Ron’s Wrap

Yamaha quietly introduced the 2019 WR450F this month, and I do mean quietly. The bike is designed to make very little noise. More importantly to us, it's a real trail bike, in stark contrast to the lightly modified motocross bikes that have…
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RIDING THE 2019 KTM 690 ENDURO R For this week's Friday Wrap Up, the 2019 KTM 690 Enduro R  is centerstage. We only have one day on the bike, but that's enough to leave us in awe. This is still the most powerful single-cylinder…
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The guys at Red Label brought us a very cool Honda CRF450R that we had to share. Mark Tilley shot the bike for their catalog at our freshly rebuilt studio--it had been flooded in the recent rains, and after a few days of scraping mud, the…
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Riding Beta's brand new off-road two-stroke and Honda's new CRF250F
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Riding the Husky Rockstar Edition, the Honda Works Edition and the KTM Factory Edition back to back
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Riding BMW's new adventure flagship with Shiftcam tech
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RIDING THE HUSKY TX300--WITH CARBURETOR There have been a lot of 300 two-strokes in the Dirt Bike shop lately. There will be a Special 300 Issue coming in May and we've been stocking up. Two weeks ago I mentioned that we had both…
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A 1995 Honda CR500R and a new Yamaha YZ125, still smokin'
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This week we finally got a chance to ride the Husqvarna FE350 dual-sport. The introduction of the Honda CRF450L earlier in the year meant we spent a lot of time on larger dual-sport bikes and we forgot how much we love the 350. For us, it's…
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RIDING THE BETA XTRAINER 300 2-STROKE There's nothing quite like the Beta Xtrainer. Some people think it's an entry level bike, some think it's some sort of a trials half breed and others say it's an extreme trail bike. It's been…
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Round two of the AMA National Grand Prix Championship Series took place in Taft, California this weekend under the organization of the Dirt Diggers MC. It drew a huge Pro turnout despite a threatening storm that might have turned the race…
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KTM's Six-Days Special Edition 2-stroke enters the Dirt Bike Family
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RIDING THE HUSQVARNA TE300i Fuel Injected two-strokes aren't the abstract novelty that they were one year ago.  Now, Husqvarna KTM and even TM are bringing them into the U.S. This week we got to spend more time on the 2019 Husqvarna…
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MECUM'S IS UNDERWAY The Mecum motorcycle auction is currently underway at South Point Casino in Las Vegas, and there are some interesting motorcycle being sold. Although it's not the type pf motorcycle you would typically see on…
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Riding KTM's off-road flagship and the Ural Gear Up
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Beta's two-stroke mainstay and the Mecum auction starts next week
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A look at the bikes and a rundown of the riders lined up for A1
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We've been looking forward to our first ride on the 2019 SWM dual-sport bike for a long time now. You might not know the SWM name, but you probably know something about this bike.  Back in 2011 it was known as the Husqvarna TE510. In 2013,…
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This week at Dirt Bike, we're finishing our 2019 250 MX shootout. RideBDR also dropped its new adventure route and Supercross will be on a new network.
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The CRF250RX off-road racer has just arrived and we have already spent a couple of days riding its wheels off. Honda is showing a level of interest and commitment in American off-road riders that we haven’t seen in a very long time. The new…
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