Dakar Legends: Last Roar of the Desert Bombers… In the late 1990s and early 2000s, BMW found itself at a turning point in rally-raid racing. The boxer twin had already written one of the most […]
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Double Double: Twin-Engine Yamaha XS650 Land Speeder
Double-Engine XS650 Land Speed Racer from Japan’s Rocket Motorcycle… There’s an old joke that the Yamaha XS650 is the best British twin ever (or never) built. It’s a tongue-in-cheek nod to the parallel-twin XS resembling […]
Rev Falcon: Twin-Cam Harley-Davidson Breakout Bobber
Fangster’s Drag-Style Twin-Cam Breakout Bobber… In 2012, Harley-Davidson CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations) division launched the original Softail Breakout. “Pictures do not convey the beauty of this new model. Harley’s CVO group prides itself on creating […]
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 […]
The Honda EXP-2: The Two-Stroke Desert Racer
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 Daredevil’s Stuntman: The Motorcycle Collection of AMA Hall-of-Famer Gary Davis
AMA Hall-of-Famer Gary Davis has been called the “Daredevil’s Stuntman” for serving as Evel Knievel’s stunt double in the 1977 film “Viva Knievel!” But that’s just a small slice of this two-wheeled legend’s resume. Gary’s racing […]
A Lighter T7: Custom Yamaha Ténéré 700
From Superslab to Singletrack: A Lightweight Yamaha T7 from SPKS Lab… The Yamaha Ténéré 700 (T7) represents something of an answered prayer for ADV riders who’d been wishing for a modern, affordable, streamlined middleweight adventure […]
Suzuki BS125 “MANTA” Two-Stroke Street Tracker
A 10-Year Odyssey: The ZeroVector S1 MANTA… We love seeing a somewhat forgotten, unexpected platform targeted for a full transformation. That’s certainly the case with this Suzuki BS125, a single-cylinder two-stroke that was made and sold […]
The Original, “Original Superbike” — 1968 Honda CB750 Prototype
For Sale: The Original 1968 Honda CB750 Sandcast Prototype… This week is the annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction, where more than 2000 historic, vintage, custom, racing, and just plain interesting motorcycles are slated to […]
Freeing the Beast: BMW R1100GS Scrambler
Carbon-Clad Adventure Scrambler from Himora Motors… The BMW R1100GS was the company’s mid-90s evolution of the Geländesport adventure-touring series. It featured a 1085cc air/oil-cooled boxer twin with about 80 bhp and 72 foot-pounds of torque, […]
