Bike Tests

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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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
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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
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We sent Lars Larsson into the woods of Sweden to search through the workshops of ex-Husky engineers to find the hidden gems
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Mike walked away from the 2020 World Two-Stroke Championship with a smile on his face and $30,000 in his bank account
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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
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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
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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
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We take you back to the days of the last of mid-size two-strokes, more specifically, the 2000 KTM 380SX
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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
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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
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"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!"
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2022 models already?
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Come with us on the journey back to 2011 to see what we thought of the first-ever KTM 350SXF ... you'll be surprised!
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The FC250 does nothing wrong. The lowered chassis and improved suspension bring the handling up to a new level of excellence.
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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
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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
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The air-cooled CRF150F electric-start engine is made for a teenager to cruise around on flat trails—We have to say it, this advanced chassis is begging to have a hot-rod water-cooled engine in it
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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
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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
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Did the YZ400 have anything to fear from the 2000 KTM 520SX? You bet. This bike had an incredible powerband
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"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."
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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
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How to fix the 2020-2021 Yamaha YZ450F with a few common sense moves and crack 60 horsepower with something out-of-the-box
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