MXA has assembled an all-new MXA mini wrecking crew to help us with testing. With these test riders, we have now built enough momentum to conduct MXA's 2025 85cc Shootout, our first mini-cycle shootout since 2014. Read More...
The 2025-1/2 KTM 250SXF Factory Edition isn't a totally new KTM, but it does come with an impressive list of upgraded accessories, like an Akrapovic slip-on muffler, Wi-Fi connectivity unit, Power Parts Factory wheels, split triple clamps… Read More...
It revved to 15 grand, had factory WP suspension and bristled with KTM Power Parts components. The fly in the ointment was that the MXA testers were the last "regular people" to ever get a Factory Services works engine Read More...
Was the KTM 380SX faster than the KX500 and CR500 of their times? Yes and no. Why didn't the unique KTM 380SX mid-size two-stroke catch on? It should have Read More...
Not everyone needs a full-blown pro bike and its $11,599 dollar price tag. Josh l and Josh ll try to decipher what they can and can't live without Read More...
It was hard to do an 85cc shootout over the last 10 years because most of the 85cc minicycles were pushing 20 years old. Now, the R&D departments have updated them Read More...
Take your pick! Two are fuel injected, two are carbureted and one is by far the best 125 two-stroke in the 2023 class. Plus, a word of warning about the future. Read More...
One important caveat in the dream-bike scenario is that the bike cannot have a 450cc four-stroke engine. Why would it? Four-strokes are readily available and thus not dreamy enough. Read More...
If the powers-that-be allowed two- and four-strokes to compete at equal displacements in the Pro ranks—it would be a two-stroke world again. Read More...
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 Read More...
Air forks can do some things that spring cartridge kits can’t do and vice versa. Best of all, air forks come on the bike—no need to spend $2000 to $7000 on aftermarket forks if you learn how to use the air properly. Read More...