A 500cc two-stroke monster built in the image of the Mean Green Baja kings… The Kawasaki KX500 is one of the most legendary, if not notorious, off-road weapons ever created. The performance numbers are still […]
Tag: Motocross
Elsinore Tribute: Honda CR250 Scrambler by Andrew Greenland
In the early 1970s, Honda unveiled the CR250M Elsinore — a two-stroke machine destined to become one of the classics of the dirt world. Strangely enough, a team of Honda engineers had developed the CR250 […]
The Meta: Beta 350 RR “Super Tracker”
“Two wheels / one engine / tank / seat – let’s go!” Beta motorcycles, built in Italy, can trace their origins to a bicycle maker founded well over a century ago in Florence. In the […]
Akin Moto KTM 300 Street Tracker
“A 2-stroke street tracker…that actually gets used on the street AND the track.” The KTM 300 EXC is a weapon — a street-legal, two-stroke enduro with a 51-hp liquid-cooled engine and dry weight of just […]
Harley “MX1000” Ironhead by Bull Original
The MX1000 — a 1000cc Harley-Davidson dirt bike! In the 70s, Harley-Davidson wanted to enter the fast-growing motocross market. They worked with their Italian branch, Aermacchi, to build the MX250 — a 233-lb Harley-Davidson motocrosser […]
Kawasaki W800 Scrambler by Mandrill Garage
A Steve McQueen tribute inspired by vintage motocross… The Kawasaki W800 has become something of a modern classic. An evolution of the W650 retro standard, the W800 offered an air-cooled, 48-hp parallel twin with that […]
Suzuki EF400BB from Italian Dream Motorcycle
Belgian-built vintage motocrosser rediscovered by an Italian race mechanic… Sergio Giordano, founder of Italian Dream Motorcycle (IDM), believes that study and research are crucial to his work as a motorcycle builder and race mechanic. He […]
KTM “HiRider” by Engineered to Slide
The KTM “HiRider” by Nigel Petrie of Engineered to Slide started as a basket-case KTM 250 SX-F. As Nigel says: “If you can’t buy it, you must build it. We took a box of parts and some sheetmetal and came up with a good time on two wheels. It’s as simple as that.”
