Like many shops, Purpose Built Moto does a lot to put food on the table. On top of their regular custom bike builds they also fabricate exhausts, do wiring work and produce bolt-on parts. But when the right client and budget come along, the...
2022 Kawasaki KLX230 SE in Firecracker Red
In mid-October Kawasaki unveiled the KLX230S, a more accessible version of its popular KLX230 dual-sport with reduced suspension travel and a lower seat height (32.7 inches, down from 35). Team Green... -
IOM TT racing comes with some inherent risks, and we all know what they are. Unfortunately, those ?inherent? risks are one of the things that make the event such a spectacle. In fact, it would be nearly impossible to mitigate those risks to... -
Offered in the U.S. for the first time, the up-spec 2022 Yamaha MT-10 SP receives the same updates as the MT-10 but also features Öhlins semi-active suspension, a color-matched lower fairing, and braided steel brake lines. It comes in... -
The MV Agusta Lucky Explorer Project 9.5 (above) is one of two adventure bike models, along with the Lucky Explorer Project 5.5, that MV Agusta unveiled at EICMA 2021.
The Cagiva Elefant put Italy?s Edi Orioli on the top step of the... -
Unveiled at EICMA 2021, the Royal Enfield SG650 Concept blends neo and retro design elements.
In recent years, Royal Enfield has deftly toed the line between modern and retro. The all-new Meteor 350 calls back to brand?s mid-century cruisers... -
Most customers approach a bike builder with a firm idea of what they want, armed with fat binders of photos and sketches acting as inspiration. But the most interesting builds come from people like the owner of this old Beemer?who wheeled it into... -
The landmark moto show EICMA has returned for 2021, and there?s a palpable if cautious sense of relief in the industry. New bikes are relatively thin on the ground in Milan this year, because the no-shows include the American marques, BMW and... -
What’s your idea of the perfect adventure motorcycle" For some, it’s a liter-plus globetrotter loaded with tech. For others, it?s a monkey bike that can also fly. But for Gareth Hadden, it’s this carbon-clad Husqvarna 701 Enduro called... -
There?s not much that still surprises us these days, but you can?t beat a crazy suspension setup. And they don?t come much stranger than the bizarre cantilever arrangement used on Fabrique Nationale motorcycles.
Variously known as a ?wheelbarrow?... -
When Aprilia introduced the Tuono 660 in 2021, the new naked bike owed much of its form to the RS 660 sportbike. However, the Noale, Italy, factory replaced the yoke-mounted clip-ons with handlebars, shaved down the front fairing and... -
Some people get a watch when they retire. Not Vale. He?s probably already got a cupboard full of watches. No, Yamaha were never going to get away with that. Instead, to celebrate the years and years the nine-time world champ spent at the... -
Before the internet came along and I couldn?t get my daily fix of bikes and breasts online, you?d quite often find me with my head in a magazine. If I wasn?t pulling out the centrefolds for masturbatory purposes, I was ogling over the latest... -
2021 marked Moto Guzzi?s 100-year anniversary, and the Mandello Del Lario brand celebrated the momentous occasion with special-edition models and a traveling museum exhibit. By September 2021, Guzzi shifted its focus from the rearview mirror... -
Just when we thought the Panigale V4 couldn?t get any better, Ducati drop this bombshell; ?the most significant evolutionary step? since the V4 was first released in 2018. They?re telling us it?s better on track, less tiring to ride, and... -
Back when I lived in Philadelphia, I rode around the city with a 15-pound Kryptonite chain slung over my shoulder like a bandolier. When I needed to park my motorcycle, I?d find a spot near a big post and shackle the rear wheel with the... -
The 2022 Yamaha XSR900 gets a new engine and chassis, a full suite of electronic rider aids, and fresh styling.
Yamaha knows that motorcyclists are not all the same, and one of the major dividing lines when it comes to choosing a motorcycle... -
Bognor Regis in Bloom, Hull City of Culture, best city for this, best city for that. These days, you can?t move for intercity league tables and town tenders to hold next years annual Crufts meeting. And I?m sick of it. Nothing could be more... -
One of the guided rides at Americade was the Lake Placid Adventure, which included a stop at Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks. (Photos by the author and Andy DeLivron)
One of the many downsides of the pandemic was the cancellation of... -
