The 2020 Sherco off-road bikes and trials bikes were revealed this week in Italy. I was there and got the opportunity to ride every bike in the line. That was a lot of riding. The Sherco line-up is big. The enduro line includes 125…
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This week the KTM 790 Adventure R arrived and so far we have two days of riding it in the mountains around Big Bear. We’ve been waiting for this bike for a long time now. The concept promises to be a game-changer in the adventure bike…
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Pop the champagne; KTM is back in the business of making off-road four-strokes. The second wave of 2020 KTM models was announced this week and the most significant news was the return of the XCF-W line. These were dropped a few years back…
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Riding two all-new dedicated off-road bikes from Honda and Yamaha
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More on the 2020 Honda line and photos to preview the Lucas Oil Pro MX season
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Fuel injected 2-strokes continue to replace carbureted models, and more from Virginia City
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The new 200 trail bike class includes 150s as well as 200s
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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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