On-Off Road Reviews
There are a variety of bikes in this category, often termed Dual-Sport or Dual-Purpose. They look similar in many ways to dirt or MX motorcycles but are built for use on streets and highways in addition to off-road. As public land becomes scarcer and riding areas are less accessible, the street-licensed dual-sport opens up more opportunity for riding locations. As with any machine that is built for disparate purposes, Dual-Sports are always a compromise between light-weight dirt performance and comfortable street abilities. There are also two sub-categories: Adventure-Tourers, which are large dual-sports that can be taken on long trips for riders who don't want to stop riding when the pavement ends; and there are also Supermoto bikes that are hybrids built from a dirt bike platform for racing or riding on pavement. These hooligan machines make excellent city-goers and can dismantle a tight and twisty canyon quicker than pretty much anything out there.
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These 10 motorcycles are sure to make waves in 2012
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2012 BMW G650GS Sertao Review
More off-road-worthy features mean more adventure for BMW's humble G650GS
BMW has amped up the GS portion of the G650GS by creating a more off-road inclined stablemate, the G650GS Sertão. Named after the dry, hot region in Northeastern Brazil, the Sertão aims to take the adventure class to a new place....
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2011 BMW G650GS Review [Video]
A value-priced BMW with a utilitarian heart
BMW’s R1200GS is an icon in the adventure-touring category, but for many it’s big and unwieldy, not to mention expensive. For those shorter of stature and lighter of wallet, BMW offers the G650GS for less than half the price of its big GS brother....
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On-Off Road Reviews
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- 2012 KTM Street Model Lineup Preview RC8 R Race Spec among the highlights
- Triumph Unveils Three New Models for 2012 A 1200cc Adventure-Tourer among the highli...
- 2012 Husqvarna Lineup Review Husky's got the dirt world covered, from motocross to d...
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2011 Awards Some of the best motorcycles ever built
- 2011 Triumph Tiger 800 & 800XC Review [Video] 800cc of Grrrrrrrrr!
- 2011 Altius Scimitar Review Going on a Diesel Diet
- Top 10 Hottest Bikes of 2011 The 10 most Interesting new motorcycles you need to kno...
- 2011 Yamaha WR250R Review Essentially a street-legal dirtbike
- 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere Review Japan builds a BMW GS competitor
- 2011 Kawasaki KLR650 Review Simple is good!
- 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere Preview Yamaha's GS killer coming to the U.S. in Spring 201...
- 2010 BMW F800GS Review A street bike for dirt bikers
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2010 Awards We select the cream of the crop, including our pi...
- 2010 Kawasaki Middleweight and Dual-Purpose Roundup Five reasons why Kawasaki is lea...
- 2010 BMW R1200GS and GS Adventure Review A globetrotting motorcycle for all seasons
- 2010 Zero S and DS Review The e-bike continues to evolve
- 2010 KTM 530 EXC Review Bringing off-road racing to the street
- 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Preview Details leaked. Think 150-horsepower BMW GS!
- 2010 Moto Morini Granpasso 1200 Review Adventure in the fast lane
- 2009 Honda CRF230M Review Quick ride on Honda’s only supermoto machine
- 2009 QLINK XF200 Review China steps up its motorcycle game
- Best of 2009 - Motorcycles of the Year A sagging economy hasn't stopped the flow of ...
- 2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX ABS Review Stelvio conquers the Dolomites
- 2009 Kawasaki KLX250SF Review More than a street-ready dirt bike
- 2009 Yamaha WR250X Review The most fun you can have at 54 mpg!
- 2009 BMW G650GS Review Enter the GS world at an entry-level price
- 2008 Aprilia SXV 5.5 Review Practicality be damned
- 2009 BMW F650GS Review The little adventurer on a big mission
- 2009 BMW F800GS Review New kid on the Adventure block
- 2009 BMW F800GS Review - First Ride The GS for the rest of us
- 2009 Kawasaki Motorcycles Released First look at the 2009s
- 2008 Moto Guzzi Stelvio Review Italian for GS
- 2009 Kawasaki KLX250S Review A Lean, Mean and Green Dualie For the Whole Family
- 2008 Yamaha XT660Z Tenere Review The nomadic Yamaha is back!
- 2008 BMW R1200GS and Adventure Review The GS Gets Uber-Techy
- 2008 Buell Ulysses XB12XT Review Lower, better handling Ulysses ‘Shortcake’ sure...
- 2008 Honda CRF230L Review Back in the Saddle after 17 years
- 2008 Yamaha WR250R & WR250X Review Street-legal off-roader or Supermoto with bli...
- Riding with the Wind of Change The do-it-all KLR650 has been taken to a higher level
- 2007 BMW G 650 X Series BMW makes nothing but quality products
- Derbi Mulhacen First Ride Report Its beauty is undeniable; I got admiring stares eve...
- 2006 KTM 950 Supermoto Quick Ride This is a competition motor that is just civilized...
- 2006 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure BMW Gives You What You Wish You Already Had.
- Dirt and Street with the '06 BMW HP-2 BMW engineers took great pains to modify almos...
- 2005 Suzuki DRZ 400 SM
- 2005 MZ 125 Supermoto Little motards aren't just for 16 year olds.
- Derbi: Big Fun in Small Packages
- 2005 Husaberg Super Moto Test Gabe Makes a Visit to the Home for the Severely Motard...
- 2005 Yamaha XT660R
- Review: 2005 BMW R 1200GS
- First Ride: 2002 Aprilia ETV 1000 CapoNord Giant Steps for a Small Company
- Ride Report: 2000 BMW F 650 GS Think of it as a GS Lite.
- Supermotard Moto for the Street Crowd
- First Look: BMW F 650 GS
- Ride Report: 2000 BMW R1150GS Funky, Spunky and Germun-ky
- A Technical Look Inside the Hunwick Hallam Design What Makes It Tick?
- The 1999 Kawasaki KLR650 The Return of Swamp Thing
- Hunwick Hallam X1R Superbike
- Yamaha TDM 850
- Euro Quickie: Honda Transalp Euro Motorcycling's Halfway House
- First Impression: 1998 Yamaha XT350 A Tale of Two XTs
- 1997 BMW F650ST
- First Impression: 1997 BMW F650 BMW Checks Out the Singles Scene.
- Yamaha XT225 Beginner Bike, or Dual-Sport Bargain?
- First Impression: Aprilia Pegaso 650 La Nuova Frontiera
On-Off Road COMPARISONS
- 2011 Adventure-Touring Shootout: Triumph Tiger 800XC vs. BMW F800GS [Video]
- Dual-Sport Shootout: Electric vs. Gasoline! How does future tech do against today’...
- 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 vs. BMW R1200GS The German adventure-touring icon gets ...
- 2009 Honda CRF230M vs. 2009 QLINK XF200 Lo-Po Su-Mo Comparo!
- Quarter-Liter Supermoto Shootout Yamaha WR250X vs. Kawasaki KLX250SF
- 2008 Lightweight Dual-Purpose Shootout Adventure Within Reach
- It Ain't The Tool: Revisited
- 2005 Adventure Touring Comparo Adventure Touring Single, Twin, Triple
- 1997 Adventure Tourers Seeking Adventure
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