Ready to Orbit: Two-Stroke Flat Tracker from Vintage Sykles… Pete Sykes of Worcester, Pennsylvania, was an avid flat track racer back in the 1970s. Following the loss of his best friend on the track, he […]
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BikeBound Guide: Fastest Street-Legal Production Motorcycles
Recently we featured the “World’s Fastest Motorcycles,” which included track-only machines and ultra-rare limited editions. When we talk about the “fastest” motorcycles you can actually buy and ride on public roads, the contenders narrow down […]
Beach Runner: “Kellyx” Kawasaki KLX250S
A Baja-inspired Homage to Japanese Dirt Bikes… In 2006, Kawasaki introduced the KLX250S as their new quarter-liter dual-sport, featuring a DOHC four-valve single-cylinder engine, inverted forks, and a wet weight of under 300 pounds. While […]
Turbo Dirt Bike: GasGas MC450F Factory Edition
Turbocharged GasGas 450 Motocrosser: “Like Riding a Lightning Bolt…” The GasGas MC450F Factory Edition is a limited-edition, race-ready motocross bike that boasts factory-spec WP suspension, Akrapovič exhaust, Factory Racing wheels, app-based tuning, and Troy Lee […]
What’s the Motorcycle in the Movie Infinite?
Meet CCM: The boutique British brand behind the film’s biggest action scene. In the 2021 sci-fi action film Infinite, starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Antoine Fuqua, one machine steals the spotlight during the film’s […]
Downright Evil: GasGas SM 700 Turbo Supermoto
For Sale: 108-hp 700cc Turbo Supermoto: “Make CR500s look like mopeds…” GasGas calls their SM 700 a “Red Hot Super Single,” which is a rare case of truth in marketing in the modern moto world. […]
Dakar Spec: KTM 450 Rally Replica
The Privateer’s Long-Range Rally Raider… The Dakar Rally is widely regarded as the toughest off-road race on the planet — a brutal test of endurance, navigation, speed, and resilience. Spanning thousands of miles across deserts, […]
BikeBound Guide: The Fastest Hyperbikes
The World’s Ultimate High-Velocity Motorcycles… Motorcycling has always been about speed, but hyperbikes are something else entirely. These are the machines built not merely to be fast, but to push the very edge of physics […]
Pocket Hooligan: Yamaha Vega R Mini Tracker
155cc Mini Off-Roader from Jowo Kustom… The Yamaha Vega R (aka 4ST) is a small-displacement underbone machine popular in Southeast Asian markets like the the Philippines and Indonesia. Powers comes from a basic air-cooled four-stroke […]
BikeBound Guide: The Fastest Hypermotards
Hypermotards sit at the crossroads of supermoto and sportbike: tall stance, wide bars, long-travel suspension, and a playful chassis — backed up by big engines, serious brakes, and true highway speed. They’re less dirt-oriented than […]
