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Author: Sarah Thornton

Sarah Thornton is a motorcycle journalist and mechanical engineering graduate who has been riding for over a decade. She covers everything from sportbikes and cruisers to the latest electric two-wheelers, combining technical expertise with real-world riding experience. A regular at track days and motorcycle rallies, Sarah brings firsthand knowledge and an authentic rider's perspective to every article she writes.
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1990s Yamaha Motorcycles: The Complete Decade Guide

TL;DR The 1990s were Yamaha’s most technically restless decade — the same lineup that produced the barely-legal FZR1000R also gave us hub-center…

Sarah Thornton·10 MIN READ
Motorcycles

2017 Harley-Davidson Models: The Full Lineup, Explained

2017 was the year Harley finally retired the Twin Cam from its big touring bikes and dropped in the Milwaukee-Eight. That one…

Sarah Thornton·10 MIN READ
Motorcycles

2011 Motorcycle Models: The Bikes Worth Buying Used Now

2011 was a stranger model year than it looks on paper. The European makers came in swinging — BMW dropped a six-cylinder…

Sarah Thornton·9 MIN READ
Motorcycles

2006 Harley-Davidson Models: The Complete Lineup Guide

2006 was the year Harley quietly fixed one of the biggest complaints riders had about the Big Twins: the Dyna finally got…

Sarah Thornton·9 MIN READ
History

1950s Suzuki Motorcycles: The First Bikes, Model by Model

Most Suzuki histories you’ll find online sprint through the 1950s in two paragraphs on their way to the GSX-R. The decade gets…

Sarah Thornton·7 MIN READ
Motorcycles

1988 Honda Motorcycle Models: The Complete Lineup Guide

1988 was the year Honda stopped playing it safe. The CBR Hurricane line had just landed, the Hawk GT showed up with…

Sarah Thornton·8 MIN READ
Motorcycles

Every 1978 Honda Motorcycle Model, Ranked by What Matters

1978 was the year Honda stopped pretending the four-cylinder CB750 was enough. They launched a 105-horsepower six-cylinder superbike, a water-cooled V-twin nobody…

Sarah Thornton·10 MIN READ
Motorcycles

The Best Triumph Motorcycles of the 2010s

The 2010s were the decade Triumph stopped being the brand your dad almost bought and became the one everyone actually did. Hinckley…

Sarah Thornton·9 MIN READ
Motorcycles

1965 Honda Motorcycle Models: The Complete Lineup

By 1965, Honda had already proven something that few believed a decade earlier: a Japanese manufacturer could dominate global motorcycle sales. That…

Sarah Thornton·9 MIN READ
Motorcycles

The Best 1998 Motorcycle Models Worth Knowing

The 1998 model year landed at an interesting moment for motorcycles. Japanese manufacturers were deep in a displacement war, European brands were…

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Motorcycles

1954 Honda Motorcycle Models: The Survival-Era Lineup

Table of Contents Honda in 1954: A Company on the Edge {#honda-in-1954} By 1954, Soichiro Honda had already built a company that…

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