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 […]
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The Rambler: Touratech’s Lightweight BMW R1200GS
Radical Lightness: Touratech Trims the GS for Enduro-Travel… For years, the BMW R1200GS (officially R 1200 GS) was the world’s premier adventure touring platform, a globe-trotting behemoth that Cycle World would deem “the most successful […]
R9T ADV: BMW R nineT Rally Bike
Long-Travel R NineT Adventure Bike from Loose Screw x R9T ADV… When BMW launched the R nineT in 2014, they wanted to honor 90 years of BMW Motorrad with an 1170cc air/oil-cooled retro roadster that […]
Alps Edition: Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE
Plug-n-Play: Scrambler 1200 Custom “MotoKit” from Crooked Motorcycles… In terms of modern production scramblers, nothing really matches the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE. While most bikes of this genre are little more than stylistic exercises, the […]
Event Report: Custombike Show 2025
The annual Custombike Show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany is lauded as “The Biggest Motorcycle Fair for Customised Motorbikes and Accessories.” The event draws as many as 400 custom bikes and hosts the European Custombike Championship […]
Homage to Friendship: Suzuki Katana 1100 Café Racer
Tribute to a Lost Friend from Germany’s Enno Moto… The original Suzuki GSX1100S Katana made quite the splash in 1981. While the radical space-age styling remains one of the most polarizing designs ever to emerge […]
Ride the Lightning: 1700cc Moto Guzzi “Saetta Racer”
940 No More: Radical Speedshop’s “Saetta Racer” 1700… The Moto Guzzi Bellagio 940 appeared in 2007 as the company’s new cruiser, sporting a fuel-injected 935cc Guzzi V-twin with 74 brake horsepower and 57 foot-pounds of […]
The Lords of Sprint: Glemseck 101 in Photos
FNY Photographie Captures the 1/8-Mile Lions of Leonberg… Last month, the 18th annual edition of the Glemseck 101 took place at the former “Solitude” racetrack (Solituderennen) in Leonberg, Germany, just outside Stuttgart. Said to be the […]
Ken Block Tribute: Simson S51 “Holy Bastard”
43-hp Simson Smoker from Tony Möckel… In 1856, brothers Löb and Moses Simson purchased one third of a steelhammer works in Suhl, Germany, and began producing guns and gun barrels under the trade name Simson […]
80s-Style Electric: Black Tea Bonfire
Electric Runabout from Munich’s Loose Screw… Viktor of Black Tea Motorbikes designed, developed, and assembled his first prototype while still a university student. He originally intended to build what would be an e-bike without pedals, […]
