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Aprilia Tuareg Experience Baja 2024

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Over the last year or so, you’ve probably seen that I’m a huge fan of the track day events that Aprilia puts on under the name of Aprilia Racers Days. Well, the Italian firm also puts on events for those of you that like to get dirty. They call it the Tuareg Experience, and this February you can join them …

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What Do You Want To Know? Honda CBR250RR MC22

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My first bike was a 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250, and while it was a pleasant enough way to get started in the world of motorcycling, it was also a sign of how depressing the 250cc sportbike market was in the US for years. Nowadays you can get all kinds of 250-400cc entry level sportbikes here, but throughout the 90s and …

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Out of Office – Riding in Baja!

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Back when I was a much younger and better man, I used to ride Baja at least twice a year. Life has gotten in the way and the last time I was down there was six years ago with my buddy Spurgeon Dunbar from RevZilla – we rode a couple of BMW R1200GSes from Los Angeles down to Cabo on …

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What Do You Want To Know? 2023 Suzuki GSX-S1000GT+

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The Suzuki GSX-S1000GT+ has been on the market for almost a year now, but I haven’t had a reason to borrow one for a test until now. Vy and I are off to San Diego for the weekend and we’re heading down on Suzuki’s newest sport-tourer. You’ve likely already seen some reviews on this bike, but if there’s anything you’ve …

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Join Me – Motorcycles by Moonlight at Barber

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In a couple of weeks I’m finally going to the Barber Vintage Festival for the first time! One of the highlights of the weekend is Barber’s sold annual fundraiser – they call it Motorcycles by Moonlight and it’s on Friday, October 6th. No pressure, but that’s my birthday…so I hope you’ll be there!

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Abhi Buys a Bimota Tesi 3D FE, Part 4 – The Quirks

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I absolutely love my Tesi 3D, but I’m not going to pretend that the ownership experience has been perfect. Often times when I hear stories from people that spent a lot of money on a bike, it feels to me like they are trying to make the bike sound better than it is so that it doesn’t look like they …

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Buy Your Own Road Racing School!

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This one’s probably more for you East Coasters (where I’m currently posted up) – after 40 years of service, Roger Lyle of Motorcycle Xcitement is retiring and selling his road racing school/track day organization/pretty cool way to write off motorcycle expenses.