The weekend is just about here, so what better way to celebrate than with a spicy two-stroke street tracker" This wild Yamaha RD400 is the work of Garett Wilson out of Colorado, USA?and it’s as refreshing as a root beer float on a hot... -
This 2025 motorcycle buyers guide highlights new or significantly updated street-legal models available in the U.S. As with previous buyers guides, we will also include 2026 teasers as soon as manufacturers let us know about them. We will... -
Last year, on the tenth anniversary of the birth of the BMW R nineT, the Bavarian company announced its successor, the R12, which will see the original phased out as of next year. But in that more than a decade period, BMW’s modern retro never... -
The Yamaha TRX850 is one of our favorite motorcycling anomalies. It was built in the mid-90s, when Japanese marques tried to corner the European market by injecting Italian flair into their sportbikes. The TRX850’s trellis frame, tri-spoke... -
Learn how to use the windscreen as a level to ensure both rider and bike work as one balanced mass in this Motor School installment. Photos by Kevin Wing.
A little while back, I took a ride up the coast. It was around 75 degrees outside, the... -
The Ducati 750 SS is criminally underrated as a candidate for customization. Sure, the oft-maligned Supersport is unlikely to win any beauty contests, and its 748 cc L-twin motor manages a barely adequate 64 hp. But it also weighs a paltry 183... -
The humble Minibike has been a mainstay of the motorcycle industry for the past sixty years, providing pocket-sized fun to all creatures great and small. But after their peak in the ’60s and ’70s, it has only been in recent times that offerings... -
The Malle Mile is a weekend of riotous motorcycle shenanigans, put on by our friends at Malle London. It also turns ten this year?so, to celebrate, Malle is launching the Malle Mile Custom Build Challenge.
The Malle Mile’s whole vibe is what... -
In 1998 the motorcycle world was slapped upside the head, the competition made to look second-rate, and magazine covers awash with a single silhouette, all achieved when Yamaha launched their YZF-R1. If you weren’t alive at the time and invested... -
The July issue of Rider Magazine has arrived!
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Elegance is a word easily ascribed to beautiful, often delicate, objects. But when you can assign it to a purposeful and muscular motorcycle, you know you’re looking at the work of a master craftsman. Tom Simpson of Foundry Motorcycle has... -
If you buy a new car or motorcycle from a reputable brand, it serves you well and proves to be reliable, it’s a good bet when it’s time for an upgrade you’ll stay loyal to that manufacturer. But one thing that’s always been hard to assess in... -
Riders competing in the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2024 Namibia event, Sept. 15-20, will do so on the BMW R 1300 GS Trophy Competition Bike, a bike based on the R 1300 Style GS Trophy with a few extras to help tackle riding in East... -