Cafe Racers, Scramblers, Trackers, and Bratstyle
Pint-size Scrambler from Garage94… In the late 90s, Honda announced the launch of their new and improved CD50 Benly “business bike.” The Benly featured a 49cc air-cooled four-stroke OHC single-cylinder engine, “Tuff-up” puncture-resistant inner tubes, […]
From OrMotors: Hima 450 for Portugal’s “Dust Trail”… In 2024, Royal Enfield launched an all-new 450 version of their popular Himalayan adventure bike. The new Himalayan 450 features Enfield’s first-ever liquid-cooled engine, the Sherpa […]
Street-Legal GS Enduro Racer from SWT-Sports… The BMW R80G/S, which helped spawn the adventure bike class and dominated several early years of the Paris-Dakar Rally, owed much to the “Red Devil” of BMW engineer Laszlo […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tracker to Scrambler: Rebuilt FT35s from Revel Customs… As many of you may know, British motorcycle manufacturer CCM (Clews Competition Machines) was founded by off-road racer Alan Clews in the early 1970s. The company […]
Trail 150 Concept from Brilliant Motorcycles… In the early 1960s, Honda’s CT90 — aka Trail 90 — introduced a whole new generation to motorcycles and the adventures that begin when the paved road ends. The […]
The Last Sled from Dirty Dick’s Motos — For Sale! Several years ago, Rick Hannah of Walton-on-Thames, England, picked up a pair of Kawasaki W650’s for a good price. He soon fell in love with […]
Bulldog Approved: Custom SR400 from Hageman MC x Alessandro Bonomi… When the Yamaha SR400 was quietly put to rest in 2021, it had been in continuous production for more than 40 years. Introduced in […]
Gryffin 450 Scrambler #001 rolls out of the Indiana workshop… Janus Motorcycles is one of the most intriguing motorcycle companies of the 21st century. Based in the rural countryside of Goshen, Indiana, they aren’t […]
