Sport + Sport Touring Motorcycles
Motorcyles guides discussing Sport + Sport Touring Motorcycles include discussion of sportbikes that resemble road race bikes with turn signals and license plates, and motorcycles that blend the performance of sportbikes with the wind protection, comfort and luggage capacity of touring bikes. Sportbikes, some of which are homologated for racing and others that offer the go–fast look but are designed exclusively for street riding, cover a broad range of engine sizes (from the 150cc Kymco Quannon 150 to the 1,441cc Kawasaki Ninja ZX–14R), numbers of cylinders (singles, twins, triples and fours) and configurations (parallel twin, V–twin, V4, in–line triple or four), but according to reviews and road tests, most have performance oriented engines and components, aerodynamic bodywork and aggressive riding positions. Because sport–touring motorbikes are a hybrid category, guides also cover a broad range of engine sizes and types, but reviews state that they tend to have comfortable riding positions, good wind protection thanks to a windshield and fairing, standard luggage (saddlebags, perhaps a trunk) and touring amenities such as cruise control, ABS, audio systems and more.
2010 Ducati Streetfighter S Road Test
Rider Magazine
July 19, 2010
photography by Milagro [This 2010 Ducati Streetfighter S Road Test was originally published in the July 2009 issue of Rider magazine] The 2010 Ducati Streetfighter S The Ducati Streetfighter S is a sexy, expensive machine. It’s like Tyler Durden in Fight Club: not a real bare-knuckles pugilist,... Read more »
2010 Triumph Scrambler Road Test
Rider Magazine
May 26, 2010
photography by Rich Cox [This 2010 Triumph Scrambler Road Test was originally published in the July 2010 issue of Rider magazine] With a dual-sport, high-pipe style made famous by the likes of Steve McQueen, this TR6-influenced bike exudes cool. Since re-emerging from the ashes of Meriden, John Bloor’s... Read more »
2010 Ducati Multistrada S Touring Road Test
Rider Magazine
May 5, 2010
[This 2010 Ducati Multistrada S Touring Road Test was originally published in the June 2010 issue of Rider magazine] When Ducati introduced the Multistrada 1000 for 2003, it was really launching the Italian company’s first street supermoto bike, but no one was associating larger, twin-cylinder street-worthy... Read more »
2010 KTM 990 Supermoto T Road Test
Rider Magazine
April 30, 2010
photography by Brian J. Nelson, Kevin Wing and Lanny Fielder [This 2010 KTM 990 Supermoto T Road Test was originally published in the June 2010 issue of Rider magazine] After spending a day caning a lithe, black KTM 950 Supermoto through the hills of Tuscany, Editor Tuttle was smitten (see Rider, December... Read more »
2010 Honda VFR1200F Road Test
Rider Magazine
March 29, 2010
photography by Kevin Wing, the author and courtesy of Honda [This 2010 Honda VFR1200F Road Test was originally published in the May 2010 issue of Rider magazine] After nearly two decades of being a sleek thoroughbred with racing bloodlines, for 2002 uninspired styling and unnecessary gadgetry (VTEC)... Read more »
2010 Honda NT700V ABS Road Test
Rider Magazine
March 1, 2010
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2010 Honda NT700V ABS Road Test was originally published in the April 2010 issue of Rider magazine] Competence. Like common sense, it’s all too uncommon. Motorcycles today, while generally reliable and well-engineered, tend to be specialized, designed to fit particular... Read more »
2010 BMW S1000RR Road Test
Rider Contributor
January 15, 2010
by Kevin Ash; photography by Jason Critchell [This 2010 BMW S1000RR Road Test was originally published in the March 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 BMW S 1000 RR in action. If you’re going to hype a motorcycle as much as BMW has been hyping the S 1000 RR, then it had better be good. If you’re... Read more »
2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 Road Test
Rider Magazine
December 18, 2009
photography by Rich Cox [This 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 Road Test was originally published in the February 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 Comparing a fast motorcycle to a rocket ship is a common metaphor. Rockets conjure images of the eyeball-flattening acceleration and yahoo... Read more »
2010 KTM Street Bikes Road Test
Rider Magazine
December 18, 2009
photography by Kevin Wing and Brian J. Nelson [This 2010 KTM Street Bikes Road Test was originally published in the February 2010 issue of Rider magazine] KTM 1190 RC8 On a hot, bone-dry day in July 2008, I sat on a sandy hill overlooking Laguna Seca Raceway’s infamous Corkscrew, a blind, downhill... Read more »
2009 Yamaha R1 Road Test
Rider Magazine
November 16, 2009
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2009 Yamaha R1 Spotlight was originally published in the January 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2009 Yamaha R1 Whizbang technology from Yamaha’s M1 MotoGP racebike trickled down to the masses in 2009 when the R1 sportbike became the first production motorcycle to use... Read more »
