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One tank of gas through a 2025 Yamaha YZF-R9: The street ride

4 days ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Ari Henning

“How do you like it?” “Is it as fast as an R6? Or the R1?” “Would you get this or a Street Triple?” The YZF-R9’s arrival at the legendary Rock Store in Malibu sparked a flurry of questions. These queries and many others were already swirling in my head, and had been since I attended the YZF-R9’s press launch back in March.
Reshaping speed: BMW reins in aero winglets on the Concept RR

1 week ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Dustin Wheelen

By now, I’m used to mustachioed motorcycles, but the M’s stache was less handlebar and more horseshoe. It looked less like a superbike and more like a caricature of one. I’m glad to say I had a less visceral reaction to the aero on BMW’s recently revealed Concept RR. A sign of things to come? The German marque pulled the covers off its latest superbike prototype at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, a classic car show held along Northern Italy’s Lake Como.
Motorcycle chain and sprocket decisions demystified

1 week ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Ari Henning

Buying a chain and sprockets for your motorcycle can be like visiting the cereal isle at the supermarket — there are too many choices! From chain size and seal style to sprocket material and master link type, there are a lot of decisions to make. So, here’s my attempt to demystify the options you’ll face when replacing your drivetrain. First, we need to get one thing out of the way.
The race that wasn’t: Matchless G50 vs. Drixton Honda at Barber

2 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Zack Courts

There’s a special kind of dread that a rider feels when their motorcycle stops working. About a mile into my first race on Team Obsolete’s famous 1958 Matchless G50, I felt it — the rattle and crunch of an engine eating itself, and the hopelessness soon after. My earliest memories of the bike I had just ruined go back 30 years, maybe more.
2025 Honda NT1100 DCT first ride review

2 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Dustin Wheelen

When the NT1100 broke cover in 2021, it signalled a new sport-touring era for Honda. North American riders were clamoring for a VFR replacement. Tightening emissions regulations killed the VFR1200F in 2017, leaving American Honda without a proper sport-tourer for four long years. That’s why it was so deflating when the NT1100 launched as a European exclusive in 2022. Success was swift, too. The model became the continent’s highest-selling sport-tourer in 2023.
2025 Suzuki DR-Z4S first ride review

3 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Zack Courts

Everything in motorcycling is more extreme these days. Superbikes are faster, cruiser engines are bigger, and dirt bikes are more capable than ever. Sometimes it seems like every motorcycle is trying to be the best at one thing, just to be considered for anything. Not the new DR-Z4S. When Suzuki’s DR-Z400S landed in showrooms 25 years ago, motorcycling was different. Fuel injection and anti-lock brakes were still only trickling in.
How and when to replace your motorcycle brake pads

3 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Ari Henning

Even if you don’t consider yourself a motorcycle mechanic, there are a number of maintenance items you can do yourself. Replacing your brake pads is one of them. It’ll save you money, and it doesn’t take much in the way of tools, time, or skill. You might be open to the idea of DIYing a brake job on your bike, but how do you know if your brake pads need to be replaced in the first place?
2026 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RX first look

3 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Dustin Wheelen

Triumph considers the 2026 Speed Triple 1200 RX the “the ultimate incarnation of the Speed Triple.” There's a few reasons why. Compared to the Speed Triple 1200 RS, the RX has “more aggressive, sportier ergonomics” and “even more state-of-the-art electronics.” The limited-edition variant may be the sharpest Speed Triple in the pack, but it follows a formula established by another model in the Triumph’s naked-bike family.
2025 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Gray Ghost first look: Icon or eyesore?

4 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Dustin Wheelen

Harley-Davidson introduced the Fat Boy to its cruiser lineup in 1990. Riding on the Softail platform that debuted just six years earlier, the Big Twin cruiser stood out with its beefy Hydra-Glide fork and solid-cast disc wheels. What made the maiden model even more distinctive was its Fine Silver Metallic paint, which Harley applied not just to the tank and fenders, but also to the frame. And so, the Gray Ghost was born.
Gas versus electric: Honda Grom and a Zero S on a 500-mile road trip

4 weeks ago | revzilla.com | Riding StyleAdv |Zack Courts

Setting out on a CTXP adventure, we often assume we’re going to suffer. But, not like this. When we took off across Wyoming trying to avoid paved roads, we knew there would be some curveballs in our route. And when we pointed two homemade motorcycle motorhomes toward the Grand Canyon we knew things would get weird at some point along the way.