2024 Triumph Tiger 1200 GT Explorer and Rally Explorer – First Look


Triumph announced updates to its Tiger 1200 line, introducing minor updates that further refine the brand’s largest adventure models. The 2024 Tiger 1200 line will again be offered in four variants: the GT Pro, GT Explorer, Rally Pro, and Rally Explorer, with them all getting the same updates in most of the world.


Unfortunately, that’s not true for North America. Bear with me as this may get a bit confusing:

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2024 Ducati DesertX Rally Review – First Ride

Not having children of my own, nor many in my close circle for that matter, I forget how seeing the unadulterated enthusiasm and joy from a child can brighten up one’s entire day. Of course, when it’s due to a group of motorcycles roaring through their small town in the desert outside Marrakech, that joy makes an incredible experience that much more memorable. High fiving kids through small villages as their parents grow weary of motorcycles passing through town (even respectfully) is a memory I’ll never forget and, as it happens time and time again for us motorcyclists, two wheels are what tied these moments in time together in such a unique way. Specifically, in this case, the 2024 Ducati DesertX Rally.

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Ricky Brabec Wins 2024 Dakar Rally

American Ricky Brabec has won the 2024 Dakar Rally after a gruelling 4,950-mile trek across Saudi Arabia. Racing for the Monster Energy Honda Team, Brabec claimed his second victory at Dakar, this time completing it with a time of 51 hours, 30 minutes and 8 seconds plus a 1 minute penalty.

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Seat Time: Don’t Listen to Your Girlfriend; Size Does Matter…

Learning to ride a motorcycle, it’s said that to become proficient you should remove as many possible obstacles you can control which could distract you from the task at hand. And while this may seem like obvious advice, what is often overlooked is fitment – being totally comfortable on your bike.

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Seat Time: Finding a Way to the Finish Line… By Any Means Necessary

Some girls spend their time talking about love and life. Others work together to advance their careers. But these two friends are joining forces to follow a passion. To set some impossible goals and push each other to reach them. Anastasia (Ana for short) plans to go the distance at the Dakar Rally. And Kyra intends to punish herself to no end at Romaniacs. Both have a lot of hurdles standing in their way. And together, they hope to overcome them one-by-one. Ana’s ethos is “no excuses''. While Kyra’s rationale is that “the time is now”.

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2024 Ducati DesertX Rally First Look


A more off-road capable DesertX

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The Ship Has Sailed: 2024 KTM 890 Adventure R Rally Sold Out

Adventure enthusiasts rushed to secure their spot for the pre-order special stage of the 2024 KTM 890 ADVENTURE R RALLY, resulting in all 700 units being sold out in under three days on KTM.com. Concurrently, slots for the highly exclusive ULTIMATE KTM DESERT EXPERIENCE event were swiftly filled.

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KTM Announces 2024 890 Adventure R Rally Pre-Order

KTM introduces the 2024 KTM 890 ADVENTURE R RALLY, a testament to their rally racing success and engineering expertise. This special model is set for pre-order availability starting September 20. Alongside its release, KTM has launched the ULTIMATE KTM DESERT EXPERIENCE event, exclusively designed for new bike buyers.

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2024 Can-Am Spyder and Ryker Model Updates Announced


Apple CarPlay and the return of the Spyder F3-S

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2024 Ducati DesertX Rally Confirmed in CARB Filings

For a brand best known for its exotic sportbikes, Ducati sure impressed us with the DesertX, its first modern off-road dedicated adventure bike. With its torquey 937cc engine, 21/18-inch wheel combo, and long-travel suspension, the DesertX was our runner-up for the Best Adventure Motorcycle of 2022 behind the Aprilia Tuareg 660. Thanks to an executive order published by the California Air Resources Board, we now know the DesertX will be joined by a new Rally variant for 2024.

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2024 Triumph Tiger 900 Aragón Edition - First Look

As we were first to report back in January, Triumph is releasing new special edition versions of the Tiger 900 to celebrate Ivan Cervantes’ win in the 2022 Baja Aragón. The new Aragón Edition Tiger 900 Rally and Tiger 900 GT models will be offered for just one year only.

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2023 GasGas RX 450F Replica First Look

As we reported a few weeks ago, GasGas is releasing a new replica based on its 2022 Dakar-winning race bike. The 2023 GasGas RX 450F Replica is a limited-edition model that comes as close as you can get to Sam Sunderland’s and Daniel Sanders’ factory rally-raid bikes.

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GasGas RX 450F Replica Confirmed in Type Approval Documents

GasGas is preparing to launch a new model called the RX 450F Replica that we believe will be based on the machine Sam Sunderland rode to victory in the 2022 Dakar Rally.

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2022 Yamaha Tenere 700 World Raid Announced for Europe

Yamaha Motor Europe announced the production version of the 2022 Ténéré 700 World Raid, a new Ténéré variant with a larger fuel tank and longer travel suspension. It joins Yamaha’s European lineup alongside the regular Ténéré 700, plus a Rally Edition version which we don’t get in the U.S.

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2021 Honda CRF300L and CRF300L Rally Announced for US

Just as our man in Toronto, Dennis Chung, surmised at the beginning of December when Honda Europe announced these, Honda’s new and improved small dual-sports will be coming to America. Matter of fact, Honda says the CRF is the motorcycle industry’s top-selling dual-sport.

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