Mar 20, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Long before there were big two and three cylinder dual sport bikes, there were scramblers. They gained a sort of mythical status at the hands of people like Steve McQueen who rode them in a way that seemed to make them indestructible. (They weren’t.) Various...
Mar 16, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
For those of you who haven’t been to Sturgis, there’s more there than drinking, body paint, and bikini girls washing bikes. Last year at the Buffalo Chip they had a display of custom bikes that proved the point. Here are some of the incredible builds that...
Mar 12, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Thank God for dealers that let you demo bikes! That’s the first thing we’re going to say about our friends at A&S Motorcycles/Powersports. They’ve dedicated every Saturday to demo rides. You sign up, pick the bike(s) you want to ride, you join...
Mar 7, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Orange Country Choppers was a great show — the first couple of years. But their bikes were over-designed and the family interactions got to be way over the top, so we (and evidently tens of thousands of others) stopped watching. Having bought two bikes from...
Feb 24, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but video can be worth millions. When we first heard about this Husky, we wondered if any claims that it could be a near perfect dual sport were grounded in reality. But a look at what the rider on this one does with it kills...
Feb 19, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Aprilia recently unveiled four new versions of their V4 lineup at the International Motorcycle Show in Chicago, and every single one of them is a thing of beauty. Intent to continue to take on Ducati, and the Japanese race bikes, Aprilia has made a number of...
Feb 7, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
The two biggest issues we have with many dual sports – regardless of engine displacement and size — is that the seat height seems geared toward those 6 feet and over, and they are expensive. Granted some of the newer dualies from KTM, BMW and Triumph offer...
