Ride and Restore builds a Zed-powered Moto Martin for a Game of Thrones star… In 1970, Georges Martin — a French industrial designer who drew his inspiration from 1970s competition race bikes — founded Moto […]
Tag: Exclusives
Sport-Evolution: BMW R100GS Enduro
Sport-Evolution builds a lighter, more powerful GS… In 1987, BMW unveiled the new evolution of their groundbreaking R80G/S. The original G/S (“Gelande/Strasse,” or Terrain/Street) hadn’t just proven itself in the Paris-Dakar Rally, but helped to […]
Best Bikes for Brat Style Builds
Low. Lean. Unapologetically Simple… Before the “new wave” custom scene of the late 2000s, when there was a cultural shift away from high-dollar reality TV builds to stripped-down shed-built machines, brat-style bikes were already popular […]
Dakar Legends: Gilera RC600 & RC750 Rallye
Italy’s Big Thumper in the Twin-Cylinder Era… By the late 1980s, the Paris-Dakar Rally was no longer a romantic expedition but an escalating arms race among the major manufacturers. Twin-cylinder prototypes were growing larger and […]
Candy Green Time Capsule: 1975 Hodaka Road Toad 100
For Sale: Restored 1975 Hodaka Road Toad 100… In the 1970s, before dual-sport became a marketing category and “adventure bike” meant 500 pounds and 150 horsepower, there were small, cheerful machines built simply to explore […]
Big Single Thunderbike: Honda XL600S Tracker
Honda XL600R Thunderbike from Fuchs Workshop… Last week we had the pleasure of featuring the #48 Honda 650 flat tracker of professional racer Niko Sorbo, built by Italy’s Fuchs Workshop to compete in the Thunderbike […]
Maxi-Enduro: Ducati “MX 900 Tributo”
From GPMmotogarage: 100-hp V-twin Ducati Motocross Tribute… In early 2024, Ducati made their much-heralded entry into the world of motocross with their specially-developed Desmo450 MX machine. The bike won its first-ever race in the Italian […]
Underworld Champion: Royal Enfield 865 “Wildfire” Rally Bike
What if Royal Enfield had Built a Big Twin Paris-Dakar Rally Bike? While we love to watch the 450 singles of today’s Dakar Rally, we can’t help but harbor a heavy nostalgia for the big […]
Sand Queen: Jessie Grondin’s 1996 KTM 250 SX Sand Racer
The KTM 250 of French Sand Motocross Championship Vintage Champion Jessie Grondin… Though the color orange has become synonymous with KTM, it was only 1996 when the company’s motocross machines began wearing the signature hue. […]
GRR450SM: Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Supermoto
“Absolute Blast” — Guerrilla 450 SM from Fast Glass Media… In 2024, Royal Enfield released the Guerrilla 450 — a modern roadster with the liquid-cooled Sherpa engine from the Himalayan 450 adventure bike, starting at […]
