“The best combination of old airhead reliability, modern electrics, and suspension.” There are builders who are always jumping from one two-wheeled platform to another, never seeming to modify the same type of bike twice. Then […]
Tag: Dual Sports
Sunset Scrambler: Suzuki DR650 by tecGNAR
There’s always been a great deal of overlap between the bicycle and motorcycle worlds. For many of the builders we interview, their love of motorcycles began with pedal bikes. And lest we forget, early motorcycles […]
Stiletto in Drag: 1972 Ossa Pioneer 250 Enduro
Clinton Hill Classics returns a Spanish two-stroke to its former glory… Believe it or not, Spanish factory Ossa (Orpheo Sincronia Sociedad Anomina) began in 1924 producing movie projectors and other film equipment. Founder Manuel Giro, […]
DR Big: Suzuki DR800 Street Tracker
Jean-Baptiste Escriva builds a big-single street tracker… The Suzuki DR800S — aka the DR Big — was the next evolution of the DR750S, the production version of the mighty duck-nosed Suzuki DR-Z that Gaston Rahier […]
Dakar Dreams: BMW R80G/S Paris-Dakar Tribute
Roadburner Garage builds a Paris-Dakar tribute machine… The first running of the Paris-Dakar Rally took place in 1978, when 182 competitors (including 90 motorcycles) started from Place du Trocadéro, Paris, for the 6000-mile journey to […]
Scrambler Road Cross: Yamaha “SRC600”
A Dutch motocross racer builds himself a dual-terrain ripper… In 1983, Kawasaki and Yamaha decided to challenge Honda’s domination of the big-bore dual-sport class. Kawasaki introduced their KLR600 and Yamaha their XT600 — a bike […]
Flash Red: Honda XR600R Golden Years Edition
Italy’s GPgarage Moto builds an 80s-style XR600R… The Honda XR600R is the big-bore four-stroke weapon that unseated Kawasaki’s KX500 two-stroke to become the new king of Baja. Over its 15-year production run, the open-class thumper […]
Vinduro Reborn: Honda XR600R by VMX Restomod
The Honda XR600R is a legend among dirt bikes, a big-bore four-stroke dirt weapon that reigned supreme in the 1980s and 90s, from the wide western deserts to the thick eastern woods. Introduced in 1985, […]
Loyal Companion: Yamaha Bronco 225 by DOTi Motorcycle
More than just a motorcycle… For some of us, there are motorcycles that become much more than transportation, adventure, or even personal expression — they become companions, even friends. Such is this case for of […]
Queen of Dakar: ZZ Moto’s 1981 Yamaha XT500 Resto
The Yamaha XT500 is one of our favorite bikes of all time. The twin-shock, four-stroke single-cylinder enduro came out in 1976, a street-legal version of the TT500 introduced a year earlier. Yamaha USA had realized […]
