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Moto Morini X-Cape 650 Road Test Review: A Likeable First Big ADV?

November 28, 2022 admin

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In the pecking order of illustrious Italian brands, Moto Morini won’t find itself quite near the top. The brand doesn’t have quite the racing lineage of Ducati, Aprilia, or even MV Agusta. It is a rather quaint little company, also from Bologna, and given how time has passed, finds itself under Chinese ownership. However, much like everything Italian, the X-Cape 650 left a neat impression on us after a short spin.

We were eager to spend some more time with the bike as we wanted to figure out just how good

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2022 Subaru BRZ vs. Toyota GR86 Comparison Test Review: Twinning

November 27, 2022 admin

There is something slightly absurd about trying to choose between the 2022 Subaru BRZ and 2022 Toyota GR86 sports cars. After all, these coupes are virtually the same, sharing engines, transmissions, structures, and more. And with affordable rear-wheel-drive sports cars not exactly spilling forth from today’s automakers, placing either of these in “last place” feels like a disservice to the noble cause of ensuring such vehicles remain available. The answer to the question of whether to buy a BRZ or a GR86 should be: yes.

The more nuanced answer comes with another question: What do you plan on using your

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Big-Bore Adventure Motorcycle Comparison Test

May 20, 2022 admin

Cycle News Staff | May 13, 2022

There’s never been a better time to buy a big-bore adventure motorcycle, so we got the big four together to see which dog comes out on top.

Cycle News Comparison Test Big-Bore Adventure Motorcycle

Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special vs. BMW R 1250 GS Adventure vs. KTM 1290 Super Adventure R vs. Ducati Multistrada V4 S

By Rennie Scaysbrook, Jesse Ziegler, Sean Finley and Carl Christofferson

Photography by Kit Palmer

We’ve come a long way, haven’t we? Adventure motorcycles, at least in the top-tier big-bore (1200cc-plus) category, can now lay legitimate claim to being the most technologically advanced motorcycles on

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Honda GL1800 Gold Wing (2021) Road Test and Touring Review

October 28, 2021 admin

SINCE the early 1980s, the Honda Gold Wing has been the last name in two-wheeled luxury and refinement. After an evolution period of more than 30-years, in 2021 the latest, greatest of the family landed. The GL1800 Gold Wing Tour DCT.

The pinnacle of the Gold Wing range features literally every conceivable bell and whistles you could imagine on a long-distance touring motorcycle, including a riders airbag stashed where the fuel filler cap should be.

To say the top-spec Gold Wing is well equipped is like saying that Stephen Hawking was ‘fairly smart’. Although all that spec and kit does

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2021 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT Review | Motorcycle Test

October 19, 2021 admin

2021 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT Review

By Rennie Scaysbrook – Photography by Joseph Agustin

The Yamaha Tracer has only been around since 2015 and already it’s gone through two name changes. First, we had the FJ-09, which then morphed into the Tracer 900 GT in 2019, which has now morphed into the Tracer 9 GT for 2021. If Yamaha’s aim was to confuse its punters, they’re doing a good job of it.

The motorcycle itself has changed with each new namesake. Always closely linked to the technical advancements of the MT-09 nakedbike, the 2021

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2022 BMW R 18 Transcontinental + R 18 B Test: New Touring Motorcycles

September 16, 2021 admin

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Sauerkraut, bratwurst, red cabbage, Bavarian beer, German engineering. If it is German, I like it. My mother came to America in her 20s from Bavaria, met my father, and the rest was history. For my entire life, I was fed a steady diet of everything German. I grew up in love with German cars and later motorcycles.

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My current long-distance touring motorcycle is a BMW R 1250 GS. It is my second wasserboxer-driven bike, so I know the engine configuration well. I appreciate most that German manufacturers develop a product,

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2021 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Revival Test: Touring the Deserts

August 29, 2021 admin

The name Electra Glide is iconic. “Bright One” in Greek, the Electra name has magic, even if the legend it’s based on is a tragic one. Add in Glide, and you have the images of effortless travel down the highway with the wind in your face. Harley-Davidson Electra Glide rolls nicely off the tongue and inspires travel fantasies.

When I first saw the 2021 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Revival, I was simply stunned. The styling of the new Revival grabbed my attention as securely as any motorcycle on the market. While I admire the look of the 1969 Electra Glide—the first

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