Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Honda’s 400cc “Experimental 2-Stroke” Baja 1000 / Dakar Rally Bike… In the mid-1990s, as emissions regulations tightened worldwide and the future of two-stroke off-road bikes looked increasingly uncertain, Honda did something nobody expected: it built […]
The Bike That Won Baja: SLR Racing’s CRF450X… The Baja 1000 is one of the most grueling and revered off-road races in the world — a marathon of speed, physical endurance, and mechanical resilience that […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Baja-Inspired Dominator from Jeremie of Team Crampons… Honda introduced the NX650 Dominator back in 1988. Power came from a slightly enlarged version of the XR600R dirt bike engine (44 bhp / 39 lb-ft of […]
For Sale: Husky 450 “Paloma” Desert Racer by Deus USA… Until 2019, the Husqvarna FE 450 was a high-performance dual-sport bike — basically a 450 dirt bike that was street-legal. For model year 2023, Husky […]
Hot Rod XR from Italy’s GPgarage Moto… Introduced in 1985, the Honda XR600R was destined to become one of the most successful off-road bikes in motorcycling history. The air-cooled thumper would win the Baja 1000 […]
GPgarage Moto builds a ’90s Baja dream racer… Introduced in 1985, the Honda XR600R was destined to become one of the most successful off-road motorcycles in history. In a recent retrospective on the mighty […]
GPmoto Garage recreates Honda’s 1991 “Stealth Boomer”… In the 1990 Baja 1000, Honda’s XR600R entry ran a near flawless race against the mighty Kawasaki KX500 two-strokes…and still lost, keeping pace in the rough sections but […]
