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It’s now clearer than ever before: small bikes are in, and people from all over the world are going crazy over them. Gone are the days where manufacturers had to sell 1,000-plus cc machines just to get noticed. Now, the beginner segment is proving to be so much more than…

Listen, I'm no stranger to wearing motorcycle boots with things that most people would say I shouldn't. Several years ago, I used to have a long commute to work on my bike. Quite frequently, I'd put motorcycle over pants over whatever I wanted to wear at my job. Sometimes, it…

Traditionally, the beautifully designed motorcycles of the world come from Italy. I don't mean to throw shade on any other country building bikes, I don't need the smoke, but Italian bikes just have a certain something that make them bite-the-back-of-your-hand pretty. 

I remember when I first started working on motorcycles and cars back in the day. While WD-40 remains the GOAT of products to fix all that ails you, another name was often regarded as a second Wunderkind; Sea-Foam. 

Remember back in 2022, when Hero MotoCorp invested a rather serious-sounding $60M into electric motorcycle maker Zero Motorcycles?

As a quick economics refresher, here's how tariffs work. A company imports either a product or part of a product from a country that isn't where they're based. They cost, let's say, $20 before tariffs. The company then sells that product for $30 to the consumer, netting themselves a small profit.…

One of the coolest performance-oriented tech innovations in recent memory just has to be the IMU. The inertial measurement unit was something that was once found on the world’s most high-performance superbikes. Designed to maximize the bike’s grip through corners, the IMU is essentially the closest thing to make our…

While there are a lot of organizations out there trying to dismantle our public lands, there are a great number doing their best attempting to preserve it, as well as support those who use it. One of those is Polaris, the folks who make some of the best UTVs, ATVs,…

If you ride motorcycles on public roads, chances are excellent that a) you know how motorcycle traffic is handled in your area, and b) you have some thoughts on how it can be done better. I've been lucky enough to ride in a few different places and see how motorcycle…