Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
The Triumph “New Bonneville” has proven to be one of the most versatile contemporary platforms for customization. The straight-twin roadster competes directly with the 883 Sportster: “The Triumph Bonneville is unquestionably the better motorcycle. The […]
A 500cc two-stroke monster built in the image of the Mean Green Baja kings… The Kawasaki KX500 is one of the most legendary, if not notorious, off-road weapons ever created. The performance numbers are still […]
FMC “Bullet” inspired by Steve McQueen and On Any Sunday… The KTM 950 SMR put the “super” in supermoto — a 98-hp carb-fed hooligan machine that could embarrass sportbikes in the twisties and add a […]
Here at BikeBound, we’re big fans of scramblers, desert sleds, and enduro machines. Apparently so are you, our readers, as several of the machines that made our list of the Top 10 Custom Motorcycles of […]
From Chopper to Desert Sled… The Triumph TR5 Trophy debuted in 1949 as a 500cc off-road/trials version of the Speed Twin. Interestingly enough, the aluminum barrels and heads came from a generator the company had […]
This year, the crew from Hinkley debuted the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE and XC with a very bold statement: “The Real Deal.” Unlike many factory-built “scramblers” of today, the big Triumph Scrambler 1200 lives up […]
A 145-hp, ADV-inspired rally raider from Switzerland! The Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin is one of the world’s most formidable adventure bikes, a modern revival of the V-twin desert machines that won the Paris-Dakar Rally four […]
The Yamaha 500 singles are some of our favorite air-cooled thumpers ever built. The street-oriented SR500, introduced in 1978, was available in the US until 1981 and Europe until 1983, though it remained available in […]
A street-legal Rickman Metisse desert sled influenced by Steve McQueen… In the early 1960s, the deserts of Southern California were alive with the sound of Triumph twins, BSA singles, and other British-built machines streaking toward […]
“Cool It” — a Desert Sled inspired by the King of Cool… In the final chase scene of The Great Escape (1963), Steve McQueen’s character jumps a stolen German motorcycle over a fence into Switzerland. […]
