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First Ride: 2026 Yamaha WR125R
February 4, 2026
2026 Yamaha WR125R First Impression Story by Jeff Belknap, Photos by Dave Schelske It’s 2026 and Yamaha is back in the dual-sport market with a new WR model! While it [...]
VIDEO: KLX300 Torture Test – National Hare & Hound Edition
February 2, 2026
KLX300 Torture Test: NHHA Edition Trevor Hunter tackles the first round of the AMA National Hare and Hound Championship on a KLX300 in near stock trim, racing with just Dunlop [...]
GoPro POV: Racing A KLX300 In A National Hare & Hound
January 29, 2026
Ride along for some highlights of the Desert MC Winter Classic Hare & Hound in Johnson Valley, CA at North Anderson. Trevor Hunter rode a nearly stock Kawasaki KLX300 the [...]
First Impression: Yamaha TW200
January 21, 2026
TDub Keeps On Chugging Story and Photos by Trevor Hunter Oftentimes, reliving the “glory days” isn’t how you remember it. Everything was better when looking back with nostalgia and when [...]
Race Testing Triumph’s TF450-E Enduro Bike
January 15, 2026
Race Testing Triumph’s Competition Enduro Bike Trevor Hunter breaks down Triumph’s new 2026 TF450-E competition enduro bike after racing it at the 76th Annual Checkers MC Check Chase Hare and [...]
First Impression: 2026 Kawasaki KLX230 Sherpa S ABS
January 5, 2026
Headed For The Hills Story and Photos by Craig Hunter Kawasaki recently unveiled the KLX230 Sherpa S ABS and we got our hands on one for some quick post-work dual-sport [...]
This Or That: 2026 Honda 450 vs 2007 Honda 450
December 22, 2025
2026 CRF450RX vs 2007 CRF450R Meet Dave – a 68 year old expert off-road racer who is a die-hard Honda rider. Having only owned Honda’s since the 1970’s, he’s currently [...]
First Impression: 2026 Kawasaki KX450X
December 18, 2025
First Ride On Kawasaki’s KX450X Story and Photos by Trevor Hunter Over the past two years, we’ve spent a lot of time riding and racing Kawasaki’s KX450X, and since it [...]
Video: 2025 GasGas EX300 Review
December 12, 2025
Trevor Hunter breaks down the 2025 GasGas EX300, discussing the Power, Suspension, Chassis-Handling, and more. The ’25 GasGas EX300 reveals an all-around off-road star, praised primarily for its incredibly versatile [...]
This Or That: Triumph TF450-E vs GasGas EC450F
December 10, 2025
Tried-And-True vs All New Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Trevor Hunter, Simon Cudby For years, the Austrian group has been nailing the “competition enduro” segment of dirt bikes with [...]
This Or That: Checkers MC vs Desert MC Hare and Hound Races & Desert Racing History
December 4, 2025
Carrying On The Tradition of Hare & Hound Desert Racing Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Photos Project 395, In Southern California, you can find a race to compete in [...]
VIDEO: GasGas EC450F vs Triumph TF 450-E
December 1, 2025
GasGas or Triumph? Trevor Hunter breaks down the 2025 GasGas EC450F and 2026 Triumph TF450-E and how it each bike compares in Power, Suspension, and Chassis-Handling. Do You Like DBT [...]
VIDEO: Big Improvements To Honda’s New CRF450RX
November 27, 2025
How Much Better Is The 2025 CRF450RX? Honda made drastic chassis changes, among other things, to the 2025 CRF450RX. While we could appreciate the 2021-2024 bike at times, its inconsistency [...]
Tuned: 2025 Honda CRF450RX Bike Build
November 24, 2025
Night & Day Improvements To The CRF Story by Brent Farrell, Photos by Trevor Hunter Our avid readers may recall we spent a lot of time on the 2023 Honda [...]
Yamaha & Electric Motion, YE-01
November 16, 2025
Unless you closely follow the off-road electric motorcycle space, you may have missed the announcement a year ago of Yamaha’s investment in the small French electric motorcycle company Electric Motion [...]
