Desert Fury from a Reborn American Brand… In 2022, the revived Buell Motorcycles stunned enthusiasts by unveiling one of the wildest concept machines of the modern era: the Buell 1190 DR Dune Racer. Equal parts […]
Tag: Hillclimbers
Gixxer Power: Suzuki “RM-Z1000” Dirt Bike / Supermoto
190-bhp Suzuki GSX-R1000-Powered RMZ from Poland… The 2004 Suzuki GSX-R1000 (K4) screamed onto the scene with 164 brake horsepower and a redline of 12,000 rpm — a symphony for the senses. The liter-class Gixxer […]
Hillclimb Documentary: “NITRO: The Williams Dynasty”
Hillclimb is one of the oldest, most entertaining forms of motorcycle racing. Many historians credit Indian Motorcycle with inventing the sport at the turn of the 20th century. “In the early 1900s, Indian would run […]
Ready for Liftoff: 1450cc Harley-Davidson Hillclimber
Josh Mueller’s 120-hp Sportster hillclimber… On the Founders Terrace of the Harley-Davidson Museum stands The Hill Climber, a 16-foot-tall welded bronze monument to the “slant artists” of the early American hillclimbing era. One of the […]
Rocket Bike: Honda “CRF1000RR” MotoBASE Jumper!
IndeeSource builds MotoBASE pioneer Bradley O’Neal a 170-hp “Rocket Bike”… Pioneered in the 1960s, BASE jumping is one of the wildest adventure sports ever conceived, in which parachutists leap from fixed objects, hence the acronym […]
Free Smells: Yamaha RD350 Hillclimber
Introduced for the 1973 model year, the Yamaha RD350 was destined to become one of the most beloved and popular two-stroke sport motorcycles in history. For $900, you could bring home a 39-hp two-stroke reed-valve […]
