This is an introduction to a series of four articles which will address how to get a race license, build a Supersport race bike and ride in your first race. Stay tuned to Motorcycle.com in the upcoming weeks for more.

Welcome to the second part of our project KLR series. We're still in the early stages, but we've been gathering ideas for our resident workhorse, including suggestions coming from you guys via the project's Forum thread.

It's no secret that touring is a big and growing segment of the American motorcycle market. So we took three "American-made" touring motorcycles in the highest trim levels we could get and put them head-to-head.

The market for motorcycle helmets has drastically changed over the last few years. Scorpion EXO, which started producing quality helmets at a reasonable price in 2002, has been ably serving this market.

Rarely has a quarter-liter streetbike been this much fun. Even a casual jaunt through the neighborhood can turn into a grin fest, tempting a dirt-bred hooligan into mono-wheeling past the local skateboarder park.