Max. Steeze: A CB350 Street Scrambler from California
Miguel Castro seems to be working his way through a checklist of custom motorcycle styles. His first build was a cafe racer,…
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Your complete guide to scrambler motorcycles, from retro desert sleds to 21st century specials. Here you’ll find traditional Triumph and Ducati scrambler builds plus the latest BMW, Yamaha and Kawasaki conversions—with a few Harleys thrown in too.
Discover the performance upgrades and styling tweaks that’ll make your own scrambler bike more fun to ride and own, whether on the road or dirt.
Speed Read, 23 May 2021
Our round-up for the week includes a well-used Moto Martin-framed endurance racer, and two BMWs; an R nineT and an R18. But…
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Second wind: A Yamaha DT175 reconfigured for the road
The Yamaha DT175 is one of those classic bikes that look ‘just right.’ With a small tank, fat seat and raised fenders,…
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Rally Retro: A Himalayan with a Group B vibe from Thrive
Today’s adventure bike market is a little like the superbike market in the 80s; to quote Fall Out Boy, “It ain’t a…
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Mega Thumper: Unik Edition scrambles the Suzuki DR Big
The Suzuki DR 800 S Big is the sort of bike no one would design today. It was the thumper to rule…
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Blue Thunder: Finally, someone scrambles the TTR250
I just did a quick check, and my suspicions were confirmed: we’ve never featured a Yamaha TTR250 build on EXIF. Which is…
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Play Mystic for Me: A BMW R80R scrambler from Warsaw
BMW Motorrad has a few quirky gems in the back catalog—like the early-90s R80R Mystic. As one of the last two-valve boxers…
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Dominatorr: Motoism’s Honda NX650 street scrambler
Boundaries are getting blurred in the custom scene. Genre-hopping bikes are everywhere, and it’s getting harder and harder to pigeonhole many builds.…
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Big Sled: A Ducati Scrambler 1100 from Officine RossoPuro
We’ve been lucky enough to ride most of Ducati’s extensive Scrambler range. Of all of them, the Desert Sled is the one…
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Speed Read, 31 January 2021
The Swedish electric bike company Cake takes on poaching in Africa, and Triumph cranks the Speed Triple up a notch. Plus we…
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ISDT Dream: A BMW R80/7 Scrambler from Estonia
Some custom shops have a knack for building motorcycles that are clean enough to pass for factory specials. But this BMW boxer…
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Overlander: A BMW G/S built for serious adventure travel
Nothing grows knowledge like experience. So the best way to figure out how to design a continent-crossing motorcycle, is to actually cross…
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