Motorcycle Road Tests & Comparisons

Motorcyclist’s Road Tests section showcases our staff taking it to the streets to compare and ride the latest motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia and more. Find motorcycle comparisons and sport bike road tests including comparison test results and much more.

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	MV Agusta F4 1000 S When MV Agusta's F4S debuted spectacularly at the 1997 Milan show, it was almost universally adored—for its technical credentials as... more

	Road Test: 2004 Suzuki GSX-R750 Way back when some folks were sniveling about a 72-year-old actor in the White House, or about missing the last episode of MAS*H,... more

	Victory Kingpin Road Test Many folks assume that once a new motorcycle company begins producing actual machines, it has cleared its last major hurdle. As both Indian... more

	Moto Guzzi Breva 750 Road Test Moto Guzzi's eyelids didn't flutter and close because of adult-onset narcolepsy, or even impending death. It was a nap, a brief timeout... more

	2004 Kawasaki ZX-10R Road Test You expect certain things from the Ninja. Power. Quickness. Agility. Focus. Bravado. Attitude. Heavy on the attitude. Still, unless you... more

	The $7000 Solution: Honda 599 vs. Suzuki SV650 vs. Yamaha FZ6 It only makes sense. Although slow to get off the launching pad, the big-bore naked bikes have headed into orbit. Combined, the Japanese... more

	2004 Ducati Monster 620: Cheap Thrills, Italian-style Europeans always seem to do budget bikes differently. Style often wins over content, particularly for manufacturers who have to work... more

	Mondo Middleweight: 2004 Triumph Speed Four Triumph's John Bloor is known as a fiscal hard-ass. He flies economy class and expects underlings to do the same. The Hinckley factory is a... more

	Honda CBR1000RR Road Test When Honda rolled the now legendary RC211V MotoGP motorcycle onto its first grid back in 2002, we all knew we were seeing something... more

	Short Shift: Moto Guzzi V11 Le Mans Rosso Most people are more likely to think Mandello del Lario is a new antipasto special at Locanda Veneta rather than the home of Italy's oldest... more

	Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 In the never-ending race to build the biggest V-twin, Kawasaki has just fired a big-inch salvo across the bows of the worthy oppositions'... more

	ROAD TEST: Multistrada vs.The World! WE'VE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE. You're looking at this curious red motorcycle like a dog that smells bacon but sees an empty frying pan. Don't... more

	Road Test: Suzuki GSX-R1000 The scenario is intimidating, yet inescapable. Totally exhausted after a perfect day at Willow Springs International Raceway, imagine... more

	Road Test: Kawasaki Z1000 Has it really been 30 years since Kawasaki levered the motorcycling world off its axis with the Z-1? Indeed. Those old enough to have some... more

	Moto Guzzi California Special Sport When Commander in Chief Boehm said a new Moto Guzzi was joining our test fleet, the older staffers began reminiscing like war buddies about... more

	Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom Read this Road Test & Review of the Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom motorcycle, from the motorcycle experts at Motorcyclist Online. more

	Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom Lying on my back next to the downed DL1000 in the city of Capetown, South Africa, all I could think of was the scene from Black Hawk Down,... more

	Kawasaki W650 and Triumph Bonneville Turning old memories into new motorcycles is tough enough on its own. But reanimating Triumph's venerable Bonneville--the epitome of cool... more

	2002 Kawasaki ZX-9R While the other Japanese makers are busy tripping all over one another in the rush to produce lighter, more powerful, LED-encrusted... more

	Aprilia Futura We sat by the phone, roving reporter T. Carrithers and me, for as long as we could. Scott Russell was out for a while (with damaged... more

	2002 Kawasaki ZZR1200 To be honest, we weren't expecting a lot of excitement from the new ZZ-R1200.For some reason, Kawasaki's people seemed to speak in hushed... more

	2003 Honda ST1300 You've got to wonder about life within motorcycle companies that also make cars. (Or should that be car companies that also make bikes?) Do... more

	Aprilia SL1000 Falco R Here's something else we don't understand: Why are half-faired sportbikes--with the possible exception of the Yamaha FZ1--perennial... more

	Harley Davidson Screamin' Eagle Road King If bigger really is better, you're looking at the best off-the-rack Harley-Davidson in captivity. Known as the FLHRSEI2 in Milwaukeese, its... more

	MV Agusta F4 S The buildup took nearly a decade. Back in the early 1990s, speculation about the rebirth of MV Agusta's legendary 750 fours begot various... more

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Motorcycle Road Tests by Make

• Aprilia	• Harley-Davidson	• Suzuki
• BMW	• Honda	• Triumph
• Buell	• Kawasaki	• Victory
• Confederate	• Moto Guzzi	• Yamaha
• Ducati	• MV Agusta

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