MXA RACE TEST: 2021 GASGAS MC 450F
The GasGas MC 450F could easily run as well the KTM 450SXF if the GasGas engineers had wanted it to — We can only assume that they didn’t want it to
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The GasGas MC 450F could easily run as well the KTM 450SXF if the GasGas engineers had wanted it to — We can only assume that they didn’t want it to
It’s finally here! MXA’s seven bike, 450 shootout video
Think sofa. The 5.0 N/mm forks on the KX450 motocross model are already way too soft, so you can easily imagine what the KX450X’s 4.8 N/mm spring rate and softer damping feel like
With the 2021 Supercross series on its final run to the Championship, do you remember when Lance Smail, Tom Moen and KTM made Supercross history
Factory-prepped bikes evoke images of unbelievable power, superb handling, and razor-like control. Yet visually, Windham’s YZ125 looked pretty much like the stock YZ125 that the MXA gang brought along for comparison
The Big Four manufacturers have tried to replicate the KTM engine’s high-rpm design by borrowing from KTM’s playbook, but they can’t seem to get the recipe for success right
These are two totally different bikes. They share almost nothing in terms of design, focus or intent, but one is very good and the other is a little irritating
If you ride the 2021 KX250 like you’re going out for a Sunday stroll, the orange, white and blue competition will blow by you due to the KX250’s lackluster bottom-end power
Don’t buy a 2021 KTM 450SXF if you don’t need the strongest clutch, most powerful brakes, lightest weight, broadest powerband, most accurate handling or a Formula 1 transmission
“The other MXA guys started to refer to my KX125 project bike as the ‘green unicorn.’ I told them that it would be finished soon and then they’d be sorry. I lied!”
Come with us on the journey back to 2011 to see what we thought of the first-ever KTM 350SXF … you’ll be surprised!
The FC250 does nothing wrong. The lowered chassis and improved suspension bring the handling up to a new level of excellence.
What would it take to turn a 2020 Kawasaki KX450 into a 2021 KX450? Oversized handlebars, oversized bar mount and a Rekluse or Hinson clutch
It’s a fun bike to ride. It’s a fun bike to own. If you feel compelled to spend money on your 2021 Yamaha YZ125, spend it on the engine
MXA’s 2021-1/2 KTM 450SXF Factory Edition is here and after two days of testing, we learn the ins and outs of the new Bluetooth mapping unit—we are glad to release our First Ride video
It’s nice, pleasant and fun to race, but maybe Kawasaki should start thinking about better forks, a smaller rear rotor, electronic mapping and more actual horsepower for 2022
We are ambivalent about the 2021 Honda CRF450; they did some things very well and some things very poorly—but mostly they rushed it out the door before it was done
Did the YZ400 have anything to fear from the 2000 KTM 520SX? You bet. This bike had an incredible powerband
“I had a few moments of brilliance — one of them was almost passing my childhood hero, Mike Brown, and having him flip me off after I revved my engine behind him.”
If you were blindfolded while on Ryan’s KX250F, you’d swear you were on a KX450F—There is no lightweight buzz coming out of the Pro Circuit exhaust, it rumbles
Which one should you buy? We break down the details and give you our opinion on the bikes in this MXA Head-to-Head Shootout video
How to fix the 2020-2021 Yamaha YZ450F with a few common sense moves and crack 60 horsepower with something out-of-the-box
The 2021 CRF250 doesn’t shine in any area of the power curve. It is lethargic off the bottom, needs a wake-up call in the midrange and doesn’t take off until the upper echelons of the powerband.
“I got on the gas hard coming into the Talladega first corner, and I could hear Josh yelling, “Slow down!” I ignored him and kept the throttle pegged.”
Why the long dreamed of Great American Motocross Hope was a total flop
RC, DeCoster & Goose tell all about the bike that everyone who was anyone in 2005 remembers
Polar opposites on the track, these two relatively unchanged 2021 models, trade pluses and minus—and your intended use makes a difference
What makes the showroom stock Austrian bikes such a force for change and innovation in the motocross world?
If they ever wanted to switch to making motocross bikes, they could build a powerhouse team of French riders
Jamie Ellis, Dean Dickenson & Mitch Payton put our KTM, Husky & Yamaha 125s on remedial speed therapy — with video and something called “words”