Honda tests

Time has a way of blurring the rear-view vision of motocross fans. What's better a 2004 Honda or 2004 Yamaha? We not surprised that you don't know the correct answer
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We race-test bikes because that’s when the pros and cons of a motorcycle stand out the most. No matter how hard you try in practice, it’ll never replicate the intensity that comes out on race day
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For the first time in recent memory, Honda updated both the 250 and 450 in the same season. They even added a CRF250 Works Edition to the lineup this year, but that bike won’t be available for a few months
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CRF450 vs. YZ450F vs. KX450F vs. 450SXF vs. FC450 vs. RM-Z450
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You may have owned one of these in your youth because the 2004 CR250, KX250, YZ250, 250SX & RM250 were in their glory 20 years ago
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How can it be the best Honda CRF450 in 17 years, but not the best 450 of 2025? Read on!
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A scary fast bike that only the gifted could ride. But was it enough to beat out the four-strokes?
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MX-Tech is a small suspension manufacturer out of Bradley, Illinois, and they specialize in making their own high-end A-kit suspension for all brands of bikes—from modern to vintage...and in our cases, Honda two-strokes.
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The 2014 Honda CRF450 Is slow. We can't dance around the elephant in the room. It doesn't make much horsepower, and it signs off very early. One caveat: don't try to rev it out. It is most competitive when kept below 8500 rpm.
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Ten year ago the MXA wrecking crew was the first to put the magical 2008 Honda CRF450 up against the newest high-tech Honda CRF450 of the time
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This is a classic example of all that can go wrong with a hopped-up bike
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Plus there will be a Works Edition of both the CR250 and CRF450
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The 2014 winner versus the 2014 loser rematch, but which is which & could you tell the difference
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A special kit designed in 2000 to transform a CR250 motocross bike into a freestyle bike. First step, buy a hacksaw
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Although MXA is all about motocross, we also race WORCS, SRA, GNCC & NGPC events, for which we need off-road-specific machinery. Thus, the KX450X & Honda CRF450RX shootout
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Honda has confused us with a bike that delivers mixed messages
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The 2007 Honda was a victim of its own two-stroke success, the Honda engineers thought they were infallible. The 2007 CR250 prove them wrong
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Potential Works Edition customers can take solace in the fact that the coated suspension components, remapped ECU, Hinson clutch and Yoshimura exhaust more than pay for themselves. Plus, it looks so good, feels perfect and is undeniably…
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With the 2025 models just peeking over the horizon, it's a good chance to catch up on the bikes that are still on the showroom floors—the 2024 250, 350 & 450 four-strokes
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MXA talked our videographer/photographer into racing the 24 Hours of Glen Helen by himself. The smart money was on him not making it through the night. The smart money doesn't know Trevor very well
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If you are looking to launch your young one into the motocross world, move him up to a bigger bike or just looking for some backyard fun—look no further
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The MXA wrecking crew tested, documented, inspected, theorized and calculated every conceivable facet of the 250 four-stroke class for 2014. Your future bike now!
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This is a classic example of all that can go wrong with a hopped-up bike—and spending a bundle of money doesn't always make a bike better
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Even though it is fun to fly to some far-away track to test a bike, it isn’t much of a test. MXA prefers to test bikes on the “dirt dyno.” What is the dirt dyno? It is the tracks that we have done a thousand laps on.
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