BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: THE IRISH-BUILT URM 500
Built by an honest to goodness genius, but it still couldn’t make it in the motocross world
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Built by an honest to goodness genius, but it still couldn’t make it in the motocross world
A reworked 1983 V-twin 350cc Moto Morini turned into a resto-mod motocross bike by Rudolfo Covallero
If you thought that upside-down forks and monoshock rear suspension were new, then don’t look at this 64-year-old bike
The bike that lived many lives from Wassell to Tyran to Penton Trials to the Mudlark to the Woodsman
Designed by Jaroslav Walter, the 1957 CZ Walter was built during CZ’s four-stroke era before they switched to two-strokes
If you’re looking for a little more horsepower out of your trusty two-stroke, this one pumped ot 78 horsepower. It was intimidating to say the least
What do you get when old world Italian craftsmen try to become part of the mass production motocross business? Trouble
By building small displacement dirt and street bikes, a whole generation of future Italian and World Champions got their first taste of racing a motorcycle on a Guazzoni
Would it have been any less of a world beating brand if it was called a Gellera instead of a Gilera
Based on the most popular Husqvarna entry-level bike in Swedish history and ridden to fame by Arne Kring, the Ricksson is virtually unknown outside of Sweden
The U.S. Marine Corps bike that owes a bike thanks to Danny LaPorte, Bruce McDougal and Chuck Bowers
Ernesto begat Gualtiero, who spawned Alberto and Piero, and the rest of the family played a part in Ancillotti motorcycles
When Lito’s Kaj Bornebusch was approached by famous motorcycle designer Folke Mannerstedt with a totally new idea for a motocross bike, he couldn’t say no
A family that builds their own bike from scratch has something to be very proud of
It used 50cc engines designed by Adalberto Garelli and rode the initial 50cc wave in Italy in the 1950s—it’s cross wasn’t much of a cross