The Legendary Kawasaki Z1—FIRST inline-four SUPERBIKE?
Motorcycle minds were blown when the 1973 Kawasaki Z1 debuted with its 903cc engine, double overhead cams and burly styling—and Team Green's four-cylinder superbike was born—in rootbeer brown! Did 40-...
3 Jul 20241h 2min
OVAL PISTON Hondas: All about The MYTHICAL NR500 RACER and $60,000 NR750 Streetbike (Failures?)
Honda's NR500 GP racer and NR750 endurance racer and 1994 $60,000 streetbike launched a million dreams but were failures in the grand scheme. The bikes were beautiful innovations and technical strivin...
26 Jun 202452min
AIR! ALL about AIR and how we get it TO FLOW into ENGINES
We're taking a flyer on this one but we couldn't resist talking about AIR! True to form, Technical Editor Kevin Cameron starts talking about us breathing and how gravity holds air on the earth ("Which...
19 Jun 202456min
How Honda Gold Wing INVENTED and DOMINATED Luxury Touring for 50 years.
Dynasty? Franchise? Legend? Yes! The Honda Gold Wing was born "naked" in 1975 as Honda's first liquid-cooled model. The entire Cycle World road test issue said "Gold Wing" only one time but now it's t...
12 Jun 202453min
SPEED DEMON Yamaha TZ750 had TOO MUCH of EVERYTHING!
The legendary Yamaha TZ750 two-stroke racer was a bike three-time world champ Kenny Roberts said had "too much of everything." Technical Editor Kevin Cameron knows a lot of things about a lot of thing...
5 Jun 202458min
CRAZY SUSPENSION and UNREAL PERFORMANCE. The AMAZING BRITTEN V1000 motorcycle CONQUERED the world!
Genius? Madman? John Britten created one of the most amazing motorcycles on the planet and beat the world's biggest manufacturers—All from a tiny country in the southern hemisphere. We called The Brit...
29 Mai 202452min
Are RULES KILLING Racing?
Should we just rip all the electronics and aerodynamic aids off of MotoGP bikes, or are the just-released 2027 rules for MotoGP a good move for the series and for racing in general? King of the Bagger...
22 Mai 202445min
HOW has Harley-Davidson sold MILLIONS of MOTORCYCLES?
What is the secret to Harley-Davidson's mass-market success and why has Indian been the only brand to make a dent and lodge itself in the mind of the American rider? Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and...
15 Mai 202448min
