The Ti tank is cool and all, but how about Honda keeps it and gives us a plastic one and second set of sumo rims instead? Seems like a better marketing tactic, at least to me. No one who buys this to dual sport on will keep that tank for long and I doubt many people will use this for single track.

Harley’s come pretty handicapped from the factory to meet emissions and that’s one of the reasons almost everyone buys a set of slip-ons within a month of ownership. That said, slip-ons usually aren’t the straight pipes most people think of when they think of a “stereotypical” Harley.

This. One of the quickest ways to decipher if someone is a real motorcycle enthusiast or just an asshole is talk about Harley. For all their faults on the spec sheet, they are incredibly pleasant to ride. Almost anyone who’s ever been on one will concede that.

As someone who’s ridden one of these, what would you rather have to do a long way down/round style exploration of the pacific northwest, an Africa Twin or a plated CRF 450/ WR450 with racks added and a bigger tank? I’m not discounting the coolness of this bike but it looks like Honda may be entering the BMW territory…

There’s also an upside to crashing; it teaches you a healthy respect for the bike and the responsibility that comes with it. Most riders wreck in their first 6 months because confidence and fun overtakes that healthy fear and sense of self preservation that you started out with. I don’t mind it when it’s said out of…

Long time lurker, first time poster. First off, this is by far my favorite scoot site on the internet. Excellent work and the mix of articles like this is absolutely why.

Most of the hate harley gets is from people who have never actually ridden one. I’m a reformed harley hater. In my youth I was a squid who was all about cheap horsepower and 15K redlines. A few wrecks and years later and I was a vstrom convert who thought adventure bikes were for true motorcycle “purists”. One day I…

This was a great article about a niche rarely seen on moto sites. While not a touring bike enthusiast myself, one day closer to retirement I would love to take one of these across the country. Can I suggest an article on Gymkhana, where we could see police and guys who’ve been riding longer than most of us have been…