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Hello Snow! Exploring the Colorado Mountains by Motorcycle

Oct 8, 2017 Michael Le Pard

A group of Ural owners celebrated the first glimpse of snow in Colorado with a mountain pass tour. They rode from Longmont, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO via Cameron Pass (10,249 feet) and Buffalo Pass […]

2018 Honda Gold Wing Tour Airbag Automatic DCT

Total Motorcycle Cool Wall 2017 Results

Oct 6, 2017 Michael Le Pard

#1 Bike of 2017 – 2018 Honda Gold Wing Tour Automatic DCT – Voted – 92.2% Cool – Nov. 3rd to Nov. 10th, 2017 You Voted. You Debated. And now The Results. Cool Wall 2017 […]

GRT Yamaha Battle Hard in WorldSSP on Saturday at Magny-Cours

Oct 2, 2017 Michael Le Pard

The GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team came through a wet and tricky Saturday at Magny-Cours, France, round ten of the 2017 FIM Supersport World Championship. Federico Caricasulo adapted to the damp track in SP2 brilliantly […]

Interview of the Month: Mike Leitner: Moving the MotoGP Puzzle Pieces

Oct 1, 2017 Michael Le Pard

What’s it like to build and govern a MotoGPTM setup from scratch? We grabbed some time with the man at the peak of the Red Bull KTM operation to find out. Team Manager of Red […]

Triumph Street Triple Track Virgins Reveal All

Oct 1, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Arctic Monkeys + Reverend and The Makers “We were like a couple of kids in a sweet shop,” admits a still-exhilarated Ryan Jenkinson, a full two weeks after his first track day experience. The Reverend […]

Bollywood star’s Amit Sadh: Triumph, my bike for life

Oct 1, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Amit Sadh, one of Bollywood’s hottest properties right now, doesn’t mince his words when it comes to his love of Triumph. “I love their bikes so much that I will never ride anything other than […]

Origin8or Street Triple – The Canadian Custom Cafe Racer

Oct 1, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Triumph’s Modern Classics range usually attracts most of the custom builders, but we at FTR love it when someone takes the same attitude to a Street Triple. Rob Chappell of Origin8or Custom Motorcycles, based in Ontario Canada, […]

Wounded Warrior Project Veterans Embrace Freedom on the Open Road

Sep 29, 2017 Michael Le Pard

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For years, Harley-Davidson® has partnered with and supported Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) through riding academy events, bike giveaways, and funds raised from sales of items in their Operation Personal […]

A pure Motocross bike …” talking about the factory KTM 450 SX-F

Sep 28, 2017 Michael Le Pard

When Tony Cairoli crossed the finish line at the Dutch Grand Prix earlier this month he completed the set for the KTM 450 SX-F: AMA Supercross, Motocross and now the MXGP title. We asked one […]

Riding the Hatfield McCoy Trail in West Virginia

Sep 23, 2017 Michael Le Pard

The crew from Good Spark Garage are off-roading their way through the U.S. on a Ural cT and Gear Up Sahara. This week they rode through West Virginia and tackled the muddy Hatfield McCoy Trail. […]

URAL Off-Roading in Hokkaido

Sep 23, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, is known for its volcanoes, natural hot springs (onsen) and amazing off-road riding. When a new Ural owner took delivery of his 2017 Gear Up he invited his […]

Eye of Hurricane Irma from my Sunwing flight WG200D

Narrowly Escaping Hurricane Irma #LastPlaneOutofCuba

Sep 11, 2017 Michael Le Pard

The Incredible Last Chapter of our Escape from Cuba. They say a photo is worth a 1000 words, and I think this unbelievable photo from my passenger seat aboard Sunwing flight WG200D says it all. […]

2017 Cleveland CycleWerks Ace Scrambler – Cool Wall

Jul 21, 2017 Michael Le Pard

This week on the Total Motorcycle Cool Wall, Vote Today So buffet of choices… CCW’s Ace is what we consider the “standard” motorcycle. Beautiful design, simple frame, low seat height and light weight. The Ace […]

Total Motorcycle Cool Wall 2016 Results

Sep 19, 2016 Michael Le Pard

You Voted. You Debated. And now The Results. #1 Most Cool Bike of 2016 (currently): 2016 Indian Scout FTR750– 2017 Indian Scout FTR750 – Vote Now – 85.0% Cool – August 12th to August 19th, […]

Hello Snow! Exploring the Colorado Mountains by Motorcycle

Total Motorcycle Cool Wall 2017 Results

GRT Yamaha Battle Hard in WorldSSP on Saturday at Magny-Cours

Interview of the Month: Mike Leitner: Moving the MotoGP Puzzle Pieces

Triumph Street Triple Track Virgins Reveal All

Bollywood star’s Amit Sadh: Triumph, my bike for life

Origin8or Street Triple – The Canadian Custom Cafe Racer

Wounded Warrior Project Veterans Embrace Freedom on the Open Road

A pure Motocross bike …” talking about the factory KTM 450 SX-F

Riding the Hatfield McCoy Trail in West Virginia

URAL Off-Roading in Hokkaido

Narrowly Escaping Hurricane Irma #LastPlaneOutofCuba

2017 Cleveland CycleWerks Ace Scrambler – Cool Wall

Total Motorcycle Cool Wall 2016 Results

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