Category: Performance

2027 Kawasaki KLE650 Kawasaki is continuing to expand its lineup in the middleweight adventure-touring segment by pressing its 649 cc parallel-twin engine from the Ninja 650 and Versys 650 into all-roads duty in a new KLE650. Just two years after it teased the KLE500 at the EICMA show in Italy and one year after the […]

Stark VARG EX Ready for an 80-horsepower, 265-pound dual-sport? “Greg, you just gotta promise me you won’t operate the bike fully submerged, like Ryan F9 did,” said the Stark Future representative arranging the loan of the new EX. “You do live right next to the Potomac, after all.” “Bud, you know that is not my […]

BMW announces F 450 GS pricing, excludes F 450 R from U.S. market

November 2024 may be 23 months in the rearview.  The average price of unleaded gas was just over $3 per gallon. Rafael Nadal hung up his tennis racket for good. The Biden administration was still in the Oval Office. That’s how long it’s been since BMW first unveiled the F 450 GS.  The concept broke […]

Ride to Work Day 2026: Five reasons to leave the car at home

Fuel savings I’ll state the obvious. Gas is on the rise. It isn’t showing signs of falling anytime soon, either. Luckily, fuel economy is one major advantage of riding a motorcycle. There are exceptions, of course. Flagship superbikes, big-bore cruisers, and anything V-four-powered probably aren’t returning favorable mpg figures. Those who drive a hybrid vehicle, PHEV, […]

Honda confirms the CB1000F for the U.S. market

Honda has confirmed that its retro CB1000F, with a paint job that’s faithful to the look of the CB750F Freddie Spencer rode in the early days of U.S. Superbike racing, is now arriving at U.S. dealerships. The CB1000F concept was on display last year at the Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race in nearly street-legal form, raising […]