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十一月 09 2021 – Steve Lita
Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 LED Light Outfitting Guide
Aprilia has built the Tuono legend from the bones of the RSV and, currently, the RSV4, with its mighty narrow-angle V-4 engine, aluminum chassis, race-ready suspension, and state-of-the-art electronics including multi-level traction control with wheelie mitigation.
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
Yamaha WR250 R/X LED Light Outfitting Guide
We prefer to look at it differently, though. The WR250R and its street-aligned sibling WR250X stood as examples of the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The street-legal WR250 motorcycles are right there at the top when it comes to performance that can easily go from street to off-roading when the pavement ends.
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
Moto Guzzi V85 LED Light Outfitting Guide
There are a variety of big, torquey bikes on the market these days with off-road, go-anywhere looks, but few have the style of the Moto Guzzi V85 TT. Moto Guzzi knows a thing about adventure, having raced Paris-Dakar since the 1980s. Heck, they know a lot about building all sorts of bikes; the 2021 V85 TT Centenario celebrates Moto Guzzi’s...
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
KTM 990 SM/SMR/SMT LED Light Outfitting Guide
The 990 SM, introduced in 2008, came in a couple of varieties. The SMR was the first iteration, growing out of the earlier 950 Supermoto, and it was also the more purist-y variant. The SMT, which arrived at the scene a year later, was more touring focused with a bigger tank, higher weight, and plusher seat. Although both were perhaps...
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
KTM 990 Super Duke LED Light Outfitting Guide
The 990 Super Duke is an incredibly lightweight machine (only about 400 pounds) for a superbike that rips through streets with agility and grace. Sure, it might not have all the fancy modern gadgets and riding aids. But who needs that when the bike itself is pure perfection on pavement?
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
Kawasaki KLX250 LED Light Outfitting Guide
They say a jack of all trades is a master of none, but the Kawasaki KLX250 can make you question that particular piece of wisdom. Weighing at just under 300 pounds and equipped with a 249cc one-cylinder, four-stroke engine, the KLX250 takes you wherever you need to go through both off-road trails and paved streets.
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
Husqvarna 701 Enduro SM LED Light Outfitting Guide
The Husqvarna 701 comes in the Enduro and Supermoto varieties. Both have the same chassis, the same 692.7cc single-cylinder engine that can put out 47 ponies of power, and the same goodies. The differences come in the form of different wheel sizes (accompanied with the appropriately sized Brembo brakes) and suspension travel. There’s also the Enduro LR model, which is...
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十一月 01 2021 – Steve Lita
BMW R1250 R/RS LED Light Outfitting Guide
he R1250R uses BMW’s latest ShiftCam engine, whose two sets of camshaft profiles provide both variable camshaft timing and lift, although with a simpler method than other manufacturers use. BMW gets both more horsepower and more torque from the liquid-cooled boxer engine, while ride-by-wire technology makes the transition from low-rpm to high-rpm cam timing seamless.
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Yamaha Super Tenere LED Light Outfitting Guide
the Yamaha Super Tenere, a 1200cc parallel-twin adventure machine set to take on BMW and KTM at their own game. For more than a decade, the Super T, which came to the U.S. in its sophomore season, circa 2012, has come to define Yamaha’s approach to adventure touring.
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Yamaha MT-10 LED Light Outfitting Guide
If you want to travel, or at least integrate your MT-10 into some light commuting, and your weekend rides are now more than 50 miles long, the MT fits the bill. For that, you need some well-considered accessories that start with better lighting. After all, if you’re riding all day, chances are you’ll be coming home after dark.
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Yamaha MT-09 LED Light Outfitting Guide
The FZ-09 combined a compact, lightweight aluminum chassis with a fresh take on the modern triple. Of course there were four valves per cylinder. Of course there’s liquid cooling. Of course it had ride-by-wire and a 120-degree crankshaft configuration.
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Yamaha MT-07 LED Light Outfitting Guide
Yamaha’s FZ-07, later renamed to match its European brethren to the MT-07, has been both an important course correction for Yamaha and a smashing success. Yamaha calls the MT-07 a “hyper naked.” Its 689cc, liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine is tuned for the perfect combination of accessible torque with just enough top-end thrill to make the bike fun for newbies and experienced...
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Yamaha Tracer 900 LED Light Outfitting Guide
The FJ-09 and Tracer’s versatility make it the right “one bike” for a lot of riders. Weekend sport riding is covered with plenty of power and good handling; commuting gets a boost from the bike’s smoothness and comfort; touring benefits from good range and available hard luggage. All of these endeavors also call out for better lighting than Yamaha gave...
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Suzuki DR-650 LED Light Outfitting Guide
Suzuki’s DR650 is among the oldest and, arguably, the most modified. From the air-cooled, four-valve engine that, for now, is still sporting a carburetor, to the simple steel frame and lack of expensive-to-replace fairing pieces, the DR650 embodies the most simple, direct way to have a midsized thumper for off-road and light touring. Modifications? Oh, yes. Because the bike hasn’t...
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Suzuki DRZ 400 LED Light Outfitting Guide
Not so the DR-Z’s four-valve, liquid-cooled thumper. While today the DR-Z’s five-speed engine seems antiquated next to the latest motocrosser-based engines, it was hot stuff when the DR-Z400 was introduced in 2000. Lighter, more powerful, and more dirt focused than the DR650, the DR-Z400 found instant and enduring success.
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Triumph Bonneville LED Light Outfitting Guide
No fewer than nine Bonnevilles are offered currently, starting with the T100 and Street Twin, which use a 900cc version of the liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine styled and built to look like a classic but run like a modern motorcycle. There are 1200cc models, the T120s, that include scramblers, bobbers, and one American-style custom
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
Suzuki V-Strom 650 LED Light Outfitting Guide
the V-Strom 650 keeps the fun character it inherited from the SV650’s V-twin engine. (The SV was a fan favorite for its cheap, cheerful sense of fun.) What has always made the V-Strom 650 great continues to this day. It got a stylistic revamp and equipment upgrade soon after the 1000 was reworked in 2014—the 2017 model looks like a just-smaller...
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十月 14 2021 – Steve Lita
KTM 690 Duke LED Light Outfitting Guide
The 690 Duke is a pure crazy naked with the beating heart of a strong, torquey thumper. It’s light, it’s powerful, it wants to wheelie from every stop sign. And while the 690 Duke, Austria’s answer to a slightly civilized supermoto, has been civilized ever so slightly through the years, it’s still a beast.
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