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10 LEGENDARY DUAL-SPORT MOTORCYCLES VIDEO

FROM THE PAGES OF DIRT BIKE MAGAZINE. PRINT TO VIDEO! The whole idea of the dual-sport bike is a fairly recent invention. Back in the dimly lit past, all motorcycles had to deal with street and dirt. Most of America wasn’t even paved.…
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2024 BETA 300RR RACE EDITION: FULL TEST

Beta’s 300RR two-strokes provide a reality check for the off-road world. While all the Austrian brands are marching headlong into the mouth of the technological unknown, Beta’s engineers have decided there’s still room for improvement with…
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HONDA XR150L DUAL-SPORT TEST

The dragons have been slain. Going forward, the biggest issues for dual-sport bikes have nothing to do with weight, suspension, power or any kind of performance. Today’s street-legal dirt bikes aren’t all that different from full-blooded…
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ARCTIC LEOPARD ELECTRIC E-XE880: FULL TEST

This is the next chapter. Electric motorcycles are no longer a novelty. The Arctic Leopard Cheetah E-XE880 is a perfect example of an off-road bike that isn’t defined by its power source. It’s a legitimate motorcycle that just happens to…
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2024 HONDA CRF450RWE, FULL TEST

They say that Jett Lawrence is so good, he’s the worst thing to happen to pro motocross in years. We’ll stay out of that debate, but we know this: the Honda CRF450RWE is one of the best things to happen to amateur motocross. The "WE" in the…
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2024 KAWASAKI KX450X: FULL REVIEW

A few years back Kawasaki showed just how committed to the off-road competition market they were with the introduction of the all-new KX250X and KX450X models based off the popular motocross models already in production. Fast-forward to…
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FIRST RIDE: SHERCO 2025 OFF-ROAD BIKES

To preview the 2025 off-road line, Sherco invited us to France where we had the opportunity to ride all the new bikes. The U.S. will get seven off-road models; 125cc, 250cc and 300cc two-strokes plus 250cc, 300cc, 450cc and 500cc…
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200 HOUR KTM300 XC-W REBUILD PROJECT VIDEO TEST

WE BRING A 200 HOUR KTM BACK TO LIFE! We got a little throttle happy with our 2023 KTM 300 XC-W test bike. To our surprise we managed to log almost 200 hours (191 to be exact) of trail time on the completely stock unit in about a seven…
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2024 YAMAHA YZ450FX: RACE TEST

The formula seems a little lazy. You take a motocross bike, install a kickstand and an 18-inch rear wheel, then soften up the suspension. Presto chango, instant offroad bike. Weirdly enough, it’s a formula that works. Big power and modern…
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2024 BETA 390RR RACE EDITION: FULL REVIEW

Motocross guys, listen up: Beta (pronounced "Bay-Tah") didn’t just pop out of the womb when it announced a Supercross team. The company has been building off-road bikes longer than any of us have been alive. One of the most intriguing is…
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TRIUMPH TF250-X: RIDING IMPRESSION

"Triumph is a street bike company. No way will they be able to make a competitive motocross bike on their own!" That statement was in just about every comment section of whatever social-media platform we posted the news about Triumph…
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EM ELECTRIC TRIALS BIKE: LONG TERM TEST

Lane Leavitt is a three-time U.S. Trials Champion and member of the Vase B Team ISDE team. Today, he still works as one of the busiest stuntmen in Hollywood and is a life-long advocate of observed trials. We asked him for some input on our…
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