Deep black powdercoating on the eight-valve engine screams factory customs though RE encourages making the Shotgun your own. Stripped of extras and rife with curves, the Shotgun 650 traces its lineage back to the Post WWII bobber custom scene. Bird’s eye view of the...

CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Differentiating different batteries: A traditional AGM or sealed lead acid battery (1) is larger and far heavier than a Firepower lithium cell battery (2), which is equipped with a built-in LED test light, and the tiny Shorai lithium...

Stars & Stripes for a Razor-Sharp Italian Bright colors and easy-read tachometer make the Dragster America's dash a plus. Lighted handlebar switches are ace. The bars are wide and comfy and the bar-end mirrors fold in if lane-splitting is legal in your state. The...

Both the yellow and white F900GS are born to climb mountains and ford streams. Or, in our case, zip along backroads like a cafe racer (well, almost). The Akrapovic muffler makes sweet music from the 895cc par- allel twin engine. The very definition of all-dayriding...

Story by Mike Seate  •  Photos by Simon Everett Three rapid-paced decades have zipped by since London’s Ace Cafe held its first reunion party. Back then, the once-popular transport cafe had been bought by a tire changing firm, its tall bay windows filled...