Himalayan 450 Rally from OrMotors… In 2016, Royal Enfield launched the original Himalayan, featuring a 411cc single-cylinder air/oil-cooled engine developed from the ground up for the midsize adventure bike. The bike generally received strongly […]
Tag: Rally Raiders
All-Road 680: Suzuki DR650 Rally
Suzuki “RD680” All-Roader by Moto Adonis… The Suzuki DR650 has been in the Suzuki lineup since 1990, remaining virtually unchanged for over three decades of production. Although we don’t tend to think of it this […]
Doctor Big: Suzuki DR800 “Big Loko”
Upon its introduction in 1991, the Suzuki DR800S Big — aka “Doctor Big” — was the largest single-cylinder mass production bike ever produced, displacing 779cc with a cylinder bore of 10.5 centimeters…talk about THUMP! The […]
Win This: 1990 BMW R100GS Paris-Dakar!
Make your 1990s adventure fantasies a reality… The BMW R100GS Paris-Dakar remains one of the most iconic adventure bikes of all time. The 980cc boxer-twin GS was an evolution of the original R80GS, which won […]
La Bambina: Rally-Ready Honda CRF450RX Custom
Hand-painted Honda ready for La Ruta Del Nabab… The Honda CRF450RX is Big Red’s big-bore competition off-road racer designed for closed-course GNCC, NGPC, and WORCS events. Unlike the green-sticker trail-legal CRF450X, the RX looks much […]
Rally Raider: Honda Dominator 650 Rally Bike
NX650 Desert Thumper from Manara Artwork… We’ve long said that many of our favorite bike-builders have racing backgrounds. Motorcycle racers tend to have a deep knowledge of geometry and mechanics, but racing doesn’t always […]
Beyond the Line: Husqvarna FE 450 Baja Racer
For Sale: Husky 450 “Paloma” Desert Racer by Deus USA… Until 2019, the Husqvarna FE 450 was a high-performance dual-sport bike — basically a 450 dirt bike that was street-legal. For model year 2023, Husky […]
Harley-Davidson XL1200 “Adventure Sportster”
A Go-Anywhere Sportster from FrenchMoto… Even as Harley-Davidson promotes their liquid-cooled Sportster S, the air-cooled Evolution-powered Sportster is experiencing something of a renaissance in racing circles. Built from 1986 to 2020, the Evo Sportster is […]
Honda XR628R: Street-Legal Baja Tribute
Hot Rod XR from Italy’s GPgarage Moto… Introduced in 1985, the Honda XR600R was destined to become one of the most successful off-road bikes in motorcycling history. The air-cooled thumper would win the Baja 1000 […]
Bring the Kick Back: Yamaha XT600Z Ténéré
80s Rally Bike from The Kickback Company… At the 1985 Paris Motorcycle Show, Yamaha unveiled the second-generation XT600Z Ténéré 1VJ — a bike intended to be even closer to the company’s factory rally bikes. As […]
