It’s a newsier mix than usual this week, with the Yamaha SR400 finally down for the count, and a top European motorcycle museum gone up in smoke. On the custom bike front, we’ve got two very sporty builds—one an XT600 supermoto, and the other a radically restyled BMW R nineT. Yamaha XT600 supermoto by 86 Gear Motorcycles Christian Boosen runs…
Panniers and city bikes aren’t a great combination. Not only are they generally difficult to install and remove, but they make lane-splitting difficult and often detract from the overall look of a bike. French builder Gwenael Barthelemy, aka Le Week-End De Course, lives for his motorcycle adventures, but he’s not about to ride around on a bike that doesn’t appeal…
In 1994, Triumph changed the sport motorcycling landscape with the first-ever production Streetfighter, known as the Speed Triple. A roaring three-cylinder engine paired to a sporty chassis that feels at home in the canyons or on the racetrack and delivered with upright ergonomics defined the original hooligan bike. This year, the all-new 2021 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS is looking…