It’s really too bad these bikes are only available in Japan. The retro 70’s trail bike style would be super fun for knocking around the Wasatch Mountains. Maybe they’ll make it to the U.S.?

Just found out about these products via an email newsletter from Adventurers Workshop. Looks like they offer some pretty stout farkles for your BMW or KTM adventure bike.

Bike EXIF has been posting some fine specimens lately. This looks like it would be a hellafun scrambler. My rule is if it has knobbies, it’s worth taking a look.

I want my money back. I bought Floyd’s autobiography, the one where he professed his innocence, claimed he never doped, and that his Tour de France win was taken away unjustly. Here’s the deal: Floyd can’t handle getting destroyed by 19 year old amateurs in domestic U.S. races, so now he is going to point fingers at the top. Ironic this news comes out while his once “best friend” Dave Zabriskie is wearing the leader’s jersey in a race that Floyd once won. Expect more on this topic in the coming days.

I don’t know what possessed BMW to give the R80 G/S a red saddle back in 1980. But it’s become one of the most enduring motorcycle liveries of all time. The G/S was designed to combine on-road and off-road qualities, just like a traditional scrambler—but unlike most scramblers, it was also an accomplished long-distance tourer. Then Hubert Auriol won the 1981 Paris—Dakar Rally, and the G/S reputation for reliability was born. The “G/S” designation (Gelände/Straße, or off-road/on-road) soon became the GS (Gelände Sport) we know today, and the Germans have dominated the adventure touring market ever since. Next month, BMW celebrates 30 years of the GS with new bikes harking back to the original livery—including that iconic red saddle, white bodywork, white indicators and a tinted windshield. There’s a great overview of the GS bikes on webBikeworld, and if that’s whetted your appetite, a terrific new book you can order called BMW GS: Adventure Motorcycle: A 30 Year Catalog, by Hans-Jugen Schneider. [Available on Amazon.]

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Bike EXIF has been sharing some great knobby tire bikes lately. This post has some great history on the GS line, as well as a look at the new F800 GS special edition. Wow. An instant classic, although I am quite content with my Bumble Bee.

There is a great post on Bike EXIF of the Ural ST, which is the first Ural I have ever seen that didn’t have a sidecar. Has anyone out there seen one of these in person?

Like I always say, if Bike EXIF posts any bikes with knobbies, it’s usually something that makes the cut for IAATB. Check out the cool skid plate underneath. This would make a great townie.

Looks like there will be one less bad hairstyle in the Giro this year. After reading comments on Velo News, it seems people are disappointed because “Pellizotti in an exciting rider.” What is so exciting about someone who does nothing except suck wheel then occasionally put his nose out there for an uphill finish? Not a fan. I will say this is a pretty big name to go down, unless he explains his “abnormalities.” Maybe he can find some way to blame it on Elisa Basso.

I love it when Bike EXIF posts bikes with knobbies on them. It doesn’t happen very often. But I love it when they do. This is a modern dirt scrambler made by a custom U.S. shop called Hammarhead Industries. Daddy like.