Bottom Line The N2 brought my Hyperstrada 821’s analog-era cockpit into the present with navigation, media, and background dash-cam recording, and my phone stays in my pocket. The trade-offs are a more involved wiring install and a mid-to-premium price. Why the Innovv N2 May Be The Best Motorcycle Upgrade in 2026. The Ducati Hyperstrada 821 has been the workhorse of ...

Why Honda’s Most Controversial Beginner Bike Might Be Its Smartest Yet. For decades, motorcycle culture has treated clutch control as the gateway skill. Master the clutch, and you are “really” learning to ride. Struggle with it, and riding feels intimidating, stressful, and easy to abandon. Bottom Line Riders crash from panic, braking, and turning mistakes, not botched shifts, so the ...

Every rider eventually runs into the same decision point. Do you buy the bike with the bigger engine, or the one that makes better sense day to day? More power always sounds appealing, but practicality has a way of showing up once the novelty wears off. Key Takeaway Smaller bikes amplify technique: they reward precision and expose lazy habits. Bigger ...

Crossing Alps Without Any Alps The name Transalp comes from the Latin trans Alpes; to cross the Alps. It’s a promise of distance, endurance, and adaptability. Unfortunately, we’re not in Europe. We don’t have even a single alp. But mountains come in all flavors, and alpine simply means high mountains. Utah has plenty of those. So we brought Honda’s new ...

Lower the friction between your idea and clicking upload. Camera technique is learnable. Gear friction kills momentum. Complex setups fail. Batteries die. Files corrupt. You ride home excited, then discover the footage is unusable. This guide shows a simple workflow that reduces failure points and makes filming feel easy again. Start with a story, not a ride log A story ...

A rally bike pretending to be an adventure bike. Or maybe the other way around. The Tuareg Rally exists because Aprilia started winning rallies again. Africa Eco Race. Twice. Hellas Rally Raid. Once more for emphasis. Rather than quietly enjoying that success, Aprilia built a middleweight adventure bike that wears its rally intent openly. Gold wheels. Revised suspension. Aggressive stance. ...

The GoPro Max 2 arrives five years late to the 360-camera party, modernizing the original Max with better processing, 8K video, and a glove-friendly record button, but it falls short of dethroning the Insta360 X5 due to smaller sensors, shorter battery life, and workflow hassles. Long-awaited upgrades GoPro finally delivers on the Max 2 with dual-lens 360 video up to ...

The Chigee AIO‑6 turned a long‑standing motorcycle annoyance into one of the best upgrades made to any bike in years; it finally brings full, ride‑ready CarPlay and Android Auto to two wheels without the usual compromises. This is why it matters, what changed from the prior model, how it rides in daily use, and a few setup notes for anyone ...

It’s just a 125cc mini bike, meant for ice cream runs, not mountain passes. Yet that’s exactly what I set out to do: an epic loop from Salt Lake City to Park City, over Guardsman Pass at nearly 10,000 feet, then back into the valley to meet the lunch crew. No freeways allowed. Just secondary roads, some paved and some ...

When it comes to capturing the thrill of motorcycle riding, few tools are more exciting than 360 cameras. They let you relive a ride from every angle, create dynamic edits, and share the experience in ways that standard action cams just can’t touch. Recently, I had the chance to put two of the latest contenders to the test: the Insta360 X5 and ...