KTM Freeride 350: light is right

This new KTM Freeride 350 weighs just 99.5kg/219lbs without fuel, which changes absolutely everything you thought you knew about dirt performance. That weight comes not from a kiddie-size mini dirt bike, but a street-legal enduro fitted with high-spec components like … Continued

Now this is a Husqvarna

If Husqvarna is going to be BMW’s youth brand, it needs street products that are more than me-too KTM wannabes. Products like this Husqvarna Moab concept. With mechanical configuration and purpose loosely based around the idea of an updated ‘60s … Continued

KTM Freeride E: the electric motorcycle has arrived

For years, electric motorcycles have existed as a quirky footnote to the rest of the motorcycle industry. Tiny startups sold literally dozens of emissions-free, high-price commuters. But the electric motorcycle is no longer a novelty, a relatively major manufacturer is … Continued

Husqvarna adapts S1000RR ABS for off-road use

Could the next big development in antilock brakes come off-road? Husqvarna thinks so, BMW’s Italian-by-way-of-Sweden dirt bike brand has adapted the S1000RR’s dual-channel ABS for off-road applications. Undergoing validation testing on Husky’s flagship TE449, the system is claimed to make … Continued

KTM Freeride 350: accessible off-roading

At just 99kg/218lbs, this all-new KTM Freeride 350 is set to create a new type of dirt bike. Not only is this four-stroke’s weight roughly equivalent to the Austrian firm’s two-stroke 125 enduro, but it comes in a street-legal package … Continued

Jamie Robinson does La Baneza

Earlier this summer, I rode out of London on the Yamaha Super Ténéré, down through France, into Spain and to a historic little town in the province of León called La Bañeza. It’s far enough away from the Major cities … Continued

Is a masochistic ninja haunting VA dirt bike races?

A man dressed in a “ninja” outfit has been spotted lurking around children’s hare scramble races in Virginia this summer, in some instances positioning himself on the course itself, seemingly in an attempt to get the bikes to run over … Continued