Hessler Motorsport’s “Yellow Rally Monster”… In 2002, the Suzuki V-Strom 1000 (DL1000) hit the market as a large-displacement dual-sport / adventure bike boasting a 996cc liquid-cooled 8-valve DOHC 90° V-twin originally designed for the TL1000 […]
Tag: Race Bikes
The Beast: KTM 990 Rally Bike!
“Crazy Race Animal” — Loko Dream Factory’s KTM rally bike… The KTM 990 Adventure was one serious dual-purpose machine, offering the 999cc LC8 V-twin engine from the fire-breathing Super Duke in a bike with more […]
Honda NSR500: Street-Legal 500cc GP Bike!
Like Shaving with a Chainsaw: David Howard Racing builds a 500cc Grand Prix bike…for the road. In the modern era of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, nothing can compare to the dominance of the Honda NSR500, […]
Flying Trumpet: Triumph Scrambler Enduro Racer!
“Rosie,” MotoADVR’s Beloved Triumph XC Racer… In recent years, there’s been a fast-growing segment in off-road racing: Hooligan and Adventure Bike Enduro, in which riders tackle desert, woods, and cross-country racing on street-legal multi-cylinder machines […]
Second Life: Hot-Dock HR4V Street Tracker
A Buell-powered 8V street tracker from Hot-Dock Custom Cycles… The Buell XB12R Firebolt appeared in 2004, combining American V-twin muscle with track-inspired chassis geometry to make one monster of a production streetfighter. The 1203cc Thunderstorm […]
Bottpower’s Yamaha XSR900: “XR9 Carbona”
Pikes Peak Power: Bottpower’s Yard-Built XSR900… The Yamaha XSR900 is a retro roadster powered by Yamaha’s renowned CP3 (Crossplane 3-cylinder) engine — the same inline triple that powers the MT-09 “Hyper Naked” and Tracer 900 […]
Born to Be Transformed: 865cc Royal Enfield “DTC Replica”
OrMotors builds a big-bore Continental GT… Introduced in 2018, the Royal Enfield Continental GT is the café version of the company’s 650 twin. Both the Continental GT and its sibling, the Interceptor 650, made quite […]
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 […]
Tokyo Rose, Reborn: A Legend’s Honda CB750 Drag Bike
“This was saving a piece of drag racing history.” In 2020, motorcycle racing lost one of its legendary builders and fabricators, Todd Schuster. Schuster got his start doing pre-delivery inspections for Oscar Liebmann’s renowned racing […]
Super Hooligan: KTM 790 Duke Flat Tracker
The One: Andy DiBrino’s Race-Winning Super Hooligan… Introduced in 2017, the KTM 790 Duke was the Austrian company’s first parallel twin, a 799cc naked middleweight that quickly earned the nickname “The Scalpel.” The engine boasted […]
