The world of motorcycles is a robust one. There’s a motorcycle designed for pretty much every use out there. The companies selling bikes are trying to appeal to every area of the market from the folks who love to cruise to the racers to the adventurers.
Then there’s the custom bike scene. Geniuses, craftsmen, artists take motorcycles and turn them into rolling pieces of art.
I try to cover a little bit of it all. From the new bikes rolling off the production lines at the various motorcycle manufacturers to the littlest of custom shops and individuals tinkering around in their sheds.
Here are the main types of motorcycles I typically write about on this site.
Note that this isn’t an exhaustive list, and the article linked above about the different types of motorcycles will explain the full picture.
The fun doesn’t stop with the various types of motorcycles. There are also tons of brands that sell each type of motorcycle. I’ve written an article on the different motorcycle brands out there, and that should give you a pretty clear idea of what you’ll find.
Motorcycle type and the different brands matter a ton, but I often find myself and other riders classifying motorcycles by their engine size or displacement.
This is typically how the industry categorizes motorcycles. You’ll see a 250cc class, a 600cc class, etc. To learn more, check out my article on the various engine sizes out there in the world of motorcycles.
Lastly, I want to talk about the price of motorcycles. Everyone has to work in a budget, and you can buy a nice bike for very little money, but you can also spend a ton.
Price is a big deciding factor, and I would hope you take it into account. Here are my thoughts on motorcycles and their prices.
Below are the latest articles on various motorcycles.Â
The Honda ATC is a three-wheeler designed to be tough as nails and ready for pretty much anything.
It’s an impressive machine in many respects, but the three-wheeled design of the bike makes it a bit difficult to ride.
In the video above FortNine does a detailed look at the three-wheeler, including why it was banned in the U.S.
Continue reading “Video: The Honda ATC 125 Three-Wheeler Is an All-Terrain Killer”Before we really get into the new year, let’s focus on the last week of 2020. I can’t wait to leave this year behind, but there were some important motorcycle news stories this last week.
This week’s roundup includes stories from Royal Enfield, Honda, and KTM.
Let’s dive in.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – January 1, 2021”The Honda CM450 is perhaps the perfect beginner motorcycle. Mr. Regular of Regular Car Reviews takes a closer look at this simple and in some ways perfect machine from Honda.
I say perfect in jest. This isn’t a perfect motorcycle, but it will teach you how to ride, and it won’t cost you much money, and that’s really all you want from a first bike.
Mr. Regular is a unique guy. He’s also one of the most insightful people when it comes to vehicles of any type. So, I hold his opinion in high regard.
Continue reading “VIDEO: 1982 Honda CM450 Review by Regular Car Reviews”The Honda Pacific Coast is one of the oddest motorcycles Honda has ever produced. However, it’s an interesting bike with an interesting story, and Ryan F9 of FortNine is here to tell it.
The bike is the car of the motorcycle world, as he puts it. It has a trunk, coverings for everything, and some clever engineering and design work that makes it easy every day.
This might not be the sexiest motorcycle, but it’s probably one of the most useful.
Continue reading “The Honda Pacific Coast Is the Car of the Motorcycle World”Yamaha has built some of the most impressive sportbikes in the history of the world. While the Yamaha R6 won’t put literbikes in its mirrors, it is a dominant force in its class.
With the Yamaha R6 going away (at least for a while) after the 2020 model year, I thought it best to take a good hard look at the bike and what it has meant to the motorcycling community in the last 21 years.
We will start with its introduction and go all the way through the model’s history as well as discussing its impact on the world of sportbikes. Let’s dig in.
Continue reading “Yamaha R6: A Detailed Look at the Iconic Sportbike”There are always good motorcycle news stories every week. At the end of the workweek, I like to do a roundup of the most important news stories.
This week Moto Guzzi, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and Arai helmets made the cut for my news roundup.
Here’s a look at the news stories you need to know this week.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – December 18”This year has seen some odd and frankly horrible things, including a global pandemic, so as far as getting weird goes, I think we’re all entitled. This Supercharged Honda GL1000 Gold Wing cafe racer is the kind of weird I encourage.
The bike is the last thing you’d expect when you think Gold Wing, from the beautiful red paint to the low handlebars to the funky vertically oriented headlight.
It’s an odd bike and fitting one for 2020. Railman Mark Nevitt built it, and I’m sure glad he did.
Continue reading “Supercharged Honda GL1000 Gold Wing Custom Cafe Racer”At the end of every week, I do a quick motorcycle news roundup. This week, there have been some really interesting news stories.
Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki and Meguro, and helmet safety are in the news this week.
Without further ado, let’s dive in.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – December 11”Zack and Ari are now shooting vids for Revzilla, but they were with MotorTrend not long ago.
Recently, MotorTrend did a wonderful thing and uploaded more of the Throttle Out series with these guys to its YouTube channel.
This episode is all about taking junk bikes and getting them running. The scenario was what would the guys do if there was a Zombie apocalypse.
Continue reading “Video: Zombie Bikes! with Zack and Ari for MotorTrend”At the end of the week, I like to take a look at the motorcycle news stories out there and do a motorcycle news roundup.
This week the top three stories are from Honda, Ducati, and Harley-Davidson.
Without further ado, let’s dive in.
Continue reading “Roundup: 3 Best Motorcycle News Stories of the Week – December 4”
