New Honda Africa Twin Rendering Looks both Credible and Smashing
27 Jul 2014, 12:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We’ve spotted a new rendering of the upcoming Honda Africa Twin, and so far we are inclined to say that this is one of the best we came across so far. After watching the photo for some time, w...
Johnny Walker Wins 2014 Red Bull Romaniacs, Dethrones Graham Jarvis
21 Jul 2014, 14:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The most extreme hard enduro race in the calendar has a new king: Johnny Walker has won the 2014 Red Bull Romaniacs, dethroning the 4-time winner Graham Jarvis. Even more, at 23 years, Walker also b...
Red Bull Romaniacs 2014 Kicks Off, Paul Bolton Wins the Prolog
16 Jul 2014, 12:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The longest and the toughest race in the whole enduro calendar, the Red Bull Romaniacs 2014 has kicked off in the iconic scenery of Sibiu, central Romania. 2014 marks the 11th edition of this terrib...
New Honda Africa Twin Rumored to Be a Rival for the BMW R1200GS, Rather Disappointing
8 Jul 2014, 15:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the fans of the old Africa Twin can kiss their hopes for a v-twin bike good bye. Insella says that the MCN investigators, the ones who first found out credible info on the upcoming AT ...
KTM 690 Machines Recalled for Brake Pedal Issues
30 Jun 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Are you the proud and happy owner of a model year 2014 KTM 690 Enduro R or 690 SMC R? Good for you, but you should pay your dealer a visit, and ask for some mending and tinkering around your bike. T...
Husqvarna Details 2015 Motocross and Enduro Range
30 Jun 2014, 12:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One year after the re-creation of Husqvarna as a new (from an economical point of view) brand, the former Swedish brand, now under KTM ownership is surfacing the model year 2015 motocross and enduro...
Gas Gas Unveils the 2015 Enduro Bike Line-Up
28 Jun 2014, 08:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even if Gas Gas is not exactly among the most popular enduro bike makers and its presence in top-tier competitions is a rather modest one, the Spanish manufacturer delivers a very attractive bang fo...
Watch Johnny Walker Dominate the Erzbergrodeo Hare Scramble 2014
2 Jun 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 20th edition of the amazing Erzbergrodeo got underway this weekend around the iconic and fearsome Iron Giant in central Austria. Unlike last year, when the starting line area was almost complete...
BMW Rumored to Reveal 350cc Enduro and 500cc Streetfighter Made in India
27 May 2014, 11:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the rumor mill is spinning faster and faster when it comes to the first new bikes the German manufacturer BMW will produce in collaboration with its new Indian makes TVS. While we knew...
2015 KTM 250 SX-F Preview Pics
15 May 2014, 11:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Derestricted, the official blog of KTM’s design house Kiska, shows a set of preview photos for the 2015 250 SX-F motocross machine. However, we’ll have to make do only with the pictures ...
Chris Birch Shows You What the KTM 1190 Adventure R Can Do
4 May 2014, 12:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though I don’t want to start (again) the war between the KTM and BMW fans, I am glad to see the 1190 Adventure R ridden like it was intended to be ridden and showing the world what real o...
The New Africa Twin Is a CRF...
25 Apr 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Back in the late summer of 2013 I wrote a wishful editorial, hoping that the rumored new-generation Africa Twin Honda was reportedly planning to manufacture would not follow the 1200cc trend. The ne...
AltRider Shows New Aftermarket Parts Line for KTM 1190 Adventure R
24 Apr 2014, 15:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / AltRider unveils a new line of aftermarket bolt-on parts for the increasingly popular KTM 1190 Adventure R machine. Most of the new products are in the “armor“ department, so we&rsquo...
Gas Gas EC Replica Factory 30 Aniversario
13 Apr 2014, 08:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Gas Gas unveils their 30th anniversary machine, a Factory Replica loaded with a heap of premium aftermarket parts to make a huge difference over the stock trim of the model. Basically, we’re h...
Tacita Announces Italian Test Rides for the T-Race Electric Enduro Bike
7 Apr 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Italian electric off-road bikes manufacturer Tacita announces test ride events which will take place in different regions of the country. What’s even cooler is the fact that Tacita is organizi...
Red Bull Romaniacs Breathtaking Slow-Motion Action
29 Mar 2014, 09:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though an enduro event such as the Erzberg Rodeo is so far a better-known meeting than the Red Bull Romaniacs, things are slowly changing for the Romania-hosted competition. The Red Bull Rom...
2014 GS Trophy Latin America Team Announced
21 Mar 2014, 14:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One more GS Trophy team was announced last week, and this time it’s the Latin America one. March 14-16 saw the battle in the the Latin America Regional Qualification, with riders from Chile, C...
Ride That Damned Bike, Would You?
13 Mar 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well, I guess this is what any riders with medium off-road experience would have shouted at the star of this video, with no malice associated with the shouting, but a hefty dash of frustration, mayb...
Gas Gas Acquires Rights for Pre-2013 Husqvarna Engines
4 Mar 2014, 10:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After merging with trial bike manufacturer Ossa, Spanish Gas Gas is making another interesting move and buys the rights for Husqvarna’s pre-2013 engines. That is, the ones developed under BMW ...
SW-Motech Shows Dakar, a New Soft-bag Luggage System
3 Mar 2014, 15:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Adventure-touring guru SW-Motech announces their latest soft-luggage system, Dakar. While the name surely makes imagination go wild, these bags are “civilian-grade” items, engineered for...