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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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KAWASAKI KLX300: DUAL-SPORT VIDEO SERIES
The Kawasaki KLX300 has been around in one form or another since 1994. In that time it has morphed into its present role as an inexpensive dual-sport bike. It isn't meant to be a hard-core off-road bike or a racer, but rather an affordable…
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2023 KTM 690 ENDURO R ANNOUNCED
The KTM 690 has been fueled by a powerful engine that's been refined over many years in racing competition
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KAWASAKI RELEASES LOWERED 2023 KLR650S
Kawasaki just released a batch of 2023 models including new versions of existing dual-sport bikes. The KLR650S and the KLX230S are now available with lowered suspension and reduced seat height. Both models will carry the same MSRP as the…
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HONDA CRF450L DUAL-SPORT PROJECT: BEHIND THE BUILD
We make a Honda Dual-Sport CRF450L with greater off-road capabilities with IMS
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BETA ANNOUNCES 2023 DUAL-SPORT MODELS
Beta USA has just announced its dual-sport bikes for 2023. The range once again includes four models based on the same basic package: a 350, 390, 430 and 500. The official Beta press release follows:
Beta USA is proud to introduce…
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2022 HUSQVARNA FE501 DUAL-SPORT: FULL TEST
The pecking order in the dual-sport world is well-established, and the Husqvarna FE501s is right at the top. At the risk of rehashing common knowledge, the FE is the Husqvarna version of the KTM 500EXC. Don’t fall into the “white KTM” camp…
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SPEED & SPORT ADVENTURES
By Mark Kariya
As a kid from the country starting out in this industry decades ago, interviewing guys like Bob Hannah, Scot Harden, Randy Hawkins, Danny LaPorte, Larry Roeseler, Scott Summers and others was the most nerve-wracking part of…
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2022 DUAL SPORT BUYER’S GUIDE
Today's dual-sport bikes allow you to broaden your motorcycle horizons more than ever. In this world of shrinking off-road opportunities, a street-legal dirt bike allows you to explore hidden pockets and secret riding areas. They are quiet…
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2022 BETA 500 DUAL-SPORT: FULL TEST
We had the luxury to grab a quick flight to Idaho and spend some time with Rodney Smith testing some freshly uncrated 2022 Beta machines. High on our list was the brand-new 500RR-S dual-sport machine. This machine has been at the top of the…
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RIDING THE 2022 KAWASAKI KLR650
We’re delighted to report that the Kawasaki KLR650 is back and we have already logged some time on a brand-new 2022 Adventure model. Back when the 2019 Kawasaki line was announced we were shocked that there was no KLR650. The bike had been…
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HUSKY FE501 DUAL-SPORT PROJECT: BEHIND THE BUILD
The Flying Machine Factory (FMF) has been around since the early ’70s when Donny Emler took his passion for motorcycles to another level and started hopping up engines and making aftermarket exhausts. Not long after, his son Donny Emler Jr.…
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HUSQVARNA FE501S DUAL-SPORT: FULL TEST
In the shadow of COVID-19, the process of choosing a dual-sport bike has been simplified—you buy what you can get. The days when you could walk into a dealership, sit on four or five different bikes and bargain with a hungry salesman are…
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HONDA CRF300L RALLY: FULL TEST
If ever a motorcycle was a victim of its own sex appeal, it’d be the Honda CRF250L Rally. It was probably the coolest-looking adventure bike you could buy, and it was preposterously inexpensive. In a category where $20,000 price tags are…
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2021 KTM 500EXC-DUAL-SPORT: FULL TEST
KTM redefined what a true street-legal dirt bike is back in 2007. Until then, the guy who was serious about riding from his house to the trails in the hills did it on a girthy XL600 or a ponderous and softly muscled DRZ, or snuck his…
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THE SEARCH FOR ‘COOL’ TRAILS • ENDURO & DUAL SPORT PRODS TESTED
This weeks Off-Road Testing and Tales from the trail takes us up to the mountains for more technical terrain and milder weather.
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KTM 500EXC DUAL-SPORT PROJECT BY TACOMOTO: THE WRAP
This week I got to ride my 2020 KTM 500EXC for the first time in about six months. This was the bike that won our 2020 dual-sport shootout. I purchased the bike directly from KTM after the test and then promptly didn’t ride it. That’s a…
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OFF-ROAD TESTING: KTM 500 DUAL SPORT MODS • KREFT SUSPENSION
We're getting deeper into the dual sport build on our KTM 500 EXC. This week we bolt on Kreft's modified suspension, and continue testing parts that we believe will improve the machine.
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HONDA 450 DUAL-SPORT: FULL TEST
We waited for almost 30 years. Prior to the CRF450L, the last new dual-sport bike that Honda dropped was the XR650L of the early ’90s. It’s no wonder that the announcement of a 2019 dual-sport bike based on the CRF450R motocross bike…
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KTM 350 DUAL SPORT PROJECT: BEHIND THE BUILD
We love the KTM 350EXC-F dual-sport bike. Love it. It’s legal. It’s quiet, and it’s a real dirt bike. What’s not to love? Well, that’s the funny thing about the ones we love. We always want to change them. As wonderful as the EXC is, the…
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