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Off-Road
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VIDEO: The history of the Paris Dakar Rally from 1979 to 1997
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Held each year since 1978, the Dakar Rally is an event like no other. With sections containing treacherous rocks, vast open deserts and hundreds upon hundreds of kilometres of untamed wilderness, the Dakar Rally pushes the best drivers and riders to their limits as they use everything from nimble motorcycles to big rig trucks to…
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INTERVIEW: Marco Lambri – the man behind the Moto Guzzi Concept V85
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Moto Guzzi unveiled its Concept V85 at last year’s EICMA to widespread admiration – and to explain what’s going on with its Paris-Dakar inspired styling, here’s an interview with the man behind it, Marco Lambri. 1) You’re a member of The Clan and a diehard Guzzi fan. Where did your love for the “Eagle” originate…
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Cagiva returns for 2018 – but this time, it’s focusing on electric motorcycles
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Iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer Cagiva is set to relaunch for 2018, with a new range of electric motorcycles. And if there’s one that looks like the C594 GP machine below, which was lauded as the most beautiful race bike in the world back in its day, we’re in! The MV Agusta owned brand stopped production back in 2012,…
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Yamaha Ténéré 700 one step closer to production
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It’s been a long wait for the arrival of the Yamaha Tènèrè 700 – but it looks like the wait is almost over, as the rugged rally-inspired lightweight adventure bike has been spotted tearing up the sand in Australia. First presented at EICMA 2017, Yamaha’s T7 Concept set the pulses of adventure riders racing the…
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60 years of Hagon at the Classic Dirt Bike Show
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The Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks, which takes place in Telford across the weekend of February 17-18 – is set to house one of the biggest displays of Hagon Shocks machines seen in one place. As part of the company’s 60th anniversary celebrations, the British suspension-specialist Hagon asked anyone with a Hagon-framed…
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Ben Spies injured while Enduro training in Texas
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Ben Spies won’t be making his 2018 Kenda AMA National Enduro Championship Series debut next month, after suffering a number of injuries, including several broken bones and a collapsed lung while riding off-road in Texas last week. Spies said: “I sunk into the face of a jump and knew right away I was hosed,” Spies…
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Video: Street Scrambler’ing with Carl Fogarty
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Foggy returns to Speedway – on a Triumph Street Scrambler. Carl ‘Foggy’ Fogarty has returned to the track on a Triumph Street Scrambler showing what his bike could do around Buxton Hitmen Speedway in Derbyshire, UK. Foggy left his Street Scrambler completely standard, including the bike’s OEM Metzeler Tourance road tyres. He said: “It’s that…
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First Ride – Husqvarna 701 Enduro (A2 Restricted)
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SINGLE CYLINDER SAVIOUR: HUSKY’S NEW 701 ENDURO Founded in Sweden in 1903, the same year as Harley-Davidson – the traditionally off-road-oriented Husqvarna brand is now owned by KTM, with production undertaken at its factory in Austria. Beneath the paintwork of the 701 Enduro, much is shared with KTM’s 690 Enduro R, including its brilliant new…
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Video: Powder Hounds – Backcountry Snowbiking
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Red Bull has unveiled a set of AWESOME short films, showing professional Snowbike rider Reagan Seig, Snowbike pioneer Brett Blaser and motocross men Ronnie Renner and Robbie Maddison tearing up some of the best terrain in the U.S. and Canada. When it comes to snow bikes, there are many questions that remain unanswered. Though the concept…
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Video: Honda’s X-ADV adventure/city scooter thing
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Here’s our Mikko’s video account of his first ride on the Honda X-Adv during the world launch in Sardinia. You can read his full review below and the film is above, just hit the play button to watch it. Honda took the adventure biking scene by the horns when it launched the reborn CRF1000L Africa…
