2011 Star Stryker 1300 Road Test
Rider Magazine
June 2, 2011
photography by Riles & Nelson [This 2011 Star Stryker 1300 Road Test was originally published in the January 2011 issue of Rider magazine] The Texas Hill Country around Austin is the perfect venue for a leisurely winding cruise aboard Star's latest 1300 custom. Cruisers, baggers and cruiser tourers... Read more »
2011 Harley-Davidson Sportster XR1200X Road Test
Greg Drevenstedt
March 29, 2011
Three things I’ve never experienced on a Harley-Davidson happened at this press launch: riding on a racetrack, getting my knee down and seeing nearly 120 mph on the speedometer. But then again, the 2011 Harley-Davidson Sportster XR1200X isn’t your everyday Motor Company machine. With a modest race... 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 »
2011 Yamaha FZ8 Road Test
Rider Magazine
January 24, 2011
photography by Riles & Nelson [This 2011 Yamaha FZ8 Road Test was originally a Ridden & Rated in the April 2011 issue of Rider magazine] Here we go again. Yet another motorcycle clearly designed for the European market (it’s been sold there for a year) offered to Americans as if it was... Read more »
First Look: 2011-2012 Aprilias
Rider Contributor
November 30, 2010
2011 aprilia rsv4 factory APRC Special Edition In addition to an updated Shiver 750, Italian maker Aprilia, part of the Piaggio Group along with Moto Guzzi, has three new liter-class models for 2011, starting with a RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition of its championship- and comparison-winning racebike-with-lights.... Read more »
2011 Aprilia 750 Shiver [News Intro]
Rider Contributor
October 5, 2010
Aprilia Shiver 750 ABS A few years after joining the Piaggio Group, Aprilia began building its own motors, including the 750cc 90-degree V-twin in the Shiver, which debuted in 2008. During our road test (Rider, December 2008), the 486 pounds-wet machine put 76 horsepower to the rear wheel on Jett Tuning’s... Read more »
2011 Yamaha Motorcycles
Rider Contributor
September 1, 2010
2011 Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Ténéré Yamaha has been inundated with requests to bring the XTZ1200 Super Ténéré adventure-tourer to the U.S. Named after a challenging Sahara Desert stage of the Paris-Dakar Rally, it will arrive next spring as a 2012 model. Powered by a 1199cc parallel twin with a 270-degree... Read more »
2010 BMW R 1200 GS Road Test
Arden Kysely
August 6, 2010
photography by Kevin Wing and Jonathan Beck [This 2010 BMW R 1200 GS Road Test was originally published in the August 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 BMW R 1200 GS off road. Standing beside the mud-splattered, 2010 BMW R 1200 GS in my garage, I was losing my patience. A friend who races dirt bikes—those... Read more »
2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Road Test
Rider Magazine
August 6, 2010
story and photography by Mark Tuttle [This 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Road Test was originally published in the August 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Remember the scene in Blazing Saddles when the hulking, dim-witted thug Mongo (football star Alex Karras) rides into... Read more »
2011 Triumph Sprint GT Road Test
Rider Magazine
August 6, 2010
photography by Graeme Brown and Tim Keeton [This 2011 Triumph Sprint GT Road Test was originally published in the August 2010 issue of Rider magazine] The Highlands of Scotland, land of woolen plaid kilts, smoky single-malt whisky and William Wallace—the painted-face warrior played by Mel Gibson in... Read more »
