Bike Tests

We are excited that Honda has an all-new CRF450 for 2021. However, if you loved the 2020 CRF450 they are bringing it back for 2021, only cheaper
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The well traveled history of a 2005 Honda CR125 & what's planned for it next
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One engine, lots of choices: Gebben Kreidler, Homoet Kriedler, HS Kriedler, Roton Kreidler, VHS Kreidler or Van Veen Kreidler
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This is a fact! Team Suzuki’s 2003 RM250 is the best race bike we’ve ever ridden‚ without a doubt. How can we make such a bold statement? It was true!
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With the 2020 World Two-Stroke Championship getting closer, the MXA wrecking started looking for potential winners
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Eat your heart out Ryan Dungey. You're too old, too tall and too heavy to have this Factory Edition named after you
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The 2020 KTM 350SXF makes 54.61 horsepower, which is more peak horsepower than the 2020 Suzuki RM-Z450—to get it you have to rev it to the moon.
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It was an Edison light-bulb moment back in 2006 when Kayaba switched the YZ250 forks from 70-percent position-sensitive damping to 90-percent speed-sensitive damping. It became the Holy Grail of motocross suspension
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How to fix the 2020 Yamaha YZ450F with a few common sense moves and crack 60 horsepower without something out-of-the-box
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Be careful when spending money on making the 2020 Suzuki RM-Z250 faster—We spent $5000 and it didn’t make more horsepower than a stock KTM 250SXF
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Areas to focus on when living and loving your 2020 Kawasaki KX450
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The inside story behind the groundbreaking Factory Edition—the AMA rule book, the history, the special effort by KTM and what's what on the latest version
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Pee-wee racing used to smell of gasoline and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, now it doesn't smell like gasoline anymore
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The YCF Bigy is 187.2cc, air-cooled, single-cylinder four-stroke with 17/14 wheels and a seat height of 35 inches — best of all it retails for $2999 and comes with a warranty
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Grant Langston’s 2007 Yamaha YZ450F was the easiest to ride AMA National bike we have ever tried
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Suzuki resurrected itself from the ashes of the rather mediocre 1998 engine in 1999. The ‘99 powerband was, in fact, a KX250 clone
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From a hunk of junk to a sweet hunk of love — we pay homage to the bike that put Zacho on the Mapo
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"You might think I chose the 300 because it makes a lot more horsepower at every step along the curve, but that isn’t it. What I like best about the 300 is that it is easier to ride."
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What one man did to his six-year-old-old smoker. Why would an MXA editor want a 2014 Yamaha YZ250 when he could just race MXA's 2020 YZ250?
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The 2005 KTM 250SX was a handful to ride. It was fast, but as we all know the WP PDS rear suspension was only good if you knew its secrets
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It was a brilliant concept based on a fairy tale idea. We lined up tests on the three works bikes that would win the 1998 Motocross des Nations. It was a stroke of genius—even though the fairy tale didn't have a happy ending 
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At 212 pounds and with 49.23 horsepower the 2020 KTM 250SX delivers the most anti-four-stroke style of power imaginable
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Don't be afraid of fuel-injected two-strokes, they don't change a thing you love about smokers, except worrying about jetting
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Some times a stop gap measure is the only measure that can work when you start too late
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A scary fast bike that only the gifted could ride
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TM is a boutique builder, meaning it is a small Italian company that produces hand-made bikes in limited numbers — they are rare and ultra-trick
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The MXA wrecking crew wanted to know what kind of bike a hammerhead like RC really rides. What better way to find out than by riding his race bike?
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