Ron’s Wrap

We all know the story about Doug Henry and the arrival of the four-stroke in motocross at the end of the ‘90s. Chapter two of the story is just as interesting. In the April, 2000 issue of Dirt Bike we tested the second of the new-age…
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This week we got to ride a very special Husqvarna FE501S. It started off as our 2021 test bike, but was purchased by Justin Myerson at Motowhips. Justin has built bikes for Ken Roczen, Ryan Villopoto and a long list of celebrity clients. In…
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This week was all about our upcoming 12-bike 450 motocross shootout. It's a massive project that includes both Special Editions and standard models. Along the way, of course, we got to ride all the Specials, and decided to look at them…
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For 2022 Husqvarna’s Special Editions are truly special. That’s not always the case. Most years, Special Editions like the Rockstar Huskys and the KTM Factory Editions are set apart by graphics and accessories that you could buy for…
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We now have a Troy Lee Designs GasGas MC450 in the Dirt Bike garage. This is the first GasGas Race Edition to be offered since KTM took controlling interest in the company two years ago. It is, quite obviously, a tribute to Justin Barcia.…
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In the April, 2000 print edition of Dirt Bike Magazine, we got the chance to ride a bunch of National Championship works bikes. In two of the cases, the riders who won those championships never got to ride the bikes for themselves--at…
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The Honda CRF250RX is now in its second generation, and we have one in our dirty hands. The first version kinda had bad timing. Back in 2016, Trevor Bollinger won the GNCC XC2 championship on the SOHC CRF250R motocross bike, which we…
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This week we got our hands on a brand new Honda CRF450RWE. That’s the Works Edition of the Honda 450. In the wake of KTM’s recent release of the 450SX-F Factory Edition, the Honda doesn’t rate as high as news, but the bike is still one of…
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Rieju is a small company in Figueres, Spain that has been making small-displacement street bikes for the European market for over 70 years. When KTM took control of the GasGas factory in nearby Girona, Rieju struck an agreement to acquire…
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KTM’s 250SX-F Factory Edition is the most dramatic revision of any model in the company’s line in 10 years. It is, technically, a 2022 model, but as we all know from past experience, this will be the basis for the 2023 standard edition. It…
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The Mecum 31st Annual Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction is taking place right now in Las Vegas. This is a great event; the coolest motorcycles in the world all pass through here eventually. It started Tuesday and will end tomorrow. You…
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This week, Matt Stavish of Checkpoint Off-road escaped from Siberia (well, Minnesota) to bring a RedMoto 300RX for us to try. We got to see these bikes at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy and couldn't stop drooling. They are, basically Hondas…
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Duane Brown from BBR was with us last month when his son Carson test-rode the 2022 Yamaha YZ125 for Dirt Bike. Duane and I go way back, and we started talking, like old guys do, about the good old days. One of those days was chronicled in…
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With rain and wet dirt, we spent most of the holidays cutting new trail and exploring off-road areas around home in So Cal. The only way to do that in the condensed urban areas around here is by dual-sport. Luckily, we just happened to have…
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The 2022 Dakar Rally starts tomorrow. It will be televised nightly on Peacock as follows: Date Coverage Time (ET) Sun., Jan. 2 Stage 1 – Jeddah to Ha’il 8 p.m. Mon., Jan. 3 Stage 2 – Ha’il to Al Artawiyah 8 p.m. Tues., Jan. 4 Stage 3…
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We have a 2022 Honda CRF450RX that we've been saving for wet weather. As every Southern Californian knows, when the desert is wet it's a wonderful place to take a big, powerful motorcycle. Basically, they don't come any bigger and more…
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Right now we are in the midst of choosing the finalists for the 2022 Caselli Cup. This award has a long history, going back to the April 2006 issue when it was billed as “America’s 100 Best Off-Road Riders.” It was never meant to be a Rider…
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Brandy Richards had a season that most riders can only dream of. In 2021, she won every Women's Pro race in the WORCS series, just as she had since 2017. She also won every race she attended in the 2021 NGPC series, and she topped it off by…
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The 2021 season is in the books and it turned out to be a great year for off-road racing. We had epic battles all over the country and in many cases, championships were decided in the final race. Here’s a look at how some of the most…
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The 2021 EICMA show in Milan, Italy was a party celebrating the beginning of the end of the weird season of Covid. In the past, we have thought that the end was in sight again and again, but with so much of the world motorcycle industry in…
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