Ben Spies is the team manager for the Rahal Ducati Moto team Kayla rides for. That's P.J. Jacobsen he's talking to, who was Kayla's teammate in Supersport last year and is racing for the same team in Superbike this year. So yeah, she has a lot of good guidance.
Racer Kayla Yaakov confers with her team during qualifying while team manager Ben Spies and Superbike rider P.J. Jacobsen talk in the background
There's a lot of experience and racing knowledge in this photo behind Kayla Yaakov. Maybe that's why the 18-year-old qualified on pole for the MotoAmerica Supersport race today at Road Atlanta, besting a two-time AMA Superbike champ and a former MotoGP rider, among others. #motorcycle #motosky
I haven't talked to anyone who knows anything definitive. As I wrote in my article, no one seems to know whether his plan is to try to return to fitness and come back to racing or whether he will retire from racing.
More options keep popping up for riders who want a smaller adventure #motorcycle. Today at Common Tread, see our comparison between the CFMOTO Ibex 450 and the new Kawasaki KLX500. China or Japan? #motosky #motorcycle news and reviews www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
two rows of dozens of used motorcycle racing tires beside a Dunlop truck
I love the smell of warm rubber in the morning. MotoAmerica Quad Lock Superbike racing starts this weekend and I'm at Road Atlanta. It's been a wild off-season with nearly all top Superbike riders changing teams, so get up to speed with my preview article. #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
A history professor considers Ducati's 100th anniversary (80 years of making #motorcycles) through the lens of the Ducatis that have passed through her garage. Eight are still there. #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
There's this by my colleague Ari Henning, one of the best in the U.S. motorcycle media, who's been affected by a life-changing motorcycle crash (his father's). See my pinned comment at the bottom with links to a dozen articles we've published on riding better, safer. www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
The Harley-Davidson Pan America ST blurs the lines between adventure-touring, sport-touring, and touring #motorcycles. See Dustin's review today at Common Tread. #motosky; #motorcycle news and reviews www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
It's the end of the age of liter bikes and complicated aerodynamic devices in #MotoGP and at the U.S. race Ari and Zack got a close look at the beasts. Today at Common Tread, Zack's thoughts on the end of an era. #motorcycle #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
There are more good options than ever. It's just a matter of choosing the one that fits your riding. More street-focused or off-road focused, big, small, or middleweight, etc.
Adventure #motorcycles keep evolving. Today at Common Tread, see Ari Henning's review of the new Kawasaki KLE500, with its own mix of off-road ability and highway capability. #motosky; #motorcycle news and reviews www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
I think your GPS is accurate but it's including the speed of the Earth's rotation in your personal top speed.
That should read "with his sister Colleen Taylor."
Photo of my green and black Kawasaki KLX300SM parked in front of The Store at Five Corners, a historic two-story building dating to the 1700s.
In the event anyone following me is ever in my part of western Massachusetts, U.S.A., stop at this cafe, The Store at Five Corners. It has a great history, older than the U.S., owned by a community group. Just reopened. Say hi to Sean, who runs the place with his sister Taylor. He rides a KLR650.
Common Tread's Ari Henning has been selected as a finalist in The Webby Awards in the How-to, Explainer & DIY category for his The Shop Manual series of videos. If you appreciate Ari's helpful #motorcycle videos, consider giving him a vote. wbby.co/57590N #motosky
The YZF-R7 is Yamaha's best selling motorcycle in the U.S. For 2026, it gets ride-by-wire throttle, which enables new electronic features. See our first review today at Common Tread. #motosky; #motorcycle news and reviews www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
Today at Common Tread, see our test ride of the new Triumph Thruxton 400 and Tracker 400, as Triumph continues expanding its successful line of single-cylinder motorcycles. #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
From maintaining trails to helping military veterans adjust to civilian life to supporting kids with cancer, here are some ways the #motorcycle industry is trying to do good. #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
I suppose you're going to get so busy and successful that you won't have time to write articles for us any more. Oh well. Good for you!
Old black Speed Triple parked at a roadside pull off with a sheer cliff mountainside in the background with a narrow road carved into the stone cliff.
Weekend #motorcycle reading from the archives. This one's partly about a good motorcycle museum, but (warning) it's also personal, about riding a motorcycle I've had 27 years to a place I lived 40 years ago, and gaining new insights into my own history. #motosky theridesofar.com/2025/06/fres...
It's MotoGP week in the U.S. and a side battle has broken out between Italian manufacturers to see who can out-exclusive who. Aprilia unveils its latest X model, the X 250th, with livery honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
Death, bankruptcy... such small prices to pay.
Ducati has unveiled its latest Superleggera model, with 228 horsepower (more, with the race kit) and 381 pounds (sans fuel). Price is yet to be announced because, let's face it, if you have to ask... #motosky; #motorcycle news at Common Tread www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
Too cold for me, too, but I'm too stubborn to let that stop me. "What's all that white stuff?" is what I was saying after I spent 11 years living in tropical and sub-tropical climates, but now here I am in the north. Life happens.
Honda continues to expand the use of its E-Clutch automatic clutch in its U.S. #motorcycle models. Now coming to the Transalp. #motosky www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
Black and green Kawasaki KLX300SM stopped by an ice-covered lake in the country on a sunny day
This photo from yesterday's ride makes it look like I'm pushing the season more than I really am. Wasn't as bad as it looks and today we may hit 60 degrees F and get rid of the ice. #motosky
Probably more off-roady than you need, but the Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR are amazing 50/50 tires. I even did an instructional track day on a road race course on those tires on an Aprilia Tuareg. (www.revzilla.com/common-tread...) Better in sand than Mutants but not better everywhere else.
Today at Common Tread, we coerce former American Iron publisher and AMA HOF member Buzz Kanter out of his comfy retirement to test ride the new Harley-Davidson Road Glide Limited and Street Glide Limited. Bonus: We get a history tour of baggers. www.revzilla.com/common-tread...
Seems like you already have lots of good advice, David, but I'll add that if I had a GS, I'd probably put Mutants on it, too, since like you I'm not going off pavement much. I'll also second the Michelin Road 6 suggestion. Excellent in rain and, despite the name, surprisingly good on a dirt road.
