Reliving the Paris-Dakar Rally route with SWT Sports… In 1978, 182 vehicles embarked from Paris’s Place du Trocadéro bound for the Senegalese capital of Dakar, a 10,000-kilometer journey that would take them across Algeria, Niger, […]
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Sonauto Edition: Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténéré
Dakar-inspired Super Ténéré 750 from BIKE Factory… In 1947, famed French racing driver Toto Veuillet founded Saône-Auto (Sonauto), which would become France’s first importer of Porsche cars and Yamaha motorcycles. Sonauto was involved in many […]
G/S Rally Adventure: BMW R80GS Restomod
For Sale: BMW R80GS “Rally Adventure” from Codex Moto… Introduced in 1980, the BMW R80G/S is widely considered the world’s first “Adventure Bike.” While early naysayers questioned the use of a 400-lb multi-cylinder machine built […]
Chesterfield Edition: Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténéré
Dakar Tribute: Smoking Hot Super Ténéré from BIKE Factory… The 1980s were a heady time for the Paris Dakar Rally and other African rally raids. Machines like the Yamaha XT600 Ténéré and BMW R80GS had […]
Top 10 Scramblers and Dirt Bikes of 2024
Here at BikeBound, we’re big fans of scramblers, desert sleds, dirt bikes, rally bikes, and adventure machines — pretty much anything with knobby tires, skid plates, and an appetite for dirt. So are you, our […]
Rally-Made: Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 Rally Bike
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 […]
All-Road 680: Suzuki DR650 Rally
Suzuki “DR680” 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 […]