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. That idea is so deeply baked into motorcycling that few people ever stop to question ...

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 ...