CONTENTS I
On The Cover: A come-from-
behind victory in the AMA
Supercross Championship earned
Cooper Webb the title of 2021 Cycle
News Rider Of The Year.
P4
REVEALED
72 2022 TRIUMPH TIGER 1200
74 2023 STARK VARG
76 2022 KTM FACTORY EDITIONS
80 2022 HUSQVARNA ROCKSTAR
EDITIONS
INTERVIEWED
82 COOPER WEBB
2021 Cycle News Rider Of The Year!
92 JAKE GAGNE
Slam-dunk season for a first-time
winner
102 BEN KELLEY
Stunning finish to a nail-biter season
112 JARED MEES
Return of the Flat Track King
122 FABIO QUARTARARO
Cool, calm and collecting the World
Championship
132 STEWARD BAYLOR
The people's champion reigns
supreme
FEATURED
142 BEST BIKES OF 2021
Our personal favorites of the year
DEPARTMENTALIZED
8 CAPTURED
48 IN THE WIND
158 STUFF
162 CALENDAR
164 LEADERBOARD
166 RACING ON THE TUBE
168 JOB LISTING
170 ARCHIVES
172 BIKES OF THE STARS
174 LOOKING BACK
176 OBSERVATION CHECK
Sometimes motorcycles
that we feel are the best
aren't necessarily our
favorite. Our editors reveal
their favorite motorcycles
they rode in 2021.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
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