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The Logbook

Field notes, buying guides, and honest takes on the machines we love, on land, at sea, and in the air. Free to read.

The Enduring Appeal of Air-Cooled Classic Cars
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The Enduring Appeal of Air-Cooled Classic Cars

No radiator, no coolant, no water pump: why a fan and a set of cooling fins still win hearts decades later.

The Best Adventure Motorcycles for Going Anywhere
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The Best Adventure Motorcycles for Going Anywhere

From the boxer that invented the class to the middleweights that made it accessible, here are the adventure bikes worth building a trip around.

The Best Aerobatic Aircraft
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The Best Aerobatic Aircraft

The monoplanes that fly clean at the top of the box, and what it really takes to own one.

The Best Aircraft of the 1940s: The Golden Age
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The Best Aircraft of the 1940s: The Golden Age

How wartime engineering became the postwar classics that still fill private hangars today.

The Best General Aviation Aircraft of the 1970s
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The Best General Aviation Aircraft of the 1970s

The decade the light-plane factories ran flat out, and the airframes that still fill our hangars.

The Best Bluewater Sailboats for Offshore Cruising
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The Best Bluewater Sailboats for Offshore Cruising

Seven proven hulls that earn the trust of sailors who point the bow at the horizon and keep going.

The Best Classic British Sports Cars
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The Best Classic British Sports Cars

A driver's tour of the featherweight roadsters and grand tourers that made Britain the spiritual home of the sports car.

The Best Classic Cars of the 1960s
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The Best Classic Cars of the 1960s

The decade that turned raw horsepower and clean lines into legends you can still buy, drive, and own.

The Best Cars of the 1970s
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The Best Cars of the 1970s

A decade caught between the muscle it was losing and the future it was inventing.

The Best Cars of the 1980s
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The Best Cars of the 1980s

The decade of turbos, wedges, and the moment the dashboard went digital.

The Best Cars of the 1990s
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The Best Cars of the 1990s

The last great analog decade, when a golden wave of JDM sports cars met the finest sport sedans Europe ever built.

The Best Cruiser Motorcycles
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The Best Cruiser Motorcycles

Low seats, long torque, and easy miles: the cruisers worth owning, and what every buyer should know first.

The Best First Sailboats for New Cruisers
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The Best First Sailboats for New Cruisers

Ten forgiving, affordable, well-supported boats that make a smart first cruiser, and exactly what to check before you buy.

The Best German Sports Cars for Drivers
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The Best German Sports Cars for Drivers

Ten machines from Stuttgart, Munich, and beyond that reward the person actually behind the wheel.

The Best JDM Sports Cars Worth Owning
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The Best JDM Sports Cars Worth Owning

A buyer's guide to the Japanese sports cars that actually reward the people who own them.

The Best Kit Aircraft You Can Build at Home
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The Best Kit Aircraft You Can Build at Home

Nine amateur-built airplanes worth the years, the money, and the rivets.

The Best Light-Sport Aircraft for New Pilots
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The Best Light-Sport Aircraft for New Pilots

Nine approachable two-seaters that put real aircraft ownership within reach, and the honest tradeoffs behind each one.

The Best Motorcycles of the 1970s
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The Best Motorcycles of the 1970s

The decade the Japanese superbike arrived and the whole world had to answer.

The Best Motorcycles of the 1990s
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The Best Motorcycles of the 1990s

The decade the modern sportbike grew up and the legends we still chase were born.

The Best Naked Bikes for Real-World Riding
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The Best Naked Bikes for Real-World Riding

Upright, honest, and built for the roads you actually ride, these are the naked bikes worth owning.

The Best Roadsters for Pure Driving Fun
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The Best Roadsters for Pure Driving Fun

Two seats, an open sky, and a chassis that talks back: the roadsters that make a short drive feel like an event.

The Best Sailplanes and Gliders for Soaring
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The Best Sailplanes and Gliders for Soaring

Ten proven glass and metal ships, from an affordable first single-seater to a 20-meter two-seat cross-country machine.

Two-Stroke Motorcycles Worth Owning
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Two-Stroke Motorcycles Worth Owning

The screaming, oil-burning icons that still reward the riders willing to keep them running.

BMW M3 vs Mercedes 190E: The 1980s Sport Sedan Showdown
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BMW M3 vs Mercedes 190E: The 1980s Sport Sedan Showdown

Two German homologation specials, one legendary touring car war, and a hard choice for the driveway.

Cessna 172 vs Piper Cherokee: Which First Airplane?
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Cessna 172 vs Piper Cherokee: Which First Airplane?

High wing or low wing, the two airplanes that have taught more pilots to fly than any others.

Cessna 182 vs Cirrus SR20: Classic Certainty vs Modern Comfort
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Cessna 182 vs Cirrus SR20: Classic Certainty vs Modern Comfort

One is a 230-hp aluminum workhorse with seventy years of type support; the other is a composite glass-panel cruiser with a parachute in the tail.

Choosing a Trawler: A Buyer's Guide to Liveaboard Cruisers
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Choosing a Trawler: A Buyer's Guide to Liveaboard Cruisers

What a trawler gives you that a sailboat cannot, and ten boats worth knowing before you buy.

Classic Motorcycles Worth Restoring
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Classic Motorcycles Worth Restoring

Ten old motorcycles that reward the wrench time, from accessible British twins to blue-chip American vintage.

The Best Classic Trucks and 4x4s
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The Best Classic Trucks and 4x4s

Ten trucks and four-wheel-drives that still earn their keep, and what every owner should know before buying one.

Ducati 1098 vs Yamaha YZF-R1: Twin vs Four
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Ducati 1098 vs Yamaha YZF-R1: Twin vs Four

Two liter-class superbikes, two completely different ways of getting to the corner.

Ford Mustang vs Chevrolet Camaro: The Pony Car Rivalry
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Ford Mustang vs Chevrolet Camaro: The Pony Car Rivalry

One car invented the class, the other was built to beat it, and both still reward the owner who knows what they signed up for.

The Greatest American Muscle Cars Ever Made
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The Greatest American Muscle Cars Ever Made

The Detroit and Kenosha icons that put a big engine in a mid-size body and never looked back.

The Greatest Superbikes Ever Built
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The Greatest Superbikes Ever Built

Nine production sportbikes that set the benchmark, from the desmo twins that started it all to the electronics-laden fours that ended the argument.

Honda CBR1000RR vs Suzuki GSX-R1000: Liter-Bike Showdown
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Honda CBR1000RR vs Suzuki GSX-R1000: Liter-Bike Showdown

Two mid-2000s Japanese liter-bikes that defined the era, one built around MotoGP tech and one around near-perfect balance.

Italian Exotic Cars Worth the Dream
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Italian Exotic Cars Worth the Dream

Ten Italian exotics that deliver the fantasy without the fairy tale, and what it actually costs to own one.

Mazda MX-5 Miata vs Honda S2000: Which Roadster Should You Buy?
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Mazda MX-5 Miata vs Honda S2000: Which Roadster Should You Buy?

Two Japanese roadster legends, two very different ways of chasing the same feeling.

Nissan GT-R vs Acura NSX: Japan's Supercar Duel
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Nissan GT-R vs Acura NSX: Japan's Supercar Duel

One is a computer-guided giant-killer, the other a hand-fettled everyday exotic, and they answer the same question in opposite ways.

Warbirds and Taildraggers You Can Actually Own and Fly
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Warbirds and Taildraggers You Can Actually Own and Fly

The old iron you can afford is not the P-51 you dream about, and that is good news.