BMW Motorrad has announced the M Endurance chain, which does not need to be lubricated like conventional motorcycle chains. The M Endurance chain uses a tetrahedrally amorphous carbon coating on the rollers that reduces friction and negates the need...
If you?re anything like us, you probably spend the odd moment fantasizing about your ideal garage. But after seeing the latest project from the French workshop FCR Original, we think the problem has been solved: it?s a custom Bonneville T100 and a... -
A decade ago, the Californian outfit RYCA Motors cracked an almost impossible code: they figured out how to turn the Suzuki Savage into a good-looking cafe racer. Then they made a kit so garage builders could do the same, using just basic tools... -
BMW announced a new drive chain design that it claims requires as little maintenance as a shaft drive. The M Endurance chain will initially be offered in 525 pitch as an accessory or a factory option for the BMW S1000RR and S1000XR, before... -
At the risk of stating the obvious, some bikes are easier to customize than others. Pick a Triumph Bonneville or Harley Sportster, and you?ve got decades of knowledge to plunder on the forums. Choose a BMW R nineT and you?ll find lots of bits that... -
Switchable ABS, revised rear brake, and a shorter sidestand highlight the changes for the 2021 Himalayan.Â
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Royal Enfield, the global leader in the middleweight motorcycle segment, announced today the launch of the 2021... -
Royal Enfield North America has announced notable updates to the 2021 Himalayan. These updates include switchable ABS to help riders when riding off-road, a revised rear brake that is said to improve braking performance, a redesigned side-stand and... -
Rider Magazine, August 2020
Letter of the Month I enjoyed Tuttle’s July column, One Track Mind, ?Tool Addiction.? I had a rather heavy bunch of tools in a bag strapped to my Kawasaki KLR650 when I was doing that kind of riding, and I never... -
The Coronavirus pandemic has required all of us to change the way we do things. Musician Franky Perez channeled those lockdown blues into a new album ? and he’s touring this new album on a Ducati.Â
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When much of the country... -
Any project worth doing has a few challenges along the way. This tidy BMW R75/5 started out as a true basket case, and took almost five years to complete?but judging by the results, it was time well spent.
The builder, Josh Withers, agrees.... -
A design prototype for a new Triumph Trident has been unveiled by the British marque at the London Design Museum, our first peek at a forthcoming middleweight roadster model of the same name.Â
Triumph fans will immediately recognize... -
For a bike that was only on sale in the US for a couple of years, the Honda CB400F had a massive impact. In many ways, it was the first Japanese sportbike: it had six gears, fashionably low bars, a beautiful engine (with a stratospheric 10,000 rpm... -
That’s 2151 cubic centimeters to you and me, and maybe the biggest engine out there after the Triumph Rocket 3, no" That’s 14 ci bigger and/or 234 cc larger than the biggest M8 you can get in any production Hog. It?s good for 135 ft-lb of... -