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HONDA LAUNCHES 2024 MX/SUPERCROSS TEAM

Team HRC Honda has officially revealed its riders and bikes for the 2024 Supercross, Motocross and SuperMotocross seasons at an event in Torrance, CA. The official press release follows: During a special event this evening, American…
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HONDA CR500R TWO-STROKE RETRO BUILD

Jeremy Scism is a hardcore moto-head and just happens to be a huge part of the multiple AEO Powersports dealerships, AEO professional race team and the REP/AEO suspension program. We first spoke with him about this build a few years ago but…
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HONDA CRF450X PROJECT: BEHIND THE BUILD

To say the Honda CRF450X has a special place in the history of off-road endurance racing is a tragic understatement. The "X" is a dynasty on wheels. Since its arrival in 2005, the Honda CRF450X has won the SCORE Baja 1000 16 times. It has…
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HONDA CR300 TWO-STROKE PROJECT: BEHIND THE BUILD

Honda officially stopped making two-stroke motorcycles over a decade ago, and we don’t see any signs of that changing in the near future. The Honda two-stroke faithful have started taking matters into their own hands with CR500 250 and 125…
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2023 HONDA CRF450RX: FULL TEST

Back in 2017, Honda redesigned the CRF450R motocross bike from scratch. Surprisingly, an all-new CRF450RX off-road bike was unveiled at the same time. The RX’s mission was to be an East Coast killer to compete in GNCC. It was a full-blooded…
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RIDING THE HONDA CRF450RWE SEXTON REPLICA: THE WRAP

We now have the 2023 CRF450RWE and we’ve been dodging the storms to get some time on it. It’s a special edition of the CRF450R--actually, another special edition. There are several. In addition to the standard model, which sells for $9599,…
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RYAN SURRATT’S JCR HONDA OFF-ROAD RACER

Johnny Campbell and the JCR Honda crew have raced all around the world with great success with riders like Steve Hengeveld, Robby Bell, Ricky Brabec and Johnny Campbell himself. In 2023 they are concentrating on West Coast off-road…
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2023 HONDA CRF450RX: OFF-ROAD VIDEO SERIES

The 2023 Honda CRF450RX is Honda’s version of the closed-course cross-country racer, meaning it’s purpose-built for western-style off-road racing like WORCS and NGPC. All of the manufacturers offer something in this category and for the…
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RIDING THE 2023 HONDA CRF450RX: THE WRAP

Honda gave us our first chance to ride the 2023 CRF450RX last week and since then we’ve had it out on several occasions. It might be one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2023 model year so far. This bike is Honda’s version of the…
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HONDA CRF450X: OFF-ROAD VIDEO SERIES

The Honda CRF450X is a real trail bike and one of very few full-size motorcycles that’s still eligible for a California Green sticker. Yamaha, KTM, Husqvarna, GasGas and Beta don’t have any that pass the test any more. What’s going on in…
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2023 HONDA OFF-ROAD INTRO: THE WRAP

This week we got to ride three 2023 Honda off-road machines at Chocolate Mountain Ranch near El Cajon California. The event not only served to introduce the CRF450RX, the CRF250RX and the CRF450X, but Honda took the opportunity to honor…
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HONDA CRF300L: DUAL-SPORT VIDEO SERIES

The Honda CRF300L got a big makeover in 2021 that included a much-needed increase in displacement. It sells for under $5500 and provides an excellent path for riders to get involved with off-road riding. We took the bike on the trails and…
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2023 OFF-ROAD BIKE BUYER’S GUIDE

The term "off-road bike" sounds vague and generalized, but it refers to a group of very specialized motorcycles. They fall into a vast space between motocross race bikes and dual-sport bikes. That area is so big that it needs to be further…
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ULTIMATE HONDA CRF110: BEHIND THE BUILD

When building any type of project bike, it’s always smart to start with a budget and stick to that budget; however, we are definitely not smart with our money when motorcycles are involved. We will be the first to admit that almost every…
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CLASSIC ALUMINUM 500 2-STROKE: BEHIND THE BUILD

A 2006 aluminum-framed Honda CR500 two-stroke would have been a very popular conversation piece at Honda dealerships all around the world the mid 2000s. Unfortunately, Honda never mass-produced this unit, and there are only a handful of…
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