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, […]
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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 […]
Adventure Bike Rider Festival (ABR) 2025
“Three Days That Feel Like Freedom…” The UK’s Adventure Bike Rider Festival (ABR) is hailed as the “world’s greatest celebration of adventure motorcycling.” Held on the grounds of the Ragley Hall Estate in Warwickshire, it […]
Bakker Turbo: 252-rwhp Suzuki GSX-R1100
“It feels like the hand of God has just pushed you in the small of your back…” In the early 1970s, accomplished Dutch road racer Nico Bakker decided to construct his own motorcycle frame […]
Desert Jaguar: Royal Enfield “Yaguareté” 650 Desert Sled
Interceptor 650 Desert Sled from Argentina’s LBC Motorcycles… The Interceptor 650 — aka INT650 — is Royal Enfield’s modern classic roadster, a British-designed parallel-twin built in India and introduced in 2018. The legendary chassis builders […]
Event Report: Custombike Show 2025
The annual Custombike Show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany is lauded as “The Biggest Motorcycle Fair for Customised Motorbikes and Accessories.” The event draws as many as 400 custom bikes and hosts the European Custombike Championship […]
War Machine: Honda XL125S Baja 1000 Racer
Greg Gilson’s 1980 Honda XLS 125 “War Machine”… Today we’re back with a follow-up piece about the 1980 Honda XL125S desert racer of Greg Gilson (@greggils42), whose 2025 Baja 1000 experience we profiled in our […]
Desert Ironman: Racing the Baja 1000 on a 1980 Honda XL125S!
“Even if this race is hell, I am super motivated to go back there and do some wheelies in front of Satan! Haha!” The 58th running of the Baja 1000 — “the Mother of […]
70s Style Honda XR650L Scrambler
Sunrise Scrambler: Custom Honda XR650L from Parr Motorcycles… A new build from Spencer Parr of Indiana’s Parr Motorcycles is always a cause for celebration. This young builder has one of the most inspiring stories in […]
Megalodon 700: Two-Stroke 700cc Dirt Bike!
“Why wouldn’t you want to build a left-hand-kick 700cc two-stroke?” We may think of the Honda CR500 and Kawasaki KX500 as the kings of the big-bore two-strokes, but Austrian firm Mega RS Engines produces a […]
