2012 BMW K 1600 GTL vs. Honda Gold Wing GL1800 ABS Comparison
Greg Drevenstedt
May 1, 2012
by Greg Drevenstedt When BMW unveiled the all-new 2012 K 1600 GTL, a high-tech, high-performance replacement for the long-running K 1200 LT, the company declared that it had built “a shark, not a whale,” a thinly veiled jab at the Honda Gold Wing GL1800. Around the same time we got our first ride... Read more »
2012 Honda CBR1000RR – First Ride
Greg Drevenstedt
January 24, 2012
Liter-bike horsepower wars aren’t over, but they’re past the shock-and-awe phase of the campaign. With peak rear-wheel figures exceeding 150, sometimes by a considerable margin, the name of the game is harnessing all those stallions. Riding modes, traction control and ABS are now found–standard... Read more »
2012 Honda NC700X – First Look
Greg Drevenstedt
January 20, 2012
At the New York stop on the International Motorcycle Shows tour, American Honda is unveiling an all-new model, the 2012 Honda NC700X. First seen at the EICMA show in Italy last October, the NC700X features adventure-bike styling, a new engine, and nimble handling. In addition, the NC700X offers the option... Read more »
2010 Honda Shadow RS Road Test
Rider Magazine
March 27, 2011
photography by Brian J. Nelson [This 2010 Honda Shadow RS Road Test was originally published in the September 2010 issue of Rider magazine] The 2010-Honda-Shadow-RS in action. Remember when a 750 was one of the big boys, a hefty handful that you had to work up to? These days 1,600cc is the new 750.... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda VF700C Magna: 1987
Clement Salvadori
August 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article appeared in the August 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI If it succeeds the first time, make it even better—that could have been Soichiro Honda’s motto. When Honda revamped the Magna for the 1987 model year it did a heckuva job, turning a... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda GB500 Tourist Trophy: 1989-1990
Clement Salvadori
June 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article was printed in the June 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI This really was a superbly entertaining machine, tremendous fun to ride, but one which could not find its niche in the American motorcycling world. All too common thinking was that street... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda GL650I Silver Wing Interstate: 1983
Clement Salvadori
February 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article was printed in the February 2007 issue of Rider.) A very sensible motorcycle, this midsize touring bike, but perhaps too sensible for the American buyer. When you see a hundred or a thousand Gold Wingers together, more than half of them are running solo, and this Silver Wing... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda VT500FT Ascot: 1983-1984
Clement Salvadori
September 22, 2006
(This Retrospective article was published in the September 2006 issue of Rider.) Story and Photography by Clement Salvadori As has been said many times before, there are only three basic ways of arranging two cylinders side by side, as in the Triumph Bonneville, opposed, as in the BMW boxer, or any of... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda CBR1000F Hurricane: 1987-1988
Clement Salvadori
April 20, 2006
(This Retrospective article appeared in the April 2006 issue of Rider Magazine.) When this big Honda appeared in 1987, it swept through the motorcycle world like a Category 3 hurricane sweeps across Florida…sorry, could not resist. With more horsepower, more speed than any previous liter bike, it ratcheted... Read more »
