Honda's aluminum frame looked cool, but it vibrated like a dentist's drill and, in Honda's hands, didn't shown a single advantage over its chromoly steel competitors Read More...
The 2023 Honda CRF450 comes with a healthy list of little updates. Do these changes fix the issues we had with last year's bike? Learn what we think about the new model so far in this video Read More...
Nick asked us to ride his CRF450. Long before his San Francisco triumph, Nick wanted us to take his CRF450 out for a test ride. Why? Because he believes it’s good. Read More...
MXA had asked Honda about testing Ricky Carmichael’s 2004 CRF450, but after RC announced that he was switching to Suzuki for 2005, we crossed it off our list. Surprise! It was about to be crated up sent to the Honda Museum in Japan when… Read More...
When WORCS went to Lake Havasu, MXA knew it would be the place to test our YZ450FX and CRF450RX cross-country bikes, even if we had to ride through the lake Read More...
If there is one takeaway from the Works Edition for Honda CRF450 owners, it is to spend less time hopping up the CRF450 powerband and more time mellowing it out—it will handle better. Read More...
I’ve made no secret that I feel I was meant to race a KX500, so this is hard for me to say out loud, but the Honda CR500 was the best bike Read More...
What is the 80-percent solution to racing a CRF450? Only at 80% does the overly rigid frame, unequal suspension settings and the frame’s harmonic imbalance cancel each other out Read More...
Finally! The CRF450 Works Edition comes with its very own suspension settings and tailored ECU mapping. This bike hits the dyno with 60-horsepower, but it's so smooth on the track that you wouldn't believe the dyno Read More...
This year’s MXA 250 four-stroke shootout includes seven race machines. MXA lived with these seven 250cc four-stroke bikes for months—racing them, working on them and deciphering each ones hidden code Read More...
This is the 450 Shootout that you have to read, but for the effort you will be rewarded with all you need to know about the 450 class of 2022 Read More...
What are the best and worst aspects of the seven 250 motocross machines on the market? We dive into that and rank them from first to seventh here Read More...
We wanted to test Michael Byrne’s 2003 CR125 because it, along with the rest of the Factory Connection CR125s, is the only fast CR125 on the track Read More...
Thankfully, Honda went to work on our two biggest complaints from the 2021 CRF450 when they developed the 2022 model. Hear what we thought of the updated bike in our latest test video Read More...
Kyle Lewis has made made modest changes to his Honda, but thoughtful ones. It’s not a gaudy go-fast buggy, but a professionally prepped race bike Read More...
We flashback to when all the Japanese manufactures made two-stroke dirt bikes. This is the complete 2004 RM250 vs. YZ250 vs. CR250 vs. KX250 vs. KTM brawl Read More...
We get the inside secrets from FMF, Pro Circuit, Factory Honda, Planet Honda and did our own R&D to make the 1999 CR250 as good as it could be Read More...
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