From Enduro to MX: Yamaha DT-1 GYT Motocross Conversion from DG2 Motorsportz… Before there was a YZ, before monoshock, before the production moto wars, there was the DT-1. When Yamaha introduced the DT-1 250 […]
Tag: Dirt Bikes
Yankee 500Z: 488cc Two-Stroke Twin Enduro
The 488cc Dick Mann-Developed Two-Stroke Twin Desert Racer and Enduro… In the late 1960s, before “adventure bike” was even a phrase, a small company in Schenectady, New York set out to build something radically different: […]
AJS Stormer 370: Two-Stroke British Motocrosser
Before European and Japanese motocross machines reshaped the sport in the 1970s, a handful of British manufacturers were still pushing hard to stay competitive. One of the most interesting — and often overlooked — examples […]
Faber Beezer: 1968 BSA B44 Victor Competition Scrambler
500cc Pre-68 Scrambles Bike from Chopping Paint & Body… In 1966, BSA released the B44 series, which featured a new 441cc four-stroke engine developed by the company’s Competition Department. They’d taken the 343cc B40, which […]
Dream Thumper: CCM 500 Four-Valve Works Replica
1 of 29: ’79 CCM 500 Four-Valve Works Replica Moto-Crosser… CCM (Clews Competition Machines) remains one of the most revered names in the history of off-road motorcycles. In the early 1970s, when two-strokes dominated motocross […]
Top 10: Best Scramblers of 2025
Here at BikeBound, we’re big fans of scramblers, desert sleds, dirt bikes, rally bikes, and adventure machines — pretty much anything with knobby tires, skid plates, and an appetite for the dirt. So are you, […]
Baja 1000-Winning Honda CRF450X Desert Racer
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
