Traversing California on the 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager ABS

After reading our man Neale Bayley’s account of his transcendental experience aboard Kawasaki’s new Voyager tourer, I’d been wondering what the bike was like to ride. Since it’s the only metric cruiser sized and equipped to take on the Harley and Victory heavyweight full-dresser tourers, I figured it must be something special.

Then Kawasaki’s Greg Lasiewski [...]

2010 Yamaha R1 LE Rossi Replica

Expert Riders Only, please!
Yamaha’s R1 has been around in its current form since 2009, and it has already garnered a Superbike World Championship in the capable hands of America’s own Ben Spies. Of course, a World Superbike entry differs in many ways from the stock streetbike, and you probably wouldn’t want to ride one as [...]

2010 Aprilia Mana GT 850

When the first Aprilia Mana 850 appeared, its versatility was immediately obvious. After all, the Mana has a continuously variable transmission (CVT) just like most scooters do, making the machine a snap to ride for newbies and car-crossovers.
But now, in GT 850 guise, with a fairing, adjustable windscreen, ABS braking and available luggage, the realm [...]

2010 MV Agusta F4 Review

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Harley-Davidson may now be wondering what to do with MV Agusta, after acquiring it in 2008 to expand the Motor Company’s two-wheeled offerings. But MV Agusta certainly knew exactly what to do with Harley-Davidson. Or at least the finances provided by Harley.
The proof is in the 2010 [...]

2010 Honda VFR1200F Dual-Clutch Transmission

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Dual-clutch transmissions are all the rage on the high-performance car scene right now, and with good reason. The gadgets shift faster than we can, match revs better on downshifts (saving clutches and avoiding rear-tire lockup in the process), and they can act like docile automatic [...]

2010 Aprilia RSV4 Factory

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Motorcycles developed on the race track then refined for street use are all around us. Kawasaki’s official brief for its sportbike line is that they are racetrack ready, and Honda’s CBR1000RR was developed by a team whose leader came directly from the company’s MotoGP program.
Yamaha’s World Superbike championship-winning [...]

Honda Rolls Out a New Trio of 1300cc V-twin Customs

Honda has been making V-twin cruisers for 25 years, most of them with fairly conservative styling. Now, for 2010, Honda has unveiled a lineup of big V-twins to replace the VTX1300 range, and the radical new look owes much to the controversial 2010 Fury, a machine infused with loads of full-on chopper styling. The three [...]

2010 Honda Shadow RS

Do the letters RS stand for Resembles a Sportster?
Written by Barry Winfield, photos by Brian J. Nelson
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According to Honda’s affable press relations manager Jon Seidel, the 2010 Shadow RS is a model originally intended for the Japanese market. It was spotted at Honda’s HQ in Japan by [...]

2010 Star Stratoliner Deluxe

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Research into the cruiser market reveals that there’s been a shift in priorities lately among riders. There appears to be some movement away from custom bling toward practicality and comfort. In keeping with the trend, Star Motorcycles has added a Deluxe model to the Stratoliner series, [...]

2010 KAWASAKI Z1000 Motorcycle Review

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It’s lucky for US Streetfighter fans that Kawasaki’s Z1000 sells so well in Europe, or we wouldn’t be looking at a 2010 model with such extensive investment. The model did not do well enough over here to justify a complete makeover. And now that Kawasaki’s sportbike range is focused [...]

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