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Remember the GB500 Tourist Trophy?It's OK if you don't. Maybe even fellow Honda nerds don't remember this one. But I happen to agree with former RideApart writer Zac, who wrote this piece a few years back: It was a retro bike ahead of its time. And it's far from the…

If you’ve been keeping abreast with the motorcycle industry recently, you’d notice that there have been quite a few motorcycle manufacturers that have been struggling to stay afloat. Pair that with the number of EV motorcycle startups that have gone under, and it can be easy to be misled into…

If you'd like a little space-age optimism in your scooter design, look no further than the latest from Lambretta, the J StarWave. Finished in a cool, ice-blue color scheme with sweet silver and chrome details and a cream-colored saddle, the lines are decidedly more Jetsons than those of a certain…

Having owned bikes from manufacturers from several countries—Austria, Italy, the UK, Japan, India, and yes, even China—I can unbiasedly say that the Japanese just have a knack for reliability and dependability.And sure, their bikes aren’t the flashiest, neither are they the most performance-oriented. Yet, there’s just something about sleeping easy…

Listen, now I know this might seem like a stretch, but hear me out. The new Stealth 125 and 500 naked bikes from Italian brand Fantic sort of remind me of the Ducati MH900e. For those unfamiliar, the MH900e just has to be one of the most radically styled bikes…

Honda pretty much knocked the Transalp out of the park from the get-go. I was on the initial press launch, held on the positively slippery, treacherous, and somewhat terrifying trails of the Pennsylvania Wilds BDR/X, and was blown away by how capable the middle-weight off-roader was straight out of the box.…

If you've been following the LiveWire saga for a good amount of time, you might recall that when parent company Harley-Davidson spun it off into its own entity, the newly-fledged EV bike maker simultaneously announced a partnership deal with Kymco. The formal announcement came at the end of 2021, and the…

While the world's on fire for a lot of folks, whether it's dealing with catastrophic flooding, governments stealing land, or dealing with financial turmoil, there is a glimmer of hope in the darkness. A ray of sunshine to pierce the veil of darkness and bring light and joy back into…

Royal Enfield is a company that's been around for over a century. It started as a British company, and has a long and storied past, including a little lightweight machine designed to drop from the literal sky for RAF dispatch riders during WWII. After the war, the original Flying Flea…