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 […]
Tag: Rally Raiders
Yamaha Ténéré 250: Rally Edition!
STG Tracker builds a Yamaha Ténéré 250 Rally… The Ténéré (Tuareg for “Desert”) is a desert region in the south central Sahara — a vast plain of sand that covers some 150,000 square miles, said […]
Blue Camel: Yamaha MT-25 Adventure Bike
All Terrain Adventure from Batakastem Workshop… Yamaha’s MT “Master of Torque” series of naked streetbikes has become extremely popular in recent years. While the MT-07, -09, and -10 share most of the limelight for their […]
Scram Africa: Royal Enfield 650 Rally Bike
OrMotors transforms a wrecked Continental GT into the “Scram Rally.” Our friends at Fuel Motorcycles recently celebrated the 10th running of the Scram Africa rally — a ~10-day, 2500-km ride across the rugged mountains and […]
Spirit of the 80s: Honda XR600R Dakar
From ZZMoto: Cyril Neveu-inspired XR600R… French racer Cyril Neveu is an off-road legend, best known for winning the Paris Dakar Rally five times in the motorcycle class: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, and 1987. As the […]
Dubai to London: BMW R80GS Desert Bomber
Project Zero 30: A Transcontinental Airhead from Cafe Rider Customs… The BMW R80GS is the grandfather of the modern adventure bike, and remains one of the most important and influential motorcycles of the modern era. […]
Marlboro Man: Suzuki DR Big Rahier Tribute
Suzuki DR800 Gaston Rahier Tribute from La Oveja Negra… The late Gaston Rahier remains one of our favorite off-road racers of all time. Known as “the little man with the giant reputation,” the 5’5″ Belgian […]
Rahier Replica: BMW R1150GSA Marlboro Edition
From Ormotors: A Modern Tribute to Gaston Rahier’s Dakar-winning BMW… In 1985, Belgian rider Gaston Rahier campaigned the Paris Dakar Rally on a massive factory-built BMW R80GS sponsored by Marlboro and Playboy — a bike […]
Baja Monster: Honda XR667 Desert Racer
GPmoto Garage recreates Honda’s 1991 “Stealth Boomer”… In the 1990 Baja 1000, Honda’s XR600R entry ran a near flawless race against the mighty Kawasaki KX500 two-strokes…and still lost, keeping pace in the rough sections but […]
Himalayan Hitter: Royal Enfield 411 Enduro
Monduke Moto builds an Enfield Enduro… Introduced in 2018, the 411cc Royal Enfield Himalayan struck a resonant chord among motorcycle enthusiasts, who found the size, design, and low price hard to resist. No less than […]
