Motos and Friends from Ultimate Motorcycle magazine

In this week’s first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena tells all about the Aprilia RS 660 Trofeo . The fabled Italian racing marque has produced a track-only version of its excellent streetbike, and Nic gave it a good thrashing around Laguna Seca recently. Even if you’re not a track junkie, you’ll find this to be an interesting take on an already really good machine.    In the second segment, Ass...

In this week’s first segment, Associate Editor Teejay Adams headed off to Oceanside to try out the all new Kawasaki Eliminator . This cruiser-style motorcycle is perhaps a little more Pro Street than cruiser, and Teejay gives us her take on who this motorcycle is aimed at, and how it performed.   In the second segment, Teejay chats with Dale Schmidtchen. Dale has been around racing and the motorcy...

Hello everyone and welcome once again to Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly podcast—Motos and Friends. My name is Arthur Coldwells. In the first segment this week, Nic de Sena rides the new 2024 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R. This is the 636cc four-cylinder supersport screamer that has proven so popular for the last couple of decades. Nic rides the Ninja at Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington and rem...

Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the editors at Ultimate Motorcycling.  The Suzuki SV650 has been around for several decades now, and is largely unchanged. Yet the middleweight Suzuki continues to be incredibly popular. Associate Editor Kelly Callan tells us why she continues to rate it as one of her favorite bikes. Our second segment features another o...

The Yamaha name stands for a heritage of motorcycle performance and classic styling. Visit your local dealer to find the 2023 Yamaha sport heritage bike for you or go to YamahaMotorsports.com to find out more. This week, Associate Editor Kelly Callan rides the new Honda SCL500 . This neo-scrambler is essentially a freshly styled model using Honda’s tried n’ true 471cc parallel twin motor. This is...

Welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine . Nic de Sena recently spent the day near Boise, Idaho riding the all new Yamaha Tracer 9 GT+. The Tracer has made a name for itself in the last few years as a typically sporting Yamaha—with a really good touring side to it as well. With the addition of a host of new additi...

The Yamaha name stands for a heritage of motorcycle performance and classic styling. Visit your local dealer to find the 2023 Yamaha sport heritage bike for you or go to YamahaMotorsports.com to find out more. This week, Editor Don Williams brings you the all-new Harley-Davidson Breakout. This uber-cool and fearsomely powerful motorcycle is not just a head-turner in the looks department. Don explo...

Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine . Nic de Sena recently spent the day in Malibu with the 2023 MV Agusta Dragster RR SCS America . This is the limited edition model with the lovely red white and blue livery. Nic takes us through his thoughts on the Dragster’s specs and ride, and also incl...

Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine . Associate Editor Will Embree recently went to the world launch in Italy of the GasGas range of Motocross and Enduro off-road machines . The model variation is very extensive, and American buyers have a choice between several four-strokes as well as two-...

Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine . Harley-Davidson has just announced the latest CVO versions of its Street- and RoadGlide models . To say there have been major changes to these classic machines would be an understatement. Nic de Sena recently rode both motorcycles in Milwaukee and he gi...

Welcome to Motos and Friends, Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine .  MV Agusta is one of the truly storied names in motorcycling, and the heritage of the Italian brand is evident in every one of its spectacular machines. Recently I had the opportunity to ride the Brutale 1000RR in Italy , and I was able to chat...

Welcome to Motos and Friends, Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine .  The much hyped Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR is a small bike that is claimed to punch well above its weight. Senior Editor Nic de Sena rode the punchy little Ninja around Thunderhill and gives us his impressions of whether this new lightweight will ga...

Welcome to Motos and Friends, Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine . Teejay Adams is not very experienced when it comes to riding off-road, so she was the perfect rider to go try out the new entry-level Honda XR150L , and indeed, she rode it both on the street and in the dirt as well. I was curious as to what sh...

Welcome to Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast, Motos and Friends, brought to you by the Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine .  On paper, the BMW M 1000 R is an absolutely spectacular machine. It’s the upright naked superbike version of the S 1000 R, with the motor from the track-focused S 1000 RR in a comfortable to ride package. In our first segment this week, Nic de Sena takes...

 Have you seen the Yamaha Sport Heritage range of classically styled, performance motorcycles? I’ve been riding the gorgeous-looking Yamaha XSR900 and loving its incredible do-it-all performance. Our featured motorcycle this week is one of the lesser known ADV bikes—the Aprilia 660 Tuareg . This good looking middleweight machine seems as though it is often overlooked, so Nic de Sena took a Tuareg...

Have you seen the Sport Heritage range of Yamahas? They are the classically styled performance motorcycles taking the US by storm. I’ve been riding the gorgeous-looking Yamaha XSR900 and its great looks are more than backed up by its phenomenal performance. Visit YamahaMotorsports.com to find out more about the exciting Heritage line, or check it out for yourself at your local dealer today.   Edit...

Motos and Friends is brought to you by the Yamaha Heritage line. The Yamaha name stands for a heritage of motorcycle performance and classic styling. Visit your local dealer to find the 2023 Yamaha sport heritage bike for you. This week we decided to change it up a little and we’re bringing you three segments in this episode. In our first segment, I chat with Associate Editor Jonathan Handler, fre...

Motos and Friends is brought to you by the Yamaha R7 , your gateway to a new generation of supersport machine. In our first segment, Editor Don Williams rides the new Suzuki GSX-8S . This highly anticipated upright-naked sportbike features the all-new parallel twin from the big S, and we have been very excited to try it out. Don really liked the motor in Suzuki’s new V-Strom, so it’ll be interesti...

This week's Motos & Friends is all about motorcycling icons; we’re focused on the heritage of motorcycling. Speaking of heritage, have you seen the Yamaha Sport Heritage range of classically styled, performance motorcycles? I’ve been riding the gorgeous-looking Yamaha XSR900 and its great looks are more than backed up by its incredible performance. Visit YamahaMotorsports.com to find out more abou...

Motos and Friends is brought to you by the Yamaha R7 , your gateway to a new generation of supersport machine. In our first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena rides the new Ducati Monster SP . This is the super-duper very tricked out version of the new Monster—it has all the cool stuff including full Öhlins suspension. It’s a pricey moto for sure and that almost puts it into its own class in the u...

Motos and Friends is powered by the Yamaha R7 . The R7 is part of Yamaha’s R World , and the R7 is your gateway to a new generation of supersport machine. In our first segment, Editor Don Williams checks out the new Honda Rebel 1100T with the DCT gearbox . This is a different kind of cruiser; it certainly has some sportiness to it, and with a nod to touring with small bags and a fairing, it’s easi...

Motos and Friends is powered by the Yamaha R7 . The R7 part of Yamaha’s R World , and the R7 is your gateway to a new generation of supersport machine. In our first segment, Editor Don Williams takes to the urban streets on Royal Enfield’s new Hunter 350 . This is not an ADV bike as the name might imply, it’s targeted at the city rider and powered by the company’s single-cylinder 350 motor that al...

Motos and Friends is brought to you by the new Schuberth E2 helmet . The Schuberth E2 is endless adventure! Whether you follow the Mission Foods King of the Baggers Moto America race series, you have to admit that the performance extracted from the Indian and Harley-Davidson heavyweight machines is astounding. Nic de Sena recently had the opportunity to chat with the race team and ride the Indian...

Motos and Friends is brought to you by the new Schuberth E2 helmet. The Schuberth E2 is endless adventure! In the first segment this week, Editor Don Williams brings you his impressions on the Kawasaki Ninja 650 . The middleweight Ninja is a nice machine with a peppy motor; it’s super-easy to handle. The new Ninja now comes with Traction Control as well as ABS, making this bike even more suited to...

Motos and Friends is brought to you by the new Schuberth E2 helmet . The Schuberth E2 is Endless Adventure! This week on Motos & Friends we have something slightly different. Among the questions we get from you, our listeners, is whether rider schools are worth the money and effort, and do we have one we can recommend? Well, the answer to both is a resounding “yes”. So, in response to popular dema...