lubricious |loō bri sh əs| (also lubricous | loōbrikəs|)
adjective
1 offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire.
2 smooth and slippery with oil or a similar substance.
A mobile contradiction in terms the Honda CBF1000 is at …

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“Ah,” I think to myself, “Honda what have you done?” Our loaner 2007 CBR600RR from Carter Motorsports is blue and quicksilver, launching out of the turn in 2nd gear on a wave of rediscovered …

George Jetson had it right; even in the opening sequence of the show his whirring air car portrayed the kind of congestion-carving nimbleness that any commuter who’s sat in a constipation of single-occupant, Yaletown-apartment-sized SUVs …

Riding into Princeton the smell of fresh cut hay from roadside ranches wafts through my helmet’s vents.  It is hot for June, after a sodden spring the sun is pushing the temperature to 34°C and …

When we first tested Honda’s ST1300 we came away wondering just where the sport in big red’s Sport-Tourer resided.  Was it optional?  Had the dealer forgotten to put it in the ample left-hand glove box?  So …

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