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. The Honda Hornet 750 and the CB1000 SP offer a clean way to examine ...

How to Get Better Without Riding at All Winter shows up, the roads freeze, and the motorcycle gets pushed into the corner of the garage. Suddenly, you’re driving your car like it’s a refrigerator with wheels. Your reactions slow down, your eyes wander, and your timing becomes… optimistic at best. By the time spring rolls around, many riders feel rusty ...

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. ...

Motorcycling is dying. That sounds dramatic. Statistically, it is also true. In the first half of 2025, new motorcycle sales in the United States dropped 9 percent. That is the weakest start in more than a decade. Used motorcycle sales are also falling, which almost never happens. Meanwhile, India sold roughly 20 million motorcycles last year and continues to grow ...