The Flaming Host Machine of the Sequel, Explained… In the first Ghost Rider film (2007), Johnny Blaze’s hellfire motorcycle was famously turned into a demonic, skeletal version of a Harley-Davidson Panhead chopper — a supernatural […]
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BikeBound Guide: US Military Motorcycles
What Motorcycles the U.S. Military Uses (Past & Present)… Motorcycles have played an important — though often overlooked — role in U.S. military history. From messenger bikes in World War I to reconnaissance machines in […]
Patina A-Plenty: 1970 Triumph Trophy T25W Desert Sled
Triumph Trophy 250 Desert Sled from Scott Verrall… The Triumph Trophy T25W (W for ‘Woodsman’) — aka the Trophy 250 — was a lightweight single-cylinder scrambler born from the company’s tight relationship with BSA. The […]
BikeBound Guide: Super Hooligan Bikes
Modern Road Racing, Flat Track Heritage… What’s a Super Hooligan bike? Super Hooligan motorcycles represent a unique fusion of retro flat-track styling and contemporary road-racing performance. Although the term originated in dirt-track competition, today’s Super […]
Desert Queen: Honda NXR750 Paris-Dakar Rally Bike
Honda’s NXR750: Queen of the Desert… Few motorcycles in history can claim to have dominated the most brutal race on earth the way Honda’s NXR750 did. Built specifically to conquer the Paris-Dakar Rally, the NXR750 […]
BikeBound Guide: MotoGP Bikes
MotoGP Bikes: The Fastest Racing Prototypes on Earth… MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle road racing — the two-wheeled equivalent of Formula 1. Every machine on the grid is a pure prototype, built not for […]
BikeBound Guide: Dakar Rally Bikes
What Bikes are Used in the Dakar Rally? The Dakar Rally is the most brutal motorsport event on Earth — thousands of miles across deserts, dunes, rocks, rivers, camel grass, and uncharted terrain. Riders face […]
Baja-Spec Honda XR650R from a Factory Dakar Rider
Desert-Ready XR650R from Factory Honda Rally Racer Skyler Howes… Introduced in 2000, the Honda XR650R is widely regarded as the “King of Baja.” Honda developed the machine expressly to dominate desert racing, and dominate it […]
BikeBound Guide: Isle of Man TT Bikes
What bikes are used in the Isle of Man TT? The Isle of Man TT is the most demanding, dangerous, and mythic motorcycle race on Earth — 37.73 miles of public roads, 200+ mph […]
“Sputnik” Yamaha DT175 Flat Tracker
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 […]
