In this photo, Italian rider Paolo Ceci can be seen crossing the trackless waste of Peru’s Nazca desert. Like no other race in the world, the Dakar pits riders against the harshest conditions on earth for 5,025 miles of racing … Continued
Fully-fueled, a KTM 450 Rally, the fastest bike in the Dakar, weighs 465lbs. You really don’t want to have to lift 465lbs out of foot-deep, thick mud, do you? Especially not with a camera helicopter blowing hurricane-force sand in your … Continued
Dakar: most epic motorcycle race on Earth. Dakar: too big, too wild and too much for even its organizers to cover effectively. A list of names next to a list of times does little to capture the sheer magnitude of … Continued
New Year’s Day has been the beginning of the calendar year dating back to 1751, and before that, to the day when baby Jesus was circumcised. In western culture, it’s a day of hangovers, laying in bed and eating way … Continued
Traversing a wash, the front wheel of American Quinn Cody’s CRF450 appears to catch an obstacle, launching him into an endo at high speed. Reports from the hospital indicate a broken collar bone and some unspecified injuries to his head, … Continued
The past three years have cast a pall over manufacturing world wide. For the motorcycle industry, its hue has been particularly dark. We have witnessed the death of brands, from the historic to eager start ups, written long essays theorizing … Continued
Another slick stunt video aboard a KTM 125 Duke from Slovenian rider Rok Bagoros. This one takes place in an abandoned industrial complex with a distinctly eastern European feel. Reverberating off the corrugated steel sidings, that little single-cylinder sounds damn … Continued