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The 39 Best Bikes for Smaller Riders (and Budgets)
You don’t need pavement-buckling torque and shoulder-wrenching power to have fun on two wheels. Among the growing number of female riders (go, girls!), younger folks wanting a fun and economical way to...
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2017 CSC RZ3 Streetfighter | First Look Review
The 2017 CSC RZ3 streetfighter is the fourth Zongshen-built 250cc model in CSC’s lineup. After successfully launching several 250cc motorcycles, including the RX3 Adventure, CSC Motorcycles will...
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Tackling LA-Barstow-Vegas on a 2WD Ural Gear-Up
The Ural & I: The author poses with her 2016 Ural Gear-Up in Baker, California, where the World’s Tallest Thermometer (seen in the background) indicated 50 degrees. (Photos by Kurt Yaeger) It’s...
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2017 CSC RXR | First Look Review
The new-for-2017 CSC RXR is a lighter, less expensive, stripped-down version of the popular RX3 Adventure. CSC Motorcycles, which imports and distributes several 250cc motorcycles manufactured in China...
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This Is The MV Agusta Brutale 800 America, Because Freedom
The 2017 MV Agusta Brutale 800 America evokes the style of the America line of the 1970s. Photos courtesy MV Agusta. Back in the 1970s, Italian marque MV Agusta built a series of bikes called the...
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Retrospective: 1958-1960 Ariel 650 Cyclone
1958 Ariel Cyclone Twin 650. Owner: Dan Dutra, Redwood City, California. Photos by the author. In the 1950s, the Brits realized that giving their products exciting names could enhance sales. And stormy...
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Retrospective: 1999-2000 Excelsior-Henderson Super X
A 2000 Excelsior-Henderson Super X Deadwood Special. Owner: Chris Backs, Santa Maria, California. Photos by the author. Back in the early 1990s the Hanlon brothers, of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, looked...
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Retrospective: 1964-1965 BSA Beagle/Starlite
1965 BSA Starlite 75. Owner: Vincent Schardt, Danville, California. Cute name, BSA Beagle. Dog names for motorcycles were not unusual in England, as with the Triumph Terrier of the early 1950s. But...
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2018 Husqvarna Vitpilen and Svartpilen | First Look Review
Husqvarna has announced three production street bikes for 2018: Vitpilen 701 (above), Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401. At the 2014 EICMA show in Milan, Italy—nearly two years after Austrian KTM bought...
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2018 Royal Enfield Continental GT and Interceptor | First Look Review
Royal Enfield unveiled two new models at EICMA, the 2018 Interceptor (left) and Continental GT (right). Both are powered by a new 648cc parallel twin (center). From left to right are Simon Warburton,...
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1971-1979 Bultaco Alpina 250 | Retrospective Review
1976 Bultaco Alpina 250. Photos by the author. Señor Bulto had a simple plan when he started up the Bultaco brand in 1958: build great competition motorcycles. And he did. In the 1960s his two-stroke...
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2018 Royal Enfield Himalayan | First Ride Review
Even with its 21-inch front wheel the Himalayan is quite nimble on the road, but its footpegs touch down easily in corners. Photos courtesy of Royal Enfield. To understand the Royal Enfield Himalayan...
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Retrospective: 1989-1993 Buell RS1200
1990 Buell RS1200 Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear—that’s what Erik Buell managed to do back in the late 1980s. Now, nothing wrong with a sow having ears, all the better to hear when...
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2018 CSC San Gabriel Café Racer | First Look Review
The 2018 CSC San Gabriel is a 250cc café racer that retails for just $1,995. CSC Motorcycles has announced the release of its latest model, the 2018 San Gabriel, a café racer with an air-cooled,...
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2019 Husqvarna FE Dual-Sports | First Look Review
Husqvarna’s FE line of dual-sports has been updated for 2019. The FE 501 is shown above. Husqvarna’s lineup of small-displacement, street-legal dual-sports has been updated for 2019 and includes four...
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2018 Royal Enfield Classic 500 | First Look Review
2018 Royal Enfield Classic 500 shown in Chrome/Green (passenger seat not shown). Royal Enfield’s aptly-named Classic 500 is getting a few upgrades for 2018, including standard ABS, rear disc brake and...
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Quick Read: 2018 Royal Enfield Himalayan
2018 Royal Enfield Himalayan. Photos by Kevin Wing. Editor’s note: This Quick Read is part of our Mini-ADV Comparison Test Review of the Kawasaki Versys-X 300, BMW G 310 GS and Royal Enfield Himalayan....
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2018 BMW G 310 GS vs. Kawasaki Versys-X 300 vs. Royal Enfield Himalayan |...
Small bikes are the next big thing. These three pint-sized ADV tourers are each capable of carrying you and your gear on adventures both on-road and off, but each one has its own take on how to get...
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Retrospective: 1964-1965 BSA Beagle/Starlite
1965 BSA Starlite 75. Owner: Vincent Schardt, Danville, California. Cute name, BSA Beagle. Dog names for motorcycles were not unusual in England, as with the Triumph Terrier of the early 1950s. But...
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Retrospective: 1949-1957 DKW RT125
1954 DKW RT125/2. Owner: Frank Owen, San Luis Obispo, California. This little critter was responsible for putting a lot of the world on wheels back in the early 1950s–including the United States. It...
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