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What rider doesn’t love a look back at the motorcycles that preceded today’s tech-savvy creations? Welcome to the Ultimate Motorcycling archives; we’re revisiting some of our favorite reviews from years past, highlighting the machines that laid the rubber for what’s on today’s showroom floors. Enjoy.

2010 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX ABS review

2010 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX ABS Review: Retro Test

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The 2010 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX ABS is at least one of the best, if not the best, Italian touring bikes available on the market.
1981 Maico 490 Mega 2 - left side profile

1981 Maico 490 Mega 2 Vintage Motocross Racer

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1981 Maico 490 Mega 2: Legendary Motocross Motorcycle One day when the final history of motocross is written, there will be a chapter on the 1981...
2008 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob Retro Review

2008 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob | Retro Review

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The Fat Bob has come a long way since in 2008, the biggest update to the modern model being the Milwaukee-Eight 107 platform. Here's a look back at the appealing 2008 Fat Bob.
2011 Aprilia Tuono V4R Test

2011 Aprilia Tuono V4R APRC | Retro Review

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The 2011 Aprilia Tuono V4R APRC is possibly the most extreme streetfighter type streetbike ever made. Aprilia have upped the ante by a large measure. I don't often feel so good about a new motorcycle I have ridden and this one never fails to impress.
2010 Ducati Sport Classic Test

2010 Ducati SportClassic GT 1000 | Retro Review

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Without a doubt, the Ducati SportClassic GT 1000 is the ultimate in a gentleman's touring mount. It provides the style, grace, performance and, importantly, the comfort that an experienced rider needs to cover considerable distances while retaining the visceral impact of motorcycling. Here's a retro review.
2011 Suzuki GSX-R750 Review

2011 Suzuki GSX-R750 Review | Street Test of the Middleweight

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2011 Suzuki GSX-R 750 Review

Leaned over, looking through a wide turn with not a tree, rock, fence or any other obstruction in sight, I felt the Alpinestars' left knee puck flat against the road.

2010 Harley-Davidson Road Glide review

2010 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom | Retro Review

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The 2010 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom is a fantastic in-town bike and welcomes the open road, as long as that road keeps speeds under a mile a minute.
Ducati 999R Review

2005 MV Agusta F4 vs. Ducati 999R | Superbike Motorcycle Comparision

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Two of the very finest, highly pedigreed superbikes bred carefully by two very different Italian manufacturers take the term “exotica” to another level. These two machines are very much alike—though clearly very different. Varied interpretations on a theme, these storied Italian factories steeped in racing heritage arrive at almost exactly the same point, yet via very different routes. The lucky rider who gets to experience both machines will be absolutely spoiled for choice.
2007 Harley 88R Review

2007 Harley Sportster 883R Review: How’s it Doing 10 Years Later?

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On the 60th Anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Sportster, we check in on our 10-year-old Sportster 883R, and see how its doing 21,000 miles later.
2006 Honda CBR1000RR KBB

2006 Honda CBR1000RR Retro Review: Digging Into Archives

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With incredible attention to detail, the then new 2006 Honda CBR1000RR was better than ever, never losing sight of Honda’s usefulness.
2006 Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide KBB

2006 Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide | Retro Review

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Blessed with unique style and character, the 2006 Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide responds readily to the call of the open road.
2005 Royal Star Midnight Venture Special Edition

2005 Yamaha Royal Star Midnight Venture Retro Review: Hunting Nirvana

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We take a look back at the 2005 Yamaha Royal Star Midnight Venture, one of Yamaha's leading touring bikes with all the technical goodies...and carbs.
Freddie Spencer High Performance Riding School | Retro Review

Freddie Spencer High Performance Riding School | Retro Review

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In 1997, the Freddie Spencer High Performance Riding School was established at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and closed in 2008. Here's a retro review.
2006 Honda VTX1800F Retro Review

2006 Honda VTX1800F Retro Review | Refined Tough Guy

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The 2006 Honda VTX1800F is all about that glint—the fleeting light, part reality, part simulacrum—a ray of the past, shot to the promise of a shiny future.
2006 BMW HP2 Retro Review: Dirty Boxer

2006 BMW HP2 Retro Review: Dirty Boxer

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For off-road enthusiasts looking for a unique, capable motorcycle, the 2006 BMW HP2 became a machine that was hard to ignore.