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The Iconic Daytona Beach Bike Week

By the time most of the country is still trying to break out of winter, Florida will have already started the spring riding season. That’s the perfect excuse to head over to Daytona Beach for the world-famous Bike Week. This year’s event, taking place on March 1-10, marks

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Kawasaki Rolls Out the All-new 2024 Ninja 500

Kawasaki’s Ninja lineup is famous for bringing together respectable performance, easy approachability, and a reasonable price. Now, a new member joins this family of road warriors—the 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 500. Although it’s developed on a platform established by the earlier Ninjas, the 500 isn’t just an

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Pack Mentality—Gear

"I Was Only Going a Mile" We see it all the time. A pretty young lady riding across campus on a scooter, a bare-headed youth ripping through rush-hour traffic on a sportbike, T-shirt billowing over bare skin, or a middle-aged man, commuting to work on his cruiser. They

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Review: Viking Inn—Solvang, CA

Solvang is an exceptional theme park of a city in the heart of Central California’s wine country. Positioned exactly at the beginning of the downtown area, the Viking Inn is a welcoming spot from which to explore this unique town. Like Solvang itself, the Viking Inn was originally built

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Honda Reveals 2024 Motorcycle Lineup

It’s a new year, which means it’s time for unveiling new motorcycle lineups. Honda recently revealed its plans for the 2024 model year. The Japanese moto maker is bringing back six on-road motorcycle models for 2024. The cavalcade of bikes has a nice spread of options for road

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Group Riding: Protect Your Safety & Your Legal Rights

Group riding is part of a biker’s way of life. Whether you’re heading to a bike night, rally, or on a cross-country road trip with friends, you still need to keep safety a top priority. Not only will it help you avoid being injured in an accident, but

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Royal Enfield’s Project Origin

The company we know today as Royal Enfield began as Enfield Bicycle Company in the U.K. in the 1890s. As the 20th century dawned, Enfield engineers fitted a combustion engine to a bicycle-type frame and sent power to the rear wheel via belts and pulleys. In an unusual move,

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How Salvo Pennisi Shaped Pirelli’s World Class Tire Testing Practices

His business card reads: "Pirelli Head of Outdoor Testing and Technical Relations, Motorcycle and Bicycle." However, it’s impossible to explain Salvo Pennisi's job in one sentence—let alone who he is as a person. Perhaps a little anecdote, told during a dinner by the sea

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Around the World on Two Wheels Exhibit at Petersen Automotive Museum

You should hop into the saddle and motor on over to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, CA, before March 2. That’s the last day you can see the Around the World on Two Wheels exhibit, organized in collaboration with the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. George Barber is

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12 Cities to Visit for Amazing Mural Art

Not all fine art is confined to museums and galleries. Many American cities are chock-full murals and other works of street art that rival whatever you may find in the local art museums. Your motorcycle is an excellent vehicle for ferrying you from one mural to the next. With so

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5 New York State Hotels for a Romantic Moto Weekend

Motorcycling through the fantastic environs of New York is a great way to connect with another person. Whether you’re both on your own bikes or one is hugging the other from behind on the pillion seat, a shared riding experience is always something special. But once the night falls,

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2024 KTM SX-E 2

There’s that period in a young rider’s life when a balance bike becomes a toy but they’re not quite ready for a full-on motorcycle. Enter the 2024 KTM SX-E 2. This 64-pound battery-powered minibike slots in to fill that gap. Its electric motor produces 36.9 lb-ft

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Helping a Stranded Rider

In the earlier days of motorcycling, when bikes were less reliable, riders frequently became stranded by a mechanical malfunction. Back then, motorcyclists were often as handy with a wrench as they were with the throttle. If they couldn’t fix their own bike, other riders invariably stopped to help out.

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If It Ain't Broke...Give It Time

Murphy is alive and well, and he is nobody’s fool. Patient, cunning, and devious, he will get you when you least expect it … unless you’re prepared. We’ve been out here almost two weeks on the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route. The sun is about to set and we

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Speed Limits in the US: Pin it on the Beaver!

Have you ever been frustrated by flashing lights in your rear-view mirrors? Did you feel as if you were singled out because you were on two wheels rather than four? Speed limits—whoever thought of such a thing? It is all just surreal. There are at least 10 production motorcycles

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7 Romantic Ideas for a Motorcycle Valentine’s Date

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, so it’s time to start thinking of ways to spoil your special someone. For us riders, it’s tempting to combine our motorcycle obsession with a romantic date. But how do you do that? The good thing about motorcycles is their versatility, so

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Indian Pulls Curtain on 2024 Offerings

Indian Motorcycle has unveiled its 2024 model lineup, featuring a limited-edition FTR R Carbon and Challenger Elite, as well as a redesigned PowerBand Audio system, and a new line of apparel from 100%. In addition to these two new exclusive motorcycles, Indian is offering a total of 32 models for

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That’s Odd—Unique Things Seen at EICMA 2023

The EICMA 2023 motorcycle exhibition in Milan, Italy, displayed some of the latest and greatest developments in the motorcycling industry. And then there were the other things. Not that I’m knocking the more unique creations showcased in Milan. They may very well be the future of the scene—they’

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American Ricky Brabec Wins Dakar Rally for Second Time

It’s easy enough to be the best at something once—the hard part is doing it again. American motorcycle racer Ricky Brabec just proved he can do it twice by snatching his second Dakar Rally victory. On January 19, Brabec won the motorcycle class of the 2024 Dakar Rally,

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The Story of Elvis and Memphis Mafia’s Triumphs Confirmed

In 1965, Elvis Presley took his friend’s brand-new Triumph T120 650 Bonneville out for a test ride. He was so impressed with the bike that he immediately bought nine similar motorcycles for his entire friend group, known as the Memphis Mafia. That’s how the story goes, at least,

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How Many Miles Per Day?

Too Long, Too Short...Where is Just Right? When on tour I often get this question from my pillion partner at the beginning of each day’s ride: How many miles are we riding today? Sometimes, if we’re just letting the road be our guide, I don’t really

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Trends from EICMA 2023

The 2023 EICMA motorcycle show in Milan displayed the hottest new bikes, but it wasn’t all just about the latest machines. From the various bikes, we could also glean some information on the future direction of the entire motorcycling scene. Adventure bikes seem set to continue their triumph, but

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2024 Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 & Svartpilen 401

The New Arrows Husqvarna’s Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 were already fun naked bikes for an urban jaunt as they were, drenched in the brand’s Nordic heritage. For 2024, though, Husky decided the white and black arrows needed something new. The company sure delivered. The two bikes have

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Touring Tips: Riding in the Rain

Many, if not most, of us consider riding in the rain a necessary inconvenience when we’re caught out in it while going from point A to point B. The experience is frequently made more burdensome because of: inadequate riding gear, reduced vision of scenery and road hazards, loss of