Honda tests

What is the 80-percent solution to racing a CRF450? Only at 80% does the overly rigid frame, unequal suspension settings and the frame’s harmonic imbalance cancel each other out
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Test riders called the new low-to-mid CRF250 “a faster YZ250F—with bad forks"
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This year’s MXA 250 four-stroke shootout includes seven race machines. MXA lived with these seven 250cc four-stroke bikes for months—racing them, working on them and deciphering each ones hidden code
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This is the 450 Shootout that you have to read, but for the effort you will be rewarded with all you need to know about the 450 class of 2022
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A first of its kind from Honda as they partnered with Greenger to build this electric kids bike
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We wanted to test Michael Byrne’s 2003 CR125 because it, along with the rest of the Factory Connection CR125s, is the only fast CR125 on the track
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Kyle Lewis has made made modest changes to his Honda, but thoughtful ones. It’s not a gaudy go-fast buggy, but a professionally prepped race bike
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We flashback to when all the Japanese manufactures made two-stroke dirt bikes. This is the complete 2004 RM250 vs. YZ250 vs. CR250 vs. KX250 vs. KTM brawl
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We get the inside secrets from FMF, Pro Circuit, Factory Honda, Planet Honda and did our own R&D to make the 1999 CR250 as good as it could be
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The CRF250 is resigned from head-to-toe for 2022
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Honda introduces a six-pack of CRF450-based off-road bikes for 2022—including a $12,399 Works Edition & the $9599 base motocross version
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It should be noted that the 2022 Honda CRF450 is the 2021 Honda CRF450, but it will get updated maps and new suspension valving
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Should you buy a stock CRF450 and make it own own or buy the ready-made Honda Works Edition?
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Roger's instructions were to tell us anything we wanted to know, keep the bikes running as long as we liked, and help us dial in our own stock 1991 CR125
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Breaking down the fastest 250 four-strokes — everything you need know, most of it applicable to your actual riding
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Motocross racers love shootouts, until the bike they spent $10,000 loses; They think their brand is the fastest bike, until they see a dyno chart; They think that weight doesn't matter on motocross bikes, but if their girlfriend gains a few…
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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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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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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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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.
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