RIDING THE 2020 KAWASAKI KX250 The 2020 Kawasaki KX250 is out and we have it in our greedy little hands. First, I want to congratulate Kawasaki on displaying corporate self restraint and discipline. Everyone expected a big redesign for…
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We got our first ride on the 2020 KTM 450SX-F this week at Fox Raceway on the Pala Indian reservation. The track layout  was a shortened version from the National MX held there last month, but it was fun and the conditions were excellent.…
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Riding the new Husqvarna, plus insight on the new Kawasaki KX250
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An overview of the 2020 new-model dirt bikes that have been revealed
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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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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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