Sport-Touring Motorcycles
Sport-touring motorcycles include Honda VFR1200F, Triumph Sprint GT, Kawasaki Concours 14, Aprilia Mana 850 GT, and Ducati Multistrada 1200S Touring.
While the name “sport touring” implies a hybrid of a sportbike and a touring motorcycle, in reality sport-touring motorcycles are a little more difficult to define. These are bikes designed to take you great distances in relative comfort, but without all the heft of a typical touring motorcycle. Compared to touring motorcycles, sport-tourers are far lighter and much more agile. However, they do lack some of the creature comforts of a ponderous true touring rig. If you shift the comparison to sportbikes, sport-touring motorcycles offer a more relaxed, upright seating position and far more storage space. Sport-tourers are some of the most versatile on-road motorcycles in the industry.
While the name “sport touring” implies a hybrid of a sportbike and a touring motorcycle, in reality sport-touring motorcycles are a little more difficult to define. These are bikes designed to take you great distances in relative comfort, but without all the heft of a typical touring motorcycle. Compared to touring motorcycles, sport-tourers are far lighter and much more agile. However, they do lack some of the creature comforts of a ponderous true touring rig. If you shift the comparison to sportbikes, sport-touring motorcycles offer a more relaxed, upright seating position and far more storage space. Sport-tourers are some of the most versatile on-road motorcycles in the industry.
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Triumph Unveils Three New Models for 2012
After a record-setting sales year in 2011, Triumph is set to celebrate its 110th anniversary in 2012 by introducing three new models.
2012 Honda CBR1000RR Preview
Honda’s CBR1000RR has long been a favorite around the MO offices, especially since the 2008 version tested here. Nearly as light as a 600 but with liter-class-leading midrange power, the big double-R vaulted to the top of its class.
2011 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 GT 8V Review
We try to hold Moto Guzzi to the same exacting standards we do other OEMs, but sometimes we just gotta give the company or its bikes a pass and say, "It's a Guzzi." Sometimes it's a complimentary remark and other times it's a rebuke.
Motorcycle.com Best of 2011 Awards
The motorcycles that have made their way to dealerships in the last 12 months have been category-crushing and stunningly well developed. After riding everything this year, here’s our selections of the best motorcycles of 2011.
2012 BMW K1600GT Review
One of the most exciting new motorcycles this year is BMW’s K1600 platform, boasting the first inline six-cylinder motorcycle engine since the 1980s.- 2011 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited Review [Video] The touring-bike alternative
- 2011 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 GT8V Review The Norge strikes again
- 2011 Suzuki GSX1250FA Review The old Bandit grows up into cost-effective sports tourer
- 2012 Motus MST Preview New American sport-tourer powered by half a V-8
- 2011 Suzuki GSX-R600 and GSX-R750 Revealed Gixxers get a major overhaul, and a faired version of the Bandit 1250 debuts
- 2011 Triumph Sprint GT Review Heavier, but still in a class of its own
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2010 Awards We select the cream of the crop, including our pick for Motorcycle of the Year
- BMW Unveils New 6-Cylinder K1600GT and GTL We view (and hear!) them in the flesh
- 2010 VFR1200F with DCT Review Our first street ride sampling Honda's dual-clutch tranny
- 2010 Ducati Multistrada Review Ducati steps outside the box to go mainstream
- 2010 Aprilia Mana 850 GT ABS Review Twist-and-go sport-touring
- 2010 Honda NT700V Review The smaller ST for smaller budgets, big range
- 2009 Triumph Sprint ST Review The ol' man's still got it!
- 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 Review The People's new Connie!
- 2010 Honda VFR1200F Review - First Ride We ride the new V-4-powered sports rig and sample a revolutionary transmission
- 2010 Kawasaki Models Unveiled The C-14 is first in line for Kawi's all-new traction control!
- 2010 Hondas Revealed Big Red brings a new sport-tourer and a fuel-injected middleweight cruiser to America
- 2010 Can-Am Spyder RT Preview The recreation vehicle of Spyders
- Best of 2009 - Motorcycles of the Year A sagging economy hasn't stopped the flow of amazing motorcycles
- 2009 BMW K1300GT Review More power and refinement for BMW's premium sport-tourer
- 2009 Can-Am Spyder SE5 Review BRP offers automatic clutch and shifting choice
- 2008 Triumph Tiger Review Tame but not timid
- 2009 Can-Am Spyder Preview Shifting Paradigms
- 2008 Can-Am Spyder Review A Few More Miles in the Saddle
- 2008 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V preview A GS rival from the Italians
- 2008 Can-Am Spyder Test A Melange a Trois
- 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 The New Connie: Great Expectations Exceeded
- Moto Guzzi Norge 1200: First Ride Report How does it compare to the standard-setting BMW RT?
- 2006 Yamaha FJR1300 Model Intro Good value and a solidly engineered bike that's fun and practical to ride
- 2006 BMW K 1200 GT Sun, Sedona and a New Beemer.
Sport-Touring Motorcycle Videos
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2012 BMW K1600GT vs. 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS [Video]
BMW and Kawasaki have long battled in the sport-touring category and have gone head-to-head in shootouts on this site since 1996. This time BMW takes aim at the Kawasaki Concours 14 with some heavy artillery in the form of the new K1600GT.-
2008 Can-Am Spyder Test
The wild new Spyder offers a fresh take on sport riding, brought to you by the maker of Ski-Doo snowmobiles and Sea-Doo personal watercraft. Does the accumulation of third wheel add to the fun or detract from it? Come along for the ride/drive to find out!
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2008 Triumph Tiger Review
Triumph’s Tiger has been around nearly 16 years, and in that time it has aged well, getting better each time Triumph brings it out of its cage. This Tiger is staking the likes of Honda’s VFR and Buell’s Ulysses XB12X or XT and Ducati’s Multistrada.
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2010 Honda NT700V Review
North American Honda brings yet another price conscious Euro-popular model here to US. This time in the form of a commuter large enough to tour the country with, the NT700V.
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2010 Ducati Multistrada Review
The versatile new Multistrada is set to open the Ducati experience to a wide swath of conquest consumers. The Multistrada 1200 isn’t just good, it’s good enough to be a contender for bike of the year.
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2012 BMW K1600GT vs. 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS [Video]
BMW and Kawasaki have long battled in the sport-touring category and have gone head-to-head in shootouts on this site since 1996. This time BMW takes aim at the Kawasaki Concours 14 with some heavy artillery in the form of the new K1600GT.
2011 Gentlemen Sportbike Shootout
Here are three ways to satisfy a thirst for a powerful sportbike without the pretzel-ed legs and sore wrists: the Kawasaki Ninja 1000, Yamaha FZ1 and Suzuki GSX1250FA. Read on to see who wins this three-way battle.
The Best Literbike for the Street
We recently had to chance to pit Kawasaki's new Ninja 1000 against a Kawasaki ZX-10R that had been modified for greater comfort to try to figure out which bike offers the best combination of power, performance and comfort for everyday riding.
2010 Oddball Sport-Touring Shootout: Ducati Multistrada vs Honda VFR1200F vs Kaw...
With an odd collection of three motorcycles we set out to answer the unanswerable: What bike do you really need for sport-touring? The Ducati Multistrada, Honda VFR1200F and Kawasaki Z1000 may just fit the bill.
2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 vs. BMW R1200GS
BMW’s go-anywhere GS has a 30-year history of leading the now-popular adventure-touring segment. But Ducati’s all-new Multistrada 1200 says “Game on!” to the venerable R1200GS. We pit ‘em together to see if the Duc has what it takes to overrule the GS.
2010 BMW K1300S vs Honda VFR1200F Shootout
Honda’s new VFR1200F and BMW’s new-for-’09 K1300S occupy a similar in-between niche. On one end are liter-sized sportbikes bred on the racetrack, while the other end is occupied by big sport-tourers. The K13 and VFR stand apart in their tween-ness.
2010 Honda NT700V vs. Aprilia Mana 850 GT ABS
While large-displacement rockets adorned with big screens and electronic wizardry, like BMW’s K1300GT or Kawi’s Concours, have come to define sport-touring, Aprilia’s Mana GT and Honda’s NT700V might just create a new sub-segment: sport-touring lite!
2009 Sport-Touring Shootout
We made the trek to Laguna Seca for the US Grand Prix, and what better way to make that trip than with BMW’s new K1300GT, Honda’s ST1300, Kawasaki’s Concours 14 and Yamaha’s FJR1300A as our steeds? See how the four sport tourer compare on our journey.
2010 Triumph Tiger SE vs. 2008 Benelli Tre1130K
We brought Triumph’s Tiger and Benelli’s Tre1130K together for what turned out to be a closer competition than we first expected.
2008 Middleweight Sport-Touring Shootout: BMW F800ST vs. Honda VFR800 Intercepto...
We like sporty bikes at Motorcycle.com, but we’re less fond of them when faced with the prospect of 10 hours in their saddles. But with reasonably sized bikes like the VFR800 and F800ST, we can tear up the twisties in relative comfort.Find A New Sport-Touring Motorcycle
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