Off Road

We test the 2025 BETA 450RC over several days and give our thoughts on what its like to ride!
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Ready to make a little history of its own Last year Josh Toth became the first rider to win a GNCC overall from the second row, and he did it on a Honda CRF250RX. It was a milestone in GNCC history, but should we be surprised? Probably…
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According to the highly scientific Dirt Bike Reader Survey, you are a freak. You own 3.08 motorcycles, indicating some deeply rooted psychological issues. For just a moment, try to think like a normal person who is limited to just one…
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Yamaha got serious with the YZ250FX cross-country racer for 2025. Almost everything is new, including the frame, bodywork and suspension. It's now on the same page as the YZ250F motocross bike, which got this treatment last year. The big…
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Dirt Bike Magazine was invited to the PNW to test the all new KX250 and KX250X. THIS IS A VLOG! A behind the scenes look at 2 days of testing with Carson Brown and having some laughs. This isn't a test video..just a behind the scenes look…
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We already showed you the video of whats new on the 2025 Kawasaki KX250X. This video we sent out Carson Brown on the trails to give us feedback as he tested this all new motorcycle. Carson walks you through his testing day and of…
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Dirt Bike Magazine met up with Ken Essex from Kawasaki to go over their all new 2025 Kawasaki KX250X at Washougal MX Park. This is an offroad specific motorcycle with tons of carry over from its motocross cousin the KX250. Learn all about…
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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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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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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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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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Some motorcycles owe their entire existence to passion. For Yamaha, that’s the real reason behind the YZ250X and YZ125X. There’s very little profit motive here; Yamaha already owns the market for Japanese two-strokes. For every X-model they…
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Come along as we give you a behind the scenes look at a few hours of testing with editor Mark Tilley and  an MX Revival built TE500 fuel injected two stroke in the hills of Southern California. This bike is custom from the ground up…
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Last year, GasGas EX300 two-stroke bike was completely different, but the 2024 model is on the same page as KTM and Husqvarna. It now has THAT motor–the new one with throttle body fuel injection and an electronic powervalve. The computer…
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Dirt Bike Magazine tests the Surron Storm Bee electric dirt bike in Southern California with Jared Hicks on the handlebars and a full review from editor Mark Tilley. This is Surron's first attempt at a more off-road big bike style dirt…
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In secret, hidden workshops all over the world, riders dump time and money into traditional four-stroke trail bikes to make them better and even to use them for racing. AJP has a better option that replaces all the compromised budget trail…
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Electric bikes aren’t just something in the distant future anymore. They’re here now, and we’ve been having a lot of fun testing them. We are done apologizing to the angry, over-my-dead-body crowd. Get over it, because you might actually…
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