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Ron Lawson
by: Ron Lawson
What, you might ask, is a rally bike? Good question. At this point, no two answers are exactly the same. Honda, KTM, Triumph and other manufacturers use the term freely for wildly diverse models. For now, we like Kove’s definition best. The bike you see here is a machine you could enter in the Dakar Rally and, with a little luck and $100,000 for support, maybe even reach the finish. This is more than a dual-sport bike cast in the image of a rally racer; it’s a motorcycle made with that purpose in mind. Two of them finished Dakar in 2023, and Mason Klein is on one for the 2024 edition of th ...
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What, you might ask, is a rally bike? Good question. At this point, no two answers are exactly the same. Honda, KTM, Triumph and other manufacturers use the term freely for wildly diverse models. For now, we like Kove’s definition best. The bike you see here is a machine you could enter in the Dakar Rally and, with a little luck and $100,000 for support, maybe even reach the finish. This is more than a dual-sport bike cast in the image of a rally racer; it’s a motorcycle made with that purpose in mind. Two of them finished Dakar in 2023, and Mason Klein is on one for the 2024 edition of th ...
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