raw video series

The TM 250 is a blend of old-school two-stroke thinking with modern technology. Racing fans often say that if two-stroke motocrossers had received the same development as four-strokes  over the years, then racing would look and sound very…
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Imagine what it would be like if Husqvarna made an electric-start 500cc two-stroke motor and put it into a modern chassis. You don't have to image, you can check out this Raw video from the Dirt Bike staff, with Mark Tilley riding this…
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The 2021 Kawasaki KX250 is basically new from the ground up! Kawasaki's KX250/450 now share more items including frame, swinngarm, hydraulic clutch, wheels, handlebars and an electric starting system. We are under embargo till later this…
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The Suzuki RM250 is one of the best used bikes you can find on the market today. If you find one that's low time, good for you. If you find one that's well-used, then you have something like this 2007 project bike. As soon as we finished…
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The KTM 200XC-W vanished before its time. That left a massive void in the hearts of small-bore two-stroke fans. One of them was Lendon Smith of Seat Concepts. He set out to bring the 200 back by assembling a motor from parts and installing…
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The Dirt Bike Magazine staff took our 2020 Yamaha YZ125 two-stroke out to LACR in Southern California to do some testing with Robbie Wageman at the controls. Here is a completely RAW version for our viewers to enjoy with out the babbling of…
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Dirt Bike and Troy Vanscourt built a KTM 250SX into a cross-country bike for District 37 racing, figuring that the lighter weight and the more aggressive motocross power delivery would give him an advantage over the off-road bikes and…
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The 2020 YZ125X is Yamaha's first 125cc two-stroke off-road bike. We got to spend a couple of days riding it in the woods of Union, South Carolina. Here's a look at the bike and the riding. For a closer look at the bike, check out…
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As if an Italian TM 250 two-stroke isn't already exotic enough, the guys at Extreme Carbon put together an ultra lightweight motocross bike that gets to keep its electric starter. Listen in on this collection of raw video clips from the…
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In this episode of Dirt Bike Magazine's Raw Video series we listen to the sounds of a rebuilt 2004 Honda CR250R Two-stroke. This particular CR is a very special motorcycle, resurrected from a sentimental basket case by a retired marine as a…
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Dirt Bike Magazine went out to Milestone MX Park in Riverside California for the 2020 Yamaha YZ450F launch. All media outlets are under a manufacture embargo so we can't talk about our first day of testing for another week but wanted to…
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There's nothing better than the smell of premix in the morning. Mix that in with the sound of two-strokes and you have our 2018 125 two-stroke MX shootout. This is the B roll without narration or music--unless you consider the sound of a…
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Tyler Bowers prepared for the 2018 Red Bull Straight Rhythm in a big way. His Kawasaki KX500 build with an early ’90s theme was appropriately named “The Unit.” Bowers had lots of help with this build but was right there getting his hands…
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https://youtu.be/LpsK2Rx4Uf0 The Yamaha YZ250X off-road two-stroke is back for 2019. It remains an off-road derivation of the YZ250 motocross bike. It has wider gear ratios, a different cylinder, a more tucked in exhaust pipe, softer…
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Yamaha flew the Dirt Bike Magazine staff to South Carolina to test several of their new 2019 off-road models including the all new YZ450FX. We aren't allowed to release the information or rider feedback quite yet so we decided to give our…
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https://youtu.be/GvbD2nqE7dY The eternal Yamaha YZ125 two-stroke is the focus of this episode of the Dirt Bike Raw Video Series.There's no music, no voice-over and no talking head, just the sound of a 125cc two-stroke singing its song. …
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Who doesn't like the sound of an exotic, hand built, Italian 125cc two-stroke? Yep that's what we thought. Enjoy the sweet sound of test rider RJ Wageman burning some premix on the 2018 TM Racing MX125 at the famed Cahuilla Creek MX Park in…
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For this RAW video we spent some extra time and collected bonus footage of our 2018 Husqvarna TC125. We wanted to get everyone the technical information first and then produce a second video for our two-stroke lovers to enjoy without all…
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Nothing but riding clips of the 2019 Yamaha YZ450F in this episode of our RAW video series
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Just the sound of two-stroke exhaust, no words, no music.
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