Built using the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 platform, Roland Sands and his team wanted to strip away the bike’s stock cruiser identity and transform it into a high-performance street tracker that looks aggressive but remains perfectly approachable for everyday riders.
They achieved this by leaning heavily into a retro-modern hot rod aesthetic, utilizing a striking gloss black paint scheme highlighted with clean gold pinstriping.
Continue reading “Custom Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 by Roland Sands”The Sedici Adventure Modular Carbon is a dual-sport modular helmet with a 6k carbon composite shell at a mid-range price point.
The feature set is aimed at adventure riders who want a lightweight, versatile lid without moving into flagship pricing territory. Here’s what’s inside.
Continue reading “Sedici Adventure Modular Carbon Helmet Review – Everything You Need to Know”Matthias Ebenhoch, a German engineer looking for an escape from his desk job, picked up a 1978 Honda CB750F1 Super Sport with a straightforward plan: spend three years and €10,000 to build a clean café racer.
Instead, between career shifts, relocations, and renovating a century-old house, the project stretched into a grueling nine-year, 1,300-hour obsession.
Continue reading “Custom Honda CB750F1 by Matthias Ebenhoch”In this track review from Motorcycle.com, the reviewer takes the updated 2027 Suzuki GSX-R1000R through a brutal “Six Hours of Suzuki” simulation at the Monte Blanco circuit in Spain [00:17], [09:14].
This update represents a critical “welcome back” party for the Jixer 1000 in Europe (where it was dropped in 2023 due to emissions), while acting as a tiny, incremental evolution for the US market where it never left [00:32], [22:37].
Continue reading “Video Analysis: 2027 Suzuki GSX-R1000R Review”A lot of riders start paying more attention to photography right around the time they start putting serious miles on. Not always intentionally. It usually starts with wanting to document a good road trip, or trying to show someone who doesn’t ride what a road actually looks like from the saddle. And then something clicks.
The connection between motorcycling and photography makes more sense the more you think about it. Both reward the same kind of attention.
Continue reading “Why So Many Motorcycle Riders End Up Getting Into Photography”This custom Triumph Bonneville T120 built by Tamarit Motorcycles out of Spain is gorgeous.
The bike, nicknamed “First,” was commissioned by a French guy named Patrick who wanted a totally personalized machine that blended rugged “brat-style” proportions with a bit of a sporty café racer look.
Continue reading “Custom Triumph Bonneville T120 by Tamarit Motorcycles”In 2026, electric motorcycles have moved out of the “tech-bro toy” phase and onto the dealer floors of brands we actually trust. With the arrival of the Can-Am Pulse and the American-made Land Moto District, the question isn’t “Will they work?” but “Will they work for YOU?”
If you’re looking to kill your gas bill, you’re likely staring at these four contenders. They all cost under $16,000, but their “personalities” couldn’t be more different.
Continue reading “The 2026 Best Electric Commuter Motorcycles: Can-Am, LiveWire, Zero, and Land Moto”The first time most people pack for a motorcycle trip, they overpack. They bring everything they’d bring for a car trip and then discover that none of it fits. The second time, they start editing. By the third or fourth trip, they’ve usually figured out something important: most of what felt essential the first time wasn’t.
Saddlebags are not very big. That constraint, which seems like a problem at first, turns out to be one of the more useful things motorcycle travel hands you.
Continue reading “What Motorcycle Travel Teaches You About Packing Light”On the launch of the 2026 Triumph Tiger Sport 660 in Alicante, Spain, RideApart was there to report. The headline for Triumph with the 2026 model is a significant power boost and a more robust feature set, making it a serious contender in the middleweight adventure-touring segment.
Below, we will take a detailed look at RideApart’s video review, and then I’ll provide my own opinions on this unique motorcycle.
Continue reading “Video Analysis: 2026 Triumph Tiger Sport 660 Review”The Yamaha RD350 “Black Widow Tribute” is a custom motorcycle built by the Malaga, Spain workshop of Lord Drake Kustoms.
Designed for a client using their corporate colors, the project focuses on sharpening the classic, unhinged 1970s two-stroke twin into a lean, aggressive street machine that lands somewhere between a modern streetfighter and a classic GP racer.
Continue reading “Custom Yamaha RD350 by Lord Drake Kustoms”
