The Yamaha WR250R now competes in the suddenly popular dual-sport segment. It’s smaller than the DR-Z400S, much more expensive than the CRF250L and much higher spec than the KLX250S.

For novice riders, a 600cc+ sport bike is simply too much. For American tastes, a 250 is often too small. Could this new Honda CBR500R be just right? We think so.

Tim Watson, Orange County, CA — Every motorcycle manufacturer would like to sell more bikes. So Honda is going down a route to actively try and encourage novice riders into the motorcycle world with the launch of its Honda CTX700 range. But are low prices, automatic transmissions and easy riding positions enough to…

Take the traditional streetfighter formula — no fairing, upright bars — and apply it to one of the fastest, most technologically advanced superbikes ever made — the Aprilia RSV4. What do you get? This Aprilia Tuono V4R.

Believe it or not, but until late Tuesday night, you weren't able to compare two or more motorcycles side-by-side using this whole Internet malarky. Crazy right? Well, we just fixed that with a new website called RideApart. Here's the inside story.

By Tim Stevens, Temecula, CA —The BMW F800ST found few fans, largely due to confusion over whether it was a sportsbike or sport tourer. To settle the matter ST has been kicked into touch and replaced by the 2013 BMW F800GT. New look, a little more power, a different riding position, plus a host of improved technical…

For three years Suzuki has carried a big hole in its cruiser tourer line-up after quietly dropping the venerable but aging Boulevard 1500 in 2009. The 800cc C50 is too small, the 1800cc M109 too big, so is this brand-new, 1462cc Suzuki Boulevard C90T B.O.S.S. just right?

Death ain't exactly the most auspicious theme for a motorcycle trip, but it's not like life's really given me a choice. I should have been heading back to Missouri months ago, but no good. A blizzard dropped on me right before a flight. Then I was waiting for a better time for me financially. After a while, I just…

You know the typical cruiser compromise: riding one means you achieve a certain image, a certain experience, but at the expense of everything else that makes riding a motorcycle so fun and so practical. But not this Moto Guzzi California 1400.

This new Star Bolt, built by Yamaha's cruiser brand, has America's best selling motorcycle, the Harley Sportster, squarely in its sights. Can quality components and functional performance trump 'Murikan-made?