More people riding motorcycles should be our goal, but getting a beginner to try a motorcycle or scooter in the first place is difficult. Harley-Davidson has a great idea called Jump Start where a ...

“A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step,” is quite a famous saying. Considering the appropriate learning curve of a new rider, we say that getting a motorcycle is probably around step 3, ...

A few days ago, Peter asked me what bikes I recommend for a new rider with a freshly earned motorcycle endorsement. This is a question that I think more people should ask. New motorcyclists don’t have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the answer to that last question is an emphatic “absolutely not,” the others are a bit tougher to nail down. To that end, we ...

Summer is prime time for motorcyclists in the Pacific Northwest. Oregonians looking to hop on a hog for the first time must pass a safety course from Team Oregon, celebrating its 40th anniversary this ...

The thrills one feels upon getting a motorcycle license can quickly turn into something really unpleasant if the early months of riding are not spent on the back of the proper machine. In essence, ...

Riding to Connecticut and back, I quickly learned that my little beginner motorcycle is a typical GS in ways that don't really matter (front beak, one-piece seat, off-road-ish tires), but not in the ...

While it isn't a direct correlation, it's often the case that larger motorcycle engines have more power than smaller ones. It makes sense, right? Like a four-cylinder economy car compared with a V8 ...