GasGas “EC700” Supermoto from Sib Mustard… For most of us, the Honda CR500 and Kawasaki KX500 represent something akin to the apex predators of the two-stroke dirt bike world — 500cc smokers infamous for […]
Tag: Supermotos
Steeplechaser: Triumph 1200 XE Street Tracker
Tamarit Motorcycles transforms a Scrambler 1200 XE… It’s always interesting when the custom world influences the major manufacturers. A few years ago, the factories reacted to the resurgence of the scrambler style in custom culture […]
Alps Carver: Aprilia 900 Dorsoduro “Factory”
Tribute Edition: 100-hp V-twin Supermoto from Eddy Cuccaro… The Aprilia Dorsoduro is the Italian marque’s line of V-twin supermotos named after the Dorsoduro (“Hard Ridge”) highlands of Northern Italy. These potent “maxi-motos” compete with the […]
Hooligan’s Dream: Yamaha “RD375LC” Street Tracker
FLATTY: Vic Shield’s 375cc Two-Stroke Street Tracker… By the late 70s, Yamaha’s air-cooled RD250/400 two-stroke street bikes were due for an update. In order to galvanize the supersport class, Yamaha decided to go all-out, creating […]
Top 10 Trackers and Supermotos of 2022
Here at BikeBound, it’s no secret that we’re big fans of street trackers, flat trackers, and supermotos. And we aren’t alone — so are you, our readers. One of our Top 10 Customs of 2022 […]
Huskypower: Husqvarna 630 Street Tracker
Satset Garage turns back the clock on a modern sumo… Introduced in 2011, the Husqvarna 630 SMR was one beast of a supermoto — a fuel-injected big-bore street version of the bikes that had won […]
Mountain Dominator: Honda NX650 Supermoto
El Cancro Motors builds a sea-to-mountain supermoto… Over the last decade, the NX650 Dominator has become one of the most popular custom donors in Europe, and it’s easy to see why. The single-cylinder “light” adventure […]
Monsieur Dakar’s Super Smoker: Yamaha “YZ535” Supermoto
Stéphane Peterhansel is the most successful racer in Dakar Rally history, having won the world’s most demanding race a record 13 times — six on motorcycles, seven in cars. Born in 1965, “Monsieur Dakar” first […]
Two-Stroke Supermoto: Honda CRF / CR500 Hybrid!
MCNC builds a CRF-framed, CR500 supermotard! Introduced in 1984, the Honda CR500 would become one of the most infamous motorcycles of all time, a two-stroke open-class monster that made more than 60 hp in stock […]
Super Boxer: BMW R100 “Flatbanger” 2.0
A Supermoto-inspired Boxer from Rind Performance… Back in 2019, we featured a BMW R100R “Flatbanger” from a young German tuner/builder named Robin Ludwig, who operates under the name Rind Performance. Robin had customized 13 bikes […]
