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Motorcycles
LED Lighting Options To Brighten Any Motorcyclist’s Day
Cycle World - By Cycle World Staff
Lighting has evolved tremendously since Ohioan Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb in 1879 and patented the concept the following year. …
Metals
Pistons Get Hot, Oil Departs, And Metals Stick Together
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
“Trying a bunch of stuff” might lead to a workable solution, as MotoAmerica team owner Steve Scheibe described to Technical Editor Kevin Cameron at …
Motorcycles
Riding Ruts On An Adventure Motorcycle
Cycle World - By Chris Northover
Ruts strike fear into riders who venture off pavement and into the dirt, but fear no more with these tips on how to ride ruts on your adventure bike.
Honda
2019 Honda NC750X/NC750X DCT ABS
Cycle World - By Cycle World Staff
Would an easy-to-ride and maintain 745cc parallel twin fitted with either a six-speed manual or a dual-clutch automatic satisfy most of your …
Motorcycles
Vincent Expert Coburn Benson Dies At Age 84
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Kawasaki
How Much Power Does The 2019 Kawasaki W800 Make?
Cycle World - By Michael Gilbert
The W800 is Kawasaki’s take on the modern classic market and a celebration of the historic W1. Attention grabber? Definitely. The W800 is powered …
Ducati
A Hot-Rod Ducati Built From Spare Parts
Cycle World - By Nick Ienatsch
What to do when you have replaced so many parts on the way to building a Ducati roadracer? Brian Smith built another bike.
National Security
Choosing Between Air- And Water-Cooling
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Sometimes it’s a matter of national security. And sometimes it’s business.
Red Bull Ring
Dovizioso Wins Epic Two-Rider MotoGP Battle At Red Bull Ring
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Technical Editor Kevin Cameron explains how Andrea Dovizioso played every card perfectly to win Sunday’s MotoGP showdown with championship leader …
Pirelli
Sampling Nearly All Of Pirelli’s Motorcycle Tires In Two Days
Cycle World - By Adam Waheed
Pirelli brings Cycle World to Sicily to test nearly every tire the company makes.
Coffee
Thinking About Engines Over Coffee Or Tea
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Pouring cream into coffee—or milk into tea—is a flow process.
Motorcycles
JD Beach Delivered Ironman Superbike Double At Laguna Seca
Cycle World - By Matthew Miles
What were your expectations for JD Beach in his World Superbike debut at Laguna Seca? Here, the Attack Performance rider speaks candidly about the …
Ducati
Have More Fun—Ride The 2019 Ducati Hypermotard 950
Cycle World - By Seth Richards
Think the Ducati Hypermotard 950 is too quirky for real-world riding? Think again. It’s more practical, usable, and fun than you’d believe.
Sam Smith
Ural Electric Sidecar Review
Cycle World - By Sam Smith
Ural motorcycles are largely unchanged since World War II, but the company has released this electric-powered prototype.
Prototypes
Massimo Tamburini’s Personal Ducati 916 On Display
Cycle World - By Bruno dePrato
There is no way I can prevent getting emotional when I speak or write of my great friend Massimo Tamburini, and that Simona Tamburini loaned his …
Honda
2019 Honda Gold Wing Tour vs. BMW R 1250 GS Adventure
Cycle World - By Seth Richards
Motorcycles
How Much Power Does The 2019 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT Make?
Cycle World - By Michael Gilbert
The KTM 1290 Super Duke GT a high-performance sport-tourer, which is based upon its 1290 Super Duke R sibling. This is ultimate sporting capability …
Motorcycles
2020 Harley-Davidson Custom Paint Lineup
Cycle World - By Ken Hutchison
Check out the 2020 custom paint accessory lineup for the Harley-Davidson Fat Bob, Breakout, Road Glide, Street Glide, and Road King.
BMW
BMW Motorcycle Totaled Without Crashing
Cycle World - By Nick Ienatsch
Army Airborne Charles Buchanan’s BMW R 1200 RS met its untimely end without a big crash. A single box-end wrench was enough.
Kawasaki
Kawasaki Prepping New W800 Model For 2020
Cycle World - By Ben Purvis
Motorcycles
Marc Márquez Dominates At Brno To Win 50th MotoGP Race
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Repsol Honda’s Marc Márquez surprised himself on Sunday at Brno. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron recaps this past weekend’s Czech Grand Prix.
BMW
2020 BMW R 1250 R And RS Announced
Cycle World - By Bruno dePrato
BMW has announced pricing for the 2020 BMW R 1250 R and R 1250 RS models.
20th Century
250cc Four-Cylinder Sportbikes Of The 1990s Revved To 19,000 rpm
Cycle World - By Kent Kunitsugu
Track testing the 19,000-rpm 1991 Honda CBR250, 1988 Suzuki GSX-R250, 1989 Yamaha FZR250, and 1991 Kawasaki ZXR250.
Summer Vacation
Maverick Viñales Looks To 2020
Cycle World - By Manuel Pecino
From the frustrations of the past to the reality of the present, we spoke to Maverick Viñales about it all before he left for his summer holiday.
Motorcycles
Why Liquid Cooling For Motorcycles?
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Motorcycles
Fox Suspension Makes Your Harley Better
Cycle World - By Morgan Gales
Fox Suspension now offers full kits for Harley-Davidson touring models; Cycle World takes a ride to find out how the new shocks and fork internals …
Motorcycles
All-New 2,500cc Triumph Rocket 3 Announced For 2020
Cycle World - By Chris Northover
With claims of more power, more torque, and better handling, the new Triumph Rocket 3 R and GT models should be more of a riot to ride than ever.
Sportbike
About Those Finger Followers On Sportbike Engines
Cycle World - By Kevin Cameron
Batteries
Battery Charger Top Picks
Cycle World - By Andrew Cherney and Staff
A roundup of chargers and maintainers to help restore and maintain your discharged battery.
Bridgestone
Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Motorcycle Race
Cycle World - By Steve English