Ted Edwards

Maeving RM1S: English Electric

Posted by Ted Edwards | Nov 9, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 0

“It’s an electric bike, which is exactly why you should ride it,” Rob said.
Road Dirt Motorcycle Media’s owner, editor-in-chief and head bottle washer Rob Brooks knows me. He knows I love the smell of gasoline, loud exhausts and have more carburetors on one bike than kids. Personalities of old motorcycles and the feel of ancient cars feed my soul. When British electric motorcycle manufacturer Maeving offered up their RM1S to Road Dirt for a long term test, I questioned Rob assigning it to me.
An electric motorcycle? Are you sure about this, boss? Shouldn’t you give this test to someone who was born with a cell phone in their hand instead of lawn darts?

Honda NT1100 Sport Test

Posted by Ted Edwards | Oct 29, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 0

Fall’s colors explode all round this time of year. The air is chill with summer’s demise, cattle meander in their autumn brown fields while leaves take their time falling from branches onto the road before me. The world is perfect, but beneath me is Honda’s NT1100, a bike that I wish was sexier, and faster. It sure doesn’t feel fast. I look down at my speedometer.
No way. That can’t be right.

High Mileage Honda VFR- By The Numbers

Posted by Ted Edwards | Oct 20, 2026 | Legendary Bikes, Nuts & Bolts | 2

It’s a lot of miles for a motorcycle, 143,370 and climbing. Goldwing or BMW territory, these are not the miles you would expect from a 1998 VFR800. I decided to brew up some coffee, warm up my math and do a deep dive into what it has taken my VFR to rack up such big league miles.

Introduction: Honda NT1100 DCT

Posted by Ted Edwards | Sep 29, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 0

With the departure of the wonderful Rebel 1100, Honda decided to fill the vacancy in Road Dirt’s Pacific Northwest Headquarters with their sport touring offering, the NT1100. The curious bit is that the NT1100 and the Rebel 1100 share the same parallel twin engine and DCT transmission but their purposes are polar opposites. Whereas the Rebel is the inviting cruiser, the NT1100 is the tall, high seat ride with touring intent and sporty features designed to make you thirst for the horizon.

Garmin Zumo XT3 Motorcycle Navigator

Posted by Ted Edwards | Sep 17, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 2

It would take a lot to convince me to ditch the maps, go digital and add yet one more thing to the cluttered dash of my bike, until Garmin sent me their newest motorcycle focused GPS system, the Zumo XT3 motorcycle specific navigator, abounding with features like smartphone connection, trip planning, lean angle sensor, group ride tracking and drag race timer. Drag times? Hmmm…

2026 Honda Rebel 1100 DCT SE: Final Impressions

Posted by Ted Edwards | Sep 8, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 0

I remember how it felt the first time. At nine years old I threw a leg over a Honda Trail 90 and basked in the discovery of power, speed, wind and freedom, like God was pedaling my Schwinn Stingray, thrusting me forward with each twist of my mighty right wrist. I explored fields, streets and Pacific Northwest mountains just outside my back door with my smelly metal missile that opened up the world. Any motorcycle that recaptures that feeling of youth, the reason why we ride in the first place, is worth every cent. I never thought I would find it in a Honda Rebel.

Death of the Big Two

Posted by Ted Edwards | Aug 25, 2026 | Ride Life | 3

In my hand I hold the last issues of each magazine, the July-August 2019 issue of Motorcyclist and issue #4 of Cycle World printed in fall of 2020. Both magazines stopped their presses then but continued to exist online until this past July,when their owners at Octane Lending shut down Cycle World and Motorcyclist completely, along with Dirt Rider, Motorcycle Cruiser and other ATV, UTV and electric bike publications. Advertising dollars that shifted away from print and killed their paper publications continued their shift and pulled away from their websites, making them no longer viable.

2026 Honda Rebel 1100 DCT SE- The Sport Naked

Posted by Ted Edwards | Aug 11, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 0

A few weeks ago, Honda North America dropped off a 2026 Rebel 1100 DCT SE at my front door. It was at my asking actually, to compare the revised 2026 model year’s new dash, seat and riding position to the previous model. I was not prepared for what happened next. Not at all.

2026 Honda Rebel 1100 DCT SE- The Ultimate Commuter?

Posted by Ted Edwards | Jul 14, 2026 | Bikes & Gear | 0

We all have to get to work somehow, but its more fun when you do it on a motorcycle.
Deciding to ride the bike to work is a simple choice when your bike is easy to ride, nimble, and attractive. A relaxing ride that can slice through traffic makes you more likely to ditch the keys to the cage and throw a leg over the motorcycle. Honda solved that dilemma for me when they dropped off a 2026 Rebel 1100 DCT SE at my garage a few weeks ago. Since then I have piled on hundreds of commuter miles and along the way discovered that the Rebel, while designed as a cruiser, just might be the perfect commuter bike.