Bike Tests

Dirt Bike Magazine tests the 2025 Yamaha YZ250F at Fox Raceway. The YZ250F isn't all new but does have some significant updates. New linkage, new throttle tube, new suspension settings, new mapping, new map switch button, and more. Did we…
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You are correct in thinking that Suzuki hasn’t produced a competition two-stroke motorcycle in almost two decades now, and the last time we asked, they said they had no plans in firing up production. Twisted Development decided to show…
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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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The staff at Dirt Bike Magazine spends the day comparing the all new KTM 250SXF to the new Triumph TF250X at Glen Helen Raceway. We bring out a few test riders and gather their feedback to give a raw comparison on these two motorcycles. The…
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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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We have the 2025 Kawasaki KX450 in our hands! Is it better? What's changed? How does it perform on track? Our editor Mark Tilley answers everything in this raw style video we uploaded. This is a "first person" "pov" style video. Enjoy 
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The 2025 Yamaha YZ450F is here! The Yamaha features a new linkage, new throttle tube to get rid of "yama-thumb", a new clutch, new suspension settings, new engine mounts, and new map switch button. The engine characteristics have remained…
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The 2025 KTM 250SXF is here and Mark Tilley takes it out to the track for our viewers to check out. This is a raw and dirty video showcasing the bike and Mark Tilley's thoughts. Hence the title point of view. We want to share some videos…
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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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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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Dirt Bike Magazine tests the 2025 Honda CRF450R in Indiana at Ironman Raceway. The 2025 model has a host of new features including new linkage and a more rigid frame. Honda was hoping to get a more balance motorcycle and more linear…
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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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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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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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Good news: the KTM 790 Adventure is back! Back in 2020 it had a base price of $12,699, which was only about 10 percent higher than a 500 dual-sport bike. Then it morphed into an 890, with more features and a bigger price tag. For 2024, the…
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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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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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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 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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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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