Dirt Bikes

The YE-01 shows exactly what Yamaha has its eyes on for the future. Hint: it’s the new MXEP electric motocross racing series. The bike is the result of Yamaha’s recent strategic partnership with the French company Electric Motion.

Some may have forgotten that Triumph acquired OSET, one of the biggest names in off-road motorcycles for kids, three years ago. Now, it seems like a long-term calculated move to break into a new segment.

As if producing the world’s fastest electric enduro motorcycle wasn’t enough, Stark Future has gone ahead and updated the Varg MX with “advanced updates in powertrain, chassis design, and software features."

"Successful EV manufacturer" ... now that’s not something you’d expect to hear all that often. A company that’s into cars might still have a chance, but you’d rarely hear about a two-wheel EV-maker producing numbers in the green. Enter Stark Future.

Australia is home to many cool things, among which is a bright new start-up called On Powersports – a bikemaker that specializes in e-motocrossers, e-enduros, and e-supermotos, and if value is what you’re after, the OZY 30x fits the bill perfectly.

Ducati hasn't produced an off-road motorcycle since 1974, which was the R/T. Now, 52 years later, the Bologna-based bikemaker has introduced the 2026 Desmo450 MX, its very first purpose-built motocrosser. It will retail for $11,495 starting June.

Dirt Freak… with a name like that, you ought to either produce some solid, purpose-built off-road motorcycles… or an inexpensive vacuum cleaner. Happily it’s the former, in the shape of an electric moto from Japan dubbed the GE-N3.

Austin-based Bonnell is a new-ish electric two-wheeler brand with a foundation in all-terrain racing. It's been making electric mountain bikes for a bit, and now wants to muscle in on dirt bike territory with two models slated for later this year.

It's official: a supermoto version of the world's fastest electric, the Stark Varg is coming Stateside! A street-legal hooligan version of the motocrosser would be pretty wild. Just imagine the power you’d have at the twist of the throttle.

Usually, whenever you spot a custom build with a sidecar, you’d expect it to be based around a Honda, BMW, Harley, or maybe even a Triumph. Revival Cycles definitely had a different plan with this crazy, neon-laden sidecarcross!

Avvenire is accepting pre-orders for its versatile 3-in-1 Combat e-bike that blends three different functions into one stylish design: an ebike, an off-road dirt bike, and a winter-ready snow bike.

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing. But this storied event was born of an even more extreme and dangerous experience, that one man had to endure all alone...