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MXA RETRO TEST: WE RIDE WESTON PEICK’S 2018 JGR/AUTOTRADER SUZUKI RM-Z450


We loved Weston’s engine. There were no hiccups, dips or dead spots. And although powerful, it was easy to ride

KTM 450SXF BUYER’S GUIDE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM 2007 TO 2020


A Kompendium of Knowledge about the last 13 years of KTM 450SXF Know-how

THE PINK JUMPER CHRONICLES: TM VERSUS TM, PINK VERSUS PINK, 1995 VERSUS 2018


If you’ve never seen a true-to-life pink TM, don’t fret. The MXA wrecking crew is going to show you two of them in our all-pink shootout

FIVE STEPS TO HONDA CRF250 MOTOCROSS NIRVANA


How to lose the wah-wah blues of the Honda’s CRF250 lack of bottom-end throttle response

WE RIDE CLUBMX’S SUPERCROSS-READY KTM 150SX TWO-STROKE


We want to see smokers line the gate inside stadiums again as much as anyone, but the only way that will happen is if Gared Steinke is put in charge of running the AMA.

MXA RACE TEST: 2018 YAMAHA YZ65 JUNIOR CYCLE


You have to ask yourself, “What would Aristotle do?” Because that is the key to success in finding brand loyalty from 50cc to 450cc

Zach Bell's 2018 TC250

MXA VIDEO | WE RIDE ZACH BELL’S 2018 WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TC250


The bike that won the 2018 World Two-Stroke Championship in the premier class, you’ll be surprised with how stock it is!

MXA RIDES CYCRA RACING’S PROBLEM SOLVING 2018 YAMAHA YZ450F


Testing a lowered chassis, pumped up engine and Rekluse clutch on a bike that loved each modification

MIND-BENDING 2018 TM MX300 PROJECT BIKE — PLUS VIDEO


Don’t judged TM by its past — you can’t tell a book by its cover — the TM book has been rewritten

WE BUILD A PRO CIRCUIT YAMAHA YZ250F FOR AN AMA PRIVATEER


The majority of privateers identify with MXA test rider Brian Medeiros, who holds down a 40-hour-a-week, five-day-a-week job — every penny he earns, he dumps into racing

CHAD REED FC450

WE BUILD AN EXACT CHAD REED REPLICA 2018 HUSQVARNA FC450 — PLUS VIDEO


We chose to build a Chad Reed Replica to honor his accomplishments without any concern for how well he did in the 2018 AMA Supercross season

WE RIDE ZACH BELL’S 2018 WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP TC250


Actually, we lent the bike to him, so this is really “Zach Bell Rides MXA’s 2018 Husqvarna TC250,” but it sounds better the other way around

MXA FIRST RIDE VIDEO: THE ULTIMATE TM MX300 TWO-STROKE PROJECT BIKE


Built to MXA’s spec by the finest craftsman in the motorcycle industry & tested on a private Glen Helen National track

51fifty mag

WE RIDE KYLE CHISHOLM’S 51FIFTY YAMAHA YZ250F


With every 51Fifty Energy drink sold, a percentage goes into their non-profit organization. So far, 51Fifty e has raised over $800,000. Racing is just a fun way to help people.

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 HUSQVARNA TC250 TWO-STROKE


We not only test it, but we tell you how to tune it for more power, better power and less or more hit. In five easy steps

2018 MXA 250 SHOOTOUT: WHAT WORKS FOR YOU?


We have been called “Honda Action,” “Yamaha Action” and, most recently, “KTM Action, but we are “Motocross Action.” All that matters to us is finding the best race bike.

MAKE YOUR 2018 YZ450F JUST LIKE THE WORLD VET CHAMP’S


Doug didn’t just test the YZ450Fs for Yamaha—he raced them, winning 22 of his World Vet Championships on them (the other four were on YZ250 two-strokes)

WE TEST FC450

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018-1/2 HUSQVARNA FC450 ROCKSTAR EDITION


It refines it and defines it. It fixes glitches and scratches itches. It is a homologation buster and a trophy hustler

HOW TO MAKE YOUR 2018 KAWASAKI KX250F BETTER


The Kawasaki KX250F won the “250 Four-Stroke Shootout” five times in the last 10 years, but its last win was in 2014—we try to up its game with some simple mods

SHORTEST SHOOTOUT IN HISTORY: BITE-SIZE 2018 MXA 450 SHOOTOUT


Remember those long shootouts that you scanned briefly before getting distracted by the dog? Well, here is the quick, easy and complete 2018 450 shootout in bite-size format

2018 tc250

2018 HUSQVARNA TC250 FIRST RIDE VIDEO | ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW


We give you the updates, the weight, the price, horsepower and tell you how to make it the best bike possible. Get your popcorn and sit down to watch this MXA exclusive video

WE TEST KTM 450

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018-1/2 KTM 450SXF FACTORY EDITION


Get in line, not just to buy one, but to get the R&D department to make the changes you want for 2019. There is a pecking order and Roger DeCoster is at the top

WE TEST YZ250

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 YAMAHA YZ250 TWO-STROKE


Make no mistake about it; motocross bikes are expendable, throw-away, obsolescence-prone machines—but we love this 12-year-old bike

WE TEST YAMAHA 125

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 YAMAHA YZ125 TWO-STROKE


We love this bike—the problem is, we don’t love racing this bike unless it is against other YZ125s or older smokers, but not KTM 125s

BITE-SIZE 2018 MXA 250 SHOOTOUT: READ IT OVER A CUP OF JOE


This 2018 250 Shootout is for people in a hurry, home schooled racers will have to wait for the picture book shootout

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 HONDA CRF250


The CRF250 engine is so one-dimensional that it gives up all the good stuff for a top end that isn’t good enough.

WE TEST KTM250

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 KTM 250SX TWO-STROKE


The gun-and-run style of power, with its need to shift on the bubble, was awesome for skilled two-stroke racers. It was just a little too high maintenance for the less skilled, but there are cheap cures

MXA VIDEO: DENNIS STAPLETON’S TWO-STROKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KTM 250SX


For the 2018 MTA Two-Stroke World Championships we built up our 2018 KTM 250SX two-stroke for the race

WE TEST TM MX125

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 TM MX125 TWO-STROKE


TM does not have a four-year production cycle like the Japanese manufacturers. The company makes changes when it feels they are needed. For 2018, big changes were made to the TM MX125.

17 FACTS ABOUT THE 2018-1/2 KTM 450SXF FACTORY EDITION


There is always an exception to every AMA rule. That exception is the KTM Factory Edition. Under AMA rules, no one can race a bike unless 400 bikes are offered for sale. KTM offers them

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 SUZUKI RM-Z250


A classic case of deja zoom. Five years ago the RM-Z250 was second in the “MXA 250 Four-Stroke Shootout.” What happened in the last five model years?

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 KTM 250SXF


The 14,000 rpm bike that only asks you to do one thing to get the most out of it—scream it to the max

WE RIDE RYAN VILLOPOTO’S KAWASAKI SR250 TWO-STROKE


This bike has nostalgia written all over it. It should be sitting in a museum with a sign that says, “Do not sit on it.” Luckily, Ryan let MXA get it dirty.

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 HUSQVARNA FC250


Yes, we know that its the same bike in white plastic, but do you know how different it really is

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 YAMAHA YZ250F


When Yamaha enhanced the midrange back in 2017, the power reminded us of one of our favorite engines, the 2016 Kawasaki KX250F. It has personality. Call it spunk.

2008 KTM electric start XC300-0771

WE BUILD A 2008 KTM ELECTRIC START 300XC


MXA took a 2008 KTM XC300 and made it into an electric start two-stroke motocross bike with a few simple changes

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 FUEL-INJECTED HUSQVARNA TE250i TWO-STROKE


It injects gas, oil and fun, but most all is runs cleaner, sips gasoline, never needs jetting, makes real horsepower and is the future of all two-strokes.

2018 KTM 450SXf

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 KTM 450SXF


KTM has made more model changes over the last decade than all of the other “Big Six” manufacturers combined

2018 MXA 350 SHOOTOUT: HUSQVARNA FC350 VERSUS KTM 350SXF


It seems funny to do a 350cc four-stroke shootout when there are only two readily available models on American showrooms

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 KAWASAKI KX450F


Kudos to Kawasaki for not chasing the elusive electric unicorn. The KX450F is the only Japanese 450 that didn’t gain weight in 2018.

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 SUZUKI RM-Z450


Suzuki had plenty of time to think about what they would do when they finally built a new RM-Z450, but what they did wasn’t worth the wait.

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 HONDA CRF450


A real CRF450 test—with everything you need to know, stuff that nobody else ever tells you and our secret recipe for Honda CRF success.

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 KTM 350SXF


The best professional practice rider or Vet bike made. The perfect bike for riders looking for a 250 with more power or a 450 with less (although not a whole lot less).

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 YAMAHA YZ450F


If we were looking for a phrase to accurately describe the 2018 YZ450F powerband, we would use “filled in.” The result is one long usable powerband. Every Yamaha YZ450F owner will love the improved power delivery.

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 HUSQVARNA FC450


Not Swedish, but Sweetish. Powerful, but soulful. Brutish, but gentle. The Husqvarna FC450 is like no other 450 — even though it is like the KTM 450SXF (although different enough to warrant a close look).

2018-1/2 HUSQVARNA FC450 ROCKSTAR EDITION FIRST LOOK


Husky has an all-new bike coming in to the SX season

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2018 SUZUKI RM-Z450


It is finally here!

MXA LOG BOOK: SECRETS OF THE 2017-‘18 KTM 450SXF


Answers to the questions you should have ask

MXA STARTS TESTING THE 2018 HONDA CRF250 ON THURSDAY


One last look at what’s new on the “new” CRF250

MXA RIDES KTM’S 2018 FUEL-INJECTED TWO-STROKE AT THE IRON GIANT


You may not like the idea, but it might save the two-stroke

MXA VIDEO: FIRST RIDE ON THE 2018 KAWASAKI KX450F


Embracing the world’s cheapest hop-up — BNG

MXA VIDEO: FIRST RIDE ON THE 2018 HONDA CRF450


Electric start, stiffer springs, revised engine hangers and more

FIRST LOOK! 2018 HUSQVARNA MOTOCROSS BIKES


Seven updated models and an all-new TC85

MXA MOTOCROSS RACE TEST: 2018 KAWASAKI KX250F


With four-year production cycles the Kawasaki KX250F was not due for an update until 2020, but Kawasaki’s engineers took the initiative to make some big changes to the 2018 KX250F

MXA TEAM TESTED: FMF YAMAHA YZ125 PIPE AND SILENCERS


Two for one, but a dollar factor