Zack and Ari attempt to take two of the smallest, most inexpensive ADV bikes on the market from the floor of the desert to the top of an 8,000 ft mountain.
How far have superbikes advanced in 15 years? What better way to find out than test the legend of the 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 against one of 2020’s most advanced models, the Ducati Panigale V4 S. Ride along with Zack and Ari — from road trip to lap-time challenge — as they unwind the differences between the bikes and find out how they stack up.
In this episode of Common Tread XP, Zack and Ari aim to revolutionize pizza delivery by making it faster. Significantly faster. And they’re using a 2,500cc Triumph Rocket 3 and a supercharged Kawasaki Z H2 to do it. But how do you carry five pizzas on a naked motorcycle? And can the guys beat a delivery driver in a car? You’ll have to watch find out!
Christmas-tree lots are overpriced and crowded, so rather than going to Home Depot to snag their trees, Zack and Ari head to the Sierra Nevada on an ADV odd couple – Honda’s Africa Twin 1100 and Triumph’s Scrambler 1200 XE.
What’s it like to take the cheapest, fully functioning bike you can find to a track day? Zack and Ari wanted to find out, so they lowered their Craigslist price limit to $1000 and ended up with a battered 2009 Kawasaki Versys 650 and a 2015 Honda CBR250R with a deep, disturbing secret. It’s scuffed knee pucks or bust! Or maybe both?
In the footsteps of Harry Dunn and Lloyd Christmas from the famous 1994 film “Dumb and Dumber”, Ari and Zack are headed to Aspen on a mini bike of their own making.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery BMW and Harley-Davidson are clearly trying to compliment each other to death. But, which company does it better? Is the Harley-Davidson Pan America a better ADV than the BMW R 18 is a cruiser? Take a deep dive with the CTXP team as they jump into two comparisons at once.
North, to the future! In this episode of CTXP Ari and Zack take off across the Last Frontier to see just how far north they can get on tiny motorcycles. Yes, we know, c90adventures already did this and did it better. You might say the boys were so inspired that they wanted to have their own CT90 story to tell. Buckle up for a coast-to-coast Alaskan adventure and a journey beyond the end of the Dalton Highway, to the northernmost town in the United States.
The sport-touring category may conjure images of gray beards and boring bikes, but these days the segment is home to some seriously fast machines. Think BMW S 1000 XR, Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX, and even Aprilia’s Tuono V4. Can these high-performance STs hang with a ZX-10R, a real super bike? To find out, Zack and Ari put the motorcycles through a series of tests to find out if modern sport-touring bikes are actually as fast as a sport bike.
For years now the CTXP team has wanted to take on a police motor officer skills competition, or “rodeo,” and thanks to the folks at the COTPMCO Zack and Ari were allowed to saddle up next to the best in the 2022 Chute Out. Do the boys have what it takes to keep up with some of the best law enforcement riders in the country? The time has come to find out.
Zack and Ari return to their roots in New England where their friendship and passion for motorcycling began. The adventure begins with fixing up a 1965 BMW sidecar racer that Zack campaigned with his father Tim, then road-tripping the Beemer to Canada to compete in Ari's first sidecar race. Will the old BMW survive the journey to the checkered flag? Only one way to find out!
Once upon a time, dirt roads were the only roads. In Wyoming there are more dirt roads than almost anywhere else, so Ari and Zack decided to step back in time. They found two vintage dual-sports, a 1975 Honda XL350 and a 1969 Yamaha DT-1, and tried to ride all the way from the eastern border Nebraska to the western border with Utah, without their tires touching pavement. The boys faced snow, wind, and mud for days, and at the end they came home with another epic Common Tread XP adventure.
If a Kawasaki Ninja 400, Royal Enfield Meteor 350, Honda CRF300L, BMW G 310 GS, and electric Sondors Metacycle roll into an arena, which one will be victorious as the best beginner motorcycle of 2023? Whether you’re a new rider or just someone looking for a lightweight, sub-$6,000 bike, this episode of CTXP goes beyond the manufacturers’ spec sheets to reveal what really makes a motorcycle great.
The time has finally come for CTXP to take on the task of camping comfortably on a motorcycle. But which way is best? Tow a trailer behind a sport bike, or build a place to sleep on the back of a touring rig? Zack and Ari put together their best options for $2500 and hit Route 66 headed for the Grand Canyon.
Umling La is the highest motorable pass in the world, tucked into the Himalayas in northern India. Team CTXP sets out from a few hundred feet above sea level in Delhi in the hopes that they can overcome rainstorms, washed-out roads, and oxygen deprivation to make it to more than 19,000 feet. Will Zack and Spurg conquer the highest road in the world?
Scooters are practical and all, but could one ever hold its own with sport bikes on a racetrack? In the latest harebrained CTXP adventure, Ari and Zack modify a 2009 Yamaha TMAX scooter to compete in a local race against Ninja 400s, KTM RC390s, and the rest of the small sport-bike kingdom.
As new dads, Ari and Zack are out to prove that putting children on motorcycles should be as normal and accepted as putting a baby on a bicycle or in a car. The guys have a series of tests, from the playground to the racetrack, to show their families and any other mother or father naysayers that motorbikes are the wave of the future.
If your motorcycle’s tires are the only thing anchoring you to the ground, wouldn’t an extra wheel make sense? Especially off road?! Zack and Ari aim to test that theory with a Can-Am Ryker Rally and Yamaha Niken that they’re pressing into service as “adventure trikes.” It’s six wheels, two dudes, and one big adventure in this episode of CTXP.