Big Changes, Massive Appeal For Flagship Naked

Big Changes, Massive Appeal For Flagship Naked

Story by Mike Seate, with Chris Abel and Nick Coumos Photos by Mike Seate/Ducati North America Change is controversial, especially in the high-stakes realm of performance streetbikes. In few 2021 models is this more apparent than with Ducati’s radically revamped...
FIRST RIDE MV Augusta Dragster Rosso

FIRST RIDE MV Augusta Dragster Rosso

Story: Alonzo Bodden, Jay LaRossa and Mike Seate “I wish I was 5’8” tall and had younger knees. Then I’d buy this bike and just do track days all the time!” That was comedian-turned motorcycle test jockey Alonzo Bodden’s enthused take after a few quick miles aboard MV...
Still Crazy After All These Years

Still Crazy After All These Years

Story: Linda Wilsmore Photos: Simon Everett Over the past fifty years, Tony Francis aka ‘Ace Rocker’, from Leeds, UK, has owned around thirty motorcycles, including Triumph, BSA, Panther, Matchless, Norton, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, and currently also has a 1955 Triton....
Kawasaki W800

Kawasaki W800

We’d been collectively itching to get our mitts on Kawasaki’s new W800 since spotting one on the Team Green display stand at last January’s International Motorcycle Show. Fans of retro cafe racers have long lamented to loss of Kawasaki’s original W650 from the lineup,...
Husqvarna Vitpilen

Husqvarna Vitpilen

Story by Mike Seate Photos by Paul Rudolf Having sat on an idle Vitpilen at a recent International Motorcycle Show, I was struck by how low the handlebars were and how compact the overall design was of this Swedish-made factory cafe racer. Hoping to blag a test ride...