Best Dakar Photos: stages 9-11

Here, an unidentified motorcycle is lifted clear of a tricky river crossing in Argentina. Stages 9 through 11 see the rally loop through the foothills of the Andes in Argentina before crossing the mountains to enter Chile, where The Dakar … Continued

The best photos from Dakar stages 4-8

Stages 4 through 8 see the Dakar move out of the sandy deserts of southern Peru an into the rocky mountains, the valleys filled with loose “fesh fesh” and the high speed, gravel-covered plateaus of the Andes, crossing over into … Continued

Dakar stages 1-3: best photos so far

Today’s Stage Three brings us some of the most dramatic images of this year’s Dakar rally as the riders enter the huge sand dunes of Peru’s southern desert. Those dunes hide surprises for the riders too, as Patricio Cabrera found … Continued

Watch the KTM Freeride E tackle Erzberg

Is there any tougher test for a dirt bike than the granite quarry in Erzberg, Austria? Typically the home of that hardest of hard enduros, KTM recently took a few Freeride E prototypes there for testing. Is the electric enduro … Continued

13 bikes that will make 2013 awesome

Excited for next year? You should be. We’re getting not only some of the best bikes ever, but getting them at affordable prices, accessible performance levels and with appealing design too. Here’s 13 of the best new bikes coming in … Continued

Video: KTM 300EXC vs 350 Freeride

Here’s a surprisingly beautiful video in which a KTM 350 Freeride and 300 EXC take to trails through their native Austria. Doubting the little Freeride’s capability, It seems to keep up with the race bike just fine.

KTM talks new 390s

“…the 390cc is coming which is a full faired version and the so called tour purpose version,” KTM CEO Stefan Pierer told India’s CNBC-TV18, revealing the development of future models based around the KTM 390 Duke‘s new motor. “We are … Continued