Comments on: 2023 Motorcycle of the Year

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:48:09 +0000

In reply to Christopher Johnson. Well-reasoned and well-written, and ON TOPIC! Thanks!

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:44:00 +0000

In reply to Larry Fergito. Did you look at the pictures? The rear seat looks to be just a little bigger than a postage stamp. Adjusting rear shocks will not make that seat any bigger or more comfortable, will it? Try to be a little nicer, OK? The folks at Rider are always nice. As readers and riders, it behooves us to be nice to each other, too.

By: Rod Welles

Rod Welles — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:45:43 +0000

Thank you all. A great rundown as usual. Happy New Year’s to you all.

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:05:38 +0000

In reply to steve taylor. It may depend on where in the U.S. one lives. Here in the Phoenix, Arizona area there is one dealer network that allows test rides, but I’m sure they vent you up to make sure you are really interested. Another large dealer network called “Ridenow” is notorious for not only overcharging their customers, but they never allow test rides, at least on new bikes. I had to talk a local independent Kawasaki dealer to let me test ride a new KLR650. I ended up buying one, but not the exact one I test rode. The one I got had 1/2 mile on the odometer.

By: Rider Magazine

Rider Magazine — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:30:07 +0000

In reply to RQ. We selected the R 18 Roctane as a finalist, but the KTM 1290 Super Duke GT was picked as MOTY.

By: RQ

RQ — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:11:25 +0000

Probably this will be the only magazine picking the R18 as the best motorcycle of the year. I still haven’t seen one on the street.

By: Jarvis Hofhines

Jarvis Hofhines — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:13:47 +0000

Am I a KTM fan boy?…. not really… do I currently own and have I owned more than 8 either KTMs or Huskys…. yep., including a ’17 and ’20 SD GT. Have they all had various model issues like fork seals, or clutch slave cylinder failures, various gd electronic suspension or lost flash memory features, or key fob issues…. yes.
But I’ve also had a Concourse 14, a ZX 14R, various Ducatis, a Yamaha FJR…. I think I’ve owned about every brand except a Harley… and you guys got it right as far as sporty sport tourers…. I love the SD GT for 400 mile days. The back cylinder roasts your back side on 80+ deg days, but it roasts the twisties too, and puts one heck of smile on my face while doing it… and leaves me feeling well enough at the end of a 400+ mile day to bust out my AARP membership for a hotel for the night. There’s a lot of really great bikes out there…. this one is in the top for sure!!

By: Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:46:56 +0000

The Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello was officially introduced more than a year ago, but it was first available in the US in December 2022, which definitely within the past year. Are we really DQ’ing it based on its official intro date in Europe? The real world experience of riders here in the US is that it is a new bike this year. C’mon, Rider.

By: steve taylor

steve taylor — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:23:38 +0000

I am surprised that test rides are not generally available in the US. Test rides are widely available in the UK for most models.

By: Phil Randall

Phil Randall — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:28:57 +0000

Great article rider magazine.
I must come clean and say up front that I am a big fan of the KTM range, especially at the big H/P end of the range ha ha. I currently ride a 2017 1290 SDR (with 50,000 km’s on it) which I have had since new and every time I look at the latest offerings on the motorcycle market, I can’t find another all-round bike I would rather have, except perhaps the GT.