2013 Honda F6B – Rider Test
Mark Tuttle
May 3, 2013
Last year, more new touring motorcycles were sold than bikes in any other individual street bike category, even cruisers. Touring includes luxury performers such as the Honda Gold Wing, BMW K 1600 GTL and the like, but the vast majority of those top-selling machines were “baggers,” large V-twin touring... Read more »
Ridden & Rated: 2014 Star Bolt
Bill Stermer
April 29, 2013
It’s a smart company that studies the market, conducts research and builds its products based upon what the data indicate will be successful. In the case of Yamaha, its Star Motorcycles division (which builds its cruisers) is a very smart company indeed. While noting that cruisers compose about 49... Read more »
Ridden & Rated: 2013 Victory Boardwalk
Greg Drevenstedt
July 31, 2012
Victory has done an impressive job competing with Harley-Davidson in terms of engineering and styling, but the young brand, launched by Polaris in 1998, has stood in the long shadow of Harley’s 110 years of heritage. Polaris’ recent acquisition of Indian Motorcycle, the only American marque whose... Read more »
Indian Motorcycle Introduces 2013 Chief Vintage Limited Edition
Press Release
July 31, 2012
Indian Motorcycle is proud to debut for 2013 the elegant and powerful Chief Vintage Limited Edition. Featuring a pearl white and thunder black two-tone paint scheme, this bike is sure to turn heads on the open road. The LE also features stylish chrome accents, including chrome highway pegs and a chrome... Read more »
2012 Victory Cross Country Tour Road Test
Bill Stermer
November 17, 2011
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2012 Victory Cross Country Tour Road Test was originally published in the December 2011 issue of Rider magazine] 2012 Victory Cross Country Tour A year ago this fall, as I was riding a 2011 Victory Cross Country to New Mexico and back from Southern California, I wondered,... Read more »
2010 Victory new models
Rider Contributor
September 15, 2009
Review by Reg Kittrelle [This 2010 Victory new models preview was originally featured in American Rider magazine] Victory obviously fell behind in its memo reading. Specifically, the one that outlined how this is a bad year, economically, to be rocking any boats, and that the best strategy is to just... Read more »
2006 Suzuki Boulevard M109R Rider Test
Bill Stermer
June 1, 2006
About a year ago I rode one of those big V-twins made by a low-volume alternative or “clone” manufacturer, a 100-incher with about 100 horsepower, torque like an earthmover and a rear tire wider than the ones on my van. At idle it would sit there going rump-rump-rump, and you could feel the pulses... Read more »
