Electric Motorcycle September 2022

2022 Motorcycle of the Year

For the past 32 years, Rider has selected a Motorcycle of the Year. With the exception of two years when we made a People’s Choice selection by popular vote among readers (the Honda F6B in 2013 and the BMW R 1200 RT in 2014), it has been up to the[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

New Gear: Dunlop Geomax MX14 Rear Tire

Dunlop Geomax MX14 Created as the successor to the popular Geomax MX12, the new Dunlop Geomax MX14 offers increased cornering grip, slide control, start performance, shock absorption, and braking grip, with enhanced handling in both deep sand/mud and hard-based sand/mud. See all Rider tire reviews here. Dunlop Geomax MX14 The Geomax MX14 rear tire[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

C. Jane Taylor | Ep. 45 Rider Magazine Insider Podcast

C. Jane Taylor reads from “Spirit Traffic” at Timbre Books in Ventura, California. Our guest on Episode 45 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is C. Jane Taylor. We talked to Jane when in April on Episode 32. Her book, Spirit Traffic: A Mother’s Journey of Self-Discovery and Letting Go, had just[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Suzuki Announces 2023 Lineup of Sport, Street, and Adventure Bikes

2023 Suzuki SV650 ABS in Metallic Reflective Blue. Following the Suzuki announcement in June of select 2023 sport, dual-sport, supermoto, and off-road motorcycles and its recent utterance of updated V-Strom 1050 models, the visitor has released information on increasingly sport, street, and venture bikes that are returning for 2023. Included in[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

2023 KTM 890 Adventure R | First Look Review

KTM announces 2023 890 Venture R with rally-inspired upgrades. The 2023 KTM 890 Venture R was launched at KTM’s 2022 Adventure Rider Rally in Idaho this month, a fitting event for a velocipede whose upgrades are rally-inspired in both looks and capabilities. Two years without the 890 Venture R’s debut, the[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Custom mad: A Honda SLR 650 street tracker from Spain

Do you remember what first piqued your interest in custom motorcycles? Santi deWolf does; it was a Honda CB café racer, built by Dustin Kott, that he spotted online well-nigh seven years ago. And it set him on the path to rhadamanthine a part-time custom builder himself. “I instantly fell in[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Sekhmet: A BMW boxer caf� racer with an 80s vibe

It’s wondrous how versatile the archetype BMW boxer is is. Do you want a long, low and midpoint stilt bike? A rough and ready scrambler? A sleek, stylish café racer? An stupe will do all of that, and more. This 1982 BMW R80 falls firmly into that last category. It was[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Mean Green Machine: VSBs Kawasaki KZ1000R S1 replica

Even if you know very little well-nigh Kawasaki’s history, you probably know well-nigh the KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica. Released in 1982, it was a limited edition motorcycle based on the one that Lawson won the championship with. Essentially a production velocipede with new paint and some upgraded parts, it was[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Speed Read, September 18, 2022

We kick this weekend’s edition of Speed Read off with two very variegated BMW K100 customs. Then we bring you a Yamaha Virago, a 250 cc BMX-Cub hybrid, and the world’s first flying motorcycle. BMW K100 by Jerem Motorcycles Jérémie Duchampt has a knack for towers svelte café racers out of[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Esputnik II: An electric drag racing bike from Spain

Bizarro Corp.’s online store has a T-shirt that reads “café racer is dead.” It’s a little rich coming from a custom workshop with a number of café racers in their portfolio. Then again, the Spanish hairdo isn’t exactly known for stuff conventional. If you need proof, we’d like to present ‘Esputnik[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Tesla Megapacks support 31 MWh substation expansion in Watertown, NY

Tesla Megapacks are stuff tasked with supporting a 31-megawatt-hour expansion of the Coffeen substation in Watertown, New York, in conjunction with Nexamp and National Grid, who are rival increased energy demand at the substation. Nexamp and National Grid spoken today that, to alimony up with the increased energy demand at the[...]

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Electric Motorcycle September 2022

Opinion: Dispelling Some EV myths About Fleet Electrification

Taking the First Step To True Savings When it comes to squadron electrification and electric vehicles (EVs) in general, there are many myths stalling adoption. From lacking in safety and performance to requiring increasingly upkeep and having a negative environmental impact, the misinformation virtually EVs and squadron electrification has made many[...]

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