2013 Husqvarna TR650 Strada—First Ride
Greg Drevenstedt
February 28, 2013
A few months ago I attended the U.S. press launch for the all-new Husqvarna TR650 Terra and Strada, two street legal models powered by a more potent version of the liquid-cooled 652cc single from the BMW G 650 GS. We spent the day riding the 50/50 dual-purpose Terra on pavement and sandy tracks near... Read more »
2014 KTM 1190 Adventure–First Ride
Greg Drevenstedt
February 25, 2013
Roaring out of the fourth tight, uphill corner, one of hundreds in our aggressive ascent from sea level to the lava fields surrounding 12,198-foot Mount Teide, two things dawned on me. One is that Tenerife, the largest of the 13 Canary Islands situated off the northwestern coast of Africa, is a beautiful... Read more »
BMW Motorrad USA Announces Pricing for 2013 R 1200 GS
Rider Magazine Staff
February 20, 2013
BMW Motorrad USA has announced pricing for the all-new liquid-cooled 2013 R 1200 GS. The next generation flat twin enduro will have a base Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $15,800 and will be available for purchase through authorized BMW Motorrad dealers in March 2013. The base model... Read more »
2014 Honda CTX700 and CTX700N – First Look
Greg Drevenstedt
February 8, 2013
At the Chicago round of the International Motorcycle Show, Honda announced updated colors and pricing for the recently released NC700X and the introduction of two new models, the CTX700 and CTX700N, both powered by the same 670cc parallel twin as the NC. This announcement rounds out the largest crop... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda NC/NA50 Express: 1977-1983
Clement Salvadori
February 4, 2013
When the price of gasoline rose to 60 cents a gallon back in 1976, Honda figured it had a whole new market. Americans were approaching panic status at the thought of spending more than 10 bucks to fill up the tank of that Buick or Dodge. OPEC (Organization of Oil Exporting Countries) had us over the... Read more »
Rider Comparo: 2013 Honda CRF250L vs. 2013 Kawasaki KLX250S vs. 2013 Yamaha WR250R
Arden Kysely
January 31, 2013
The last time Rider corralled a herd of 250 dual-sports (April 2008), we chose the thriftiest models available in the face of rising gas prices. This time we went for best-in-class, grabbing Yamaha’s WR250R, Honda’s new CRF250L and Kawasaki’s KLX250S—the only return contender. The KLX received... Read more »
2013 BMW R 1200 GS – First Ride
Greg Drevenstedt
January 28, 2013
Redesigning a motorcycle that established and continues to define a robust market segment, one that has been a perennial bestseller, inspires fanatical devotion and is the culmination of a design philosophy that has endured for nearly a century, is a major undertaking. After setting new standards among... Read more »
Aprilia USA Announces Special Edition 2013 RSV4 Factory
Rider Magazine
January 24, 2013
In honor of the 2012 World Superbike Champion Aprilia RSV4, Aprilia USA has developed a limited edition 2013 RSV4 Factory exclusively for the North American market. The company announced the motorcycle on its Facebook page Thursday morning. Nowhere else in the world will the 2013 RSV4 Factory APRC ABS... Read more »
2013 Honda CRF250L: Ridden & Rated
Donya Carlson
January 3, 2013
Conventional wisdom says you can’t please everyone, but that’s not stopping Honda from trying. Its new 2013 CRF250L dual-sport has a liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, single-cylinder engine derived from the peppy CBR250R. The company’s goal is to spark the imagination of returning, new and current... Read more »
2012 Kawasaki Ninja 1000—Rider Test
Greg Drevenstedt
January 2, 2013
Gold is highly valued for its luster, purity and rarity, characteristics that also apply to motorcycles, to varying degrees. Our Kawasaki Ninja 1000 test bike in Candy Lime Green/Ebony certainly has luster, and from a technological point of view, it has purity. No throttle-by-wire, no riding modes, no... Read more »
