The Armstrong MT500 motorcycle, a unique piece of military history, was designed for the Canadian Army but has roots that stretch across the ocean.
Built by Armstrong Motorcycles in the UK, this bike was intended to be a reliable transport for soldiers, but its journey has been anything but straightforward. Here’s FortNine’s epic review of the bike.Â
Continue reading “The Canadian Army’s Unlikely Hero: The Armstrong MT500 Motorcycle”Norton Motorcycles is a saga of brilliance marred by chaos, a story best summed up in rubber bushings, Featherbed frames, and 10 rounds of bankruptcy. FortNine does a fabulous job of giving the story in the video below, but I’ll summarize it as well.
It begins in 1898 with James Norton’s Birmingham shed, a curly “N,” and racing glory. By the 1930s, Norton owned the Isle of Man TT, thanks to innovative engines and sheer audacity. Yet, the company’s knack for bad decisions proved as legendary as its bikes.
Continue reading “The Difficult History of Norton Motorcycles”Is this affordable electric motorcycle worth your money?
The Sondors Metacycle is an affordable electric motorcycle. The wonderful gents at FortNine had a chance to take one of these bikes for a spin and find its faults.
As you’ll see in the video above, this bike is not perfect, but for the price, it’s not too bad. It offers a lot to love and that’s saying something from a somewhat questionable company.
Like Ryan from FortNine, I have mixed feelings about this bike. On one hand, I see it as a legit affordable electric motorcycle. On the other, it’s not everything it promised to be and not everything I’d want.
Continue reading “Sondors Metacycle Review Video”The KLR650 is still the best bike for the money, offering you capability far beyond its price point.
If you want ultimate reliability for riding to the end of the earth, then you saddle up on a Kawasaki KLR650.
The Kawasaki KLR650 is a machine that’s been around for years. Yes, in 2018 Kawasaki took it off the market to make updates to it, but those updates weren’t really anything crazy. Kawasaki released the new version of the KLR and it’s very similar.
In the video above, FortNine takes a closer look at what makes this 80s-single-cylinder motorcycle at heart so good, even today.
Continue reading “What Makes the Kawasaki KLR650 So Good in 2022?”Here are FortNine’s top picks!
Scooters are a great way to get to work, and FortNine decided to make a video showcasing the best scooters for folks who don’t have a motorcycle license.
I’ve written about the merits of 50cc scooters before, and I really do think they’re one of the best ways to commute. Even better in many cases than a lot of motorcycles depending on the type of commute you have.
In the video above, the Canadian gents over at FortNine go over three of their picks for the best scooters for car drivers, and below, you’ll find my thoughts on each of them.
Continue reading “Get to Work by Riding a Scooter – The Best Scooters for Car Drivers”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”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”One thing that I often wonder is if modern bikes are really all that much better than old ones. They seem to do mostly the same things for more money.
FortNine wanted to tackle this very issue, so the team there put together a video titled “Vintage CB360T vs Modern CB300R.”
The result is a well-crafted argument by some of the best guys in the business.
Continue reading “FortNine: Vintage CB360T vs Modern CB300R”Beginner riders not only need a motorcycle, they need gear. But not everyone has tons of dough to spend on a full gear setup.
With this in mind, Ryan of FortNine decided to take a closer look at the accident numbers to determine which gear is really essential.
This look isn’t ATGATT-approved, but it’s arguably a more realistic view a buying gear than the ATGATT crowd endorses.
Continue reading “FortNine Looks at the Gear Beginner Riders Really Need”I’ve ridden and reviewed the Royal Enfield Continental GT 650. I found it to be a great middleweight motorcycle.
The guys over at FortNine also had a chance to get in the saddle of this likable bike. In the video above, Ryan F9 gives his opinions of the machine.
Continue reading “Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 Review – FortNine”
