X132 Hellcat: The Wild One.

Confederate X132 Hellcat The Wild One.

June 18, 2012 By Thomas Kinzer 1 Comment

It’s probably difficult to mass-produce a motorcycle with true character these days, mostly because “character” can often be construed as a lack of refinement. Yes, we have amazing performance and an approachability that gives most modern bikes their mass appeal, but an unfortunate side effect can be motorcycles that don’t speak to us. While I [...]

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Ten Bikes with Soul and Character Ten ways to keep it soulful (and sometimes a little strange) while having a good time on two wheels.

June 18, 2012 By Cycle World Leave a Comment

For decades, the implacable march of technology and improved performance has driven motorcycles to incredible heights. Even our dyno and GPS-based timing equipment are so shocked by what they’re recording that they’ve started putting exclamation points after some of the horsepower and quarter-mile numbers. But as awesome as all this performance, economy, reliability, comfort and [...]

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