Touring bikes can be some of the most powerful and formidable motorcycles. In their long-distance specialism, they challenge certain attitudes about what bikes are and aren't capable of doing.

Touring bikes are designed for all-day rides, bikepacking trips, and casual bike tours. With heavy steel frames and hefty tyres, they can withstand a wide variety of challenging terrain.

So here’s the thing: At $1,295, there’s no way the Turris can hold a candle to the many thousand-dollar bike shop touring e-bikes. It’s just not built the same way.

The Aprilia Tuono V4 posted the fast lap time of 1:13.17 (one minute and 13.17 seconds), followed by ZX-10R sport bike at 1:14.44. The BMW S 1000 XR posted a time of 1:15.56 and the Kawasaki Ninja ...

Touring bikes can range anywhere from predominantly road-going bikes with horizontal top tubes and 700c tyres, to rugged mountain bikes with knobbly mountain bike tyres.

Is it just me, or are middleweight motorcycles the most well-balanced, appropriately powered option for most riders? They ...

Touring bikes are quite diverse in the rest of the world, with ADVs and even sports bike-derived machines making their mark. While America has also jumped onto this bandwagon with the H-D Pan ...