
Editor's Note: This story is from Cycle World Travel & Adventure, a special print issue chock-full of features dedicated to two-wheeled touring and adventure travel. Copies are available for purchase here. When you see that loathsome "Ice!" warning light blinking on your motorcycle's dash, it's...
News that BMW will be coming out with a water-cooled replacement of its current R1200RT is really nothing new. Since the debut of the new BMW R1200GS, and its precision water-cooled motor, it has seemed like only a matter of time before the BMW's next-generation boxer engine made its way into...
Part of Honda's racing success has been the fact that the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer has been able to attract some of the best riders ever to come to a Grand Prix race's starting line. But also part of the equation has been the superb equipment that HRC, Honda's racing department, produces...
My favorite memory comes from a trip back from Laguna. Every year myself, my dad, my brother, and my uncle ride down from Portland to see the race. This memory happens to come from the 2009 trip. Pedrosa had won the race, the weather was not ridiculously hot like 2006 all was good. We were on...
It was a wild and weird weekend at the Sachsenring. The second in a row, after the bizarre and thrilling two-part race at Assen three weeks ago. The weather proved to be decisive, favoring the brave and the smart. And, perhaps, the lucky, but luck is always a part of racing. Sometimes the...
Momentum. That's what the last race before the Australasian triple header is all about. Momentum heading towards the end of the championship. Coming out on top and carrying it forward to Motegi, Phillip Island, and Sepang is vital. The deal may get done on one of the flyaways, but Aragon is the...
As the kids in the arcade used to say, it's on like Donkey Kong. Upon hearing the news that Greg Tracy and Amarok Racing would be making an appearance at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Chip Yates has set aside his tinkering with electric airplanes for the time being, and come out of...