Over Memorial Day Weekend a few weeks back a group of friends and I rode from Southern California up to Mariposa, just west of Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, to attend the 40th Anniversary 49er Rally hosted by the … Continued
Featuring a ride-by-wire throttle, traction control, cruise control, electronically-adjustable suspension, electrically adjustable screen, a Bluetooth-equipped stereo, ABS and a tire pressure monitoring system, Triumph says its new Trophy is its most advanced bike yet. Using the same 1,215cc, 132bhp triple … Continued
It seems there is no tract of jungle so dense it hasn’t been mapped, no tribe so remote they haven’t been the subject of three dissertations and two documentaries. Reclusive Yanomami in the Amazon have Pepsi t-shirts. Nomadic herdsmen in … Continued
I’ve been known to have crazy ideas from time to time, and every once in a while they’ve actually come to life. This particular idea strikes me while reading an email from a friend who is planning a dirt bike … Continued
This spy photo, snapped by German moto media giant Motorrad, shows a funky tracker/bobber/cafe type thing equipped with telescopic forks and based around the iconic boxer-twin. Where have we seen that before? Oh right, in 2008 with the BMW Lo … Continued
Widely known as the toughest enduro event in the world, the Erzberg Rodeo probably isn’t the kind of place you’d expect to see a street performance naked race. But that’s just what Touratech plans to do with this modified Husqvarna … Continued
So far as ADV riding goes, you can’t get a lot better than the proven reliability and simple ruggedness of the BMW G650GS. But, momentum is still your enemy and dropping the 423lbs bike at speed is going to break … Continued