes, Superbike, Superbikes 2012, Suzuki, Yamaha

A Ten Best Cruiser From the Past

July 13, 2010 By Don Canet 6 Comments

It’s my turn this month to submit a “25 Years Ago” installment for Roundup in the print issue we are currently working on. It so happens that October, 1985, was a Ten Best Bikes issue. While the category names have evolved over the years, Best Cruiser has endured and was in place a quarter-century ago. [...]

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Filed Under: Chase Truck Tagged With: Streetbikes, Ten Best, Triumph motorcycles