Ron’s Wrap

The first races of the new season are upon us.  Get your calendar out and plan your weekends. Unfortunately, you only have 52 weeks to work with. Virtually all of these dates are tentative, but this post will be updated as more information…
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With the 2020 Husqvarna TE300, fuel Injected two-strokes have been around long enough to enter a second generation. This bike looks completely different from the 2019 version. Most of that comes from a redesigned frame and new bodywork.…
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RIDING THE 2020 HUSQVARNA FE350S DUAL-SPORT Husqvarna updated its dual-sport bikes for 2020 and we already have time on a brand-new FE350S. This year, the "S" suffix returned because there is another FE350 in the line; a new dirt-only…
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INTERNATIONAL MOTOCROSS MUSEUM This bike is the liquid-cooled Factory Yamaha OW27  that Bob Hannah rode in 1976. It caused a firestorm of controversy that eventually changed the sport of motocross in America. It was the most…
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RIDING THE 2020 YAMAHA YZ250FX The Yamaha YZ250FX is completely redesigned for 2020, and last week I got to spend a couple days riding it in the woods around Union, South Carolina. That's the home of Randy Hawkins' Ampro Yamaha race team,…
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America's historic ISDE win and more bikes from the EICMA show
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The EICMA show in Milan, Italy is the largest motorcycle show in the world and draws thousands of enthusiasts each year. Motorcycle manufacturers usually target the show to release their newest adventure bikes, and this year was no…
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TM's new fuel injected two-strokes, 250 MX bikes on the dyno and more, more, more
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Riding a KTM 790 Adventure dream bike and other happenings at Dirt Bike Magazine.
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New Euro bikes for 2020 and a 250 shootout progress report
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FACTORY KTMs KTM revealed its official motocross teams for 2020 today. Once again, factory support will be provided for the in-house 450 team of Marvin Musquin and Cooper Webb, while factory hardware will be offered to the Rocky Mountain…
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2020 BETA XTRAINER The Beta Xtrainer is back. This is a staff favorite. It's a great motorcycle designed to take the sting out of new bike prices. The Xtrainer is an electric-start 300cc two-stroke that's made in Italy and sells for $7699.…
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KTM 250XC 2-STROKE PROJECT The 2019 250XC is the last carbureted off-road bike that KTM will offer. It and the other 2019 XCs, (the 300 and 150XC) were given Transfer Port Injection for the 2020 model year. The XC-W line already had lost…
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RIDING THE 2020 YAMAHA YZ250F We are gearing up for the 2020 250MX comparison. Last year, the winner was the Yamaha YZ250F and this year it returns unchanged. The two bikes with the greatest chances of unseating the Yamaha are the Honda…
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RIDING THE 2020 HONDA CRF250R The 2020 250 MX shootout has unofficially begun even though we don't yet have all the bikes. We do our best to test each of them individually before they go out all at once. This week we spent some more…
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For weeks we've been working on the 2020 450 MX shootout. By "working" I mean riding. We've also been doing a lot of photo-taking, bike-cleaning, note-taking and stuff like that, but riding is the most important part. We've had the bikes on…
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SWM SUPERDUAL X We finally got to ride an SWM Superdual X on U.S. soil this week. This as been a work in progress for two years now, but the U.S. importer has already received a container of them and they are arriving in dealers now. The…
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First rides on the Yamaha and Honda 450s, plus a look forward to the Ironman
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In 2019, the Kawasaki KX450 was the winner of the Dirt Bike 450 motocross shootout. Now, the 2020 model has arrived and we have already logged some time on it in preparation for this year's shootout. It might be able to repeat, but it faces…
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The CRF250RX is the right idea, but Honda didn't go far enough.  American off-road riders clearly want off-road bikes that are more manageable than full-size 450s. Just look at the success of the KTM 350 and all the new 300cc two-strokes.…
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