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First Impression: 2025 Kawasaki KX450X
December 6, 2024
Less Is More Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Trevor Hunter, David Tenenbaum Over the past two years, we’ve spent a lot of time riding and racing Kawasaki’s KX450X, and [...]This Or That: Honda CRF300L vs KLX 300
December 4, 2024
Trevor Hunter breaks down the how the 2024 CRF300L and a KLX300 perform after completing the 30th annual Big Bear Trail Riders Big Bear Run Hard Route in near stock [...]World Debut: 2025 Triumph TF450-RC First Impression
November 18, 2024
2025 Triumph TF450-RC Story: Scott Hoffman and Jimmy Lewis Photos: Hoffman, Lewis and Triumph First Impression We all knew the “GOAT” Ricky Carmichael himself was involved with the new Triumph [...]2025 Kawasaki KX450X Stage 1 Build
November 15, 2024
Stage 1 Off-Road Race Build Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Trevor Hunter/Mark Kariya Since the 2025 KX450X is largely unchanged from 2024 (new graphics, a new air filter, and [...]2025 Honda CRF250R First Impression
November 13, 2024
Jeff Belknap breaks down the 2025 Honda CRF250R Works Edition after a day of riding at Glen Helen Raceway. [...]First Impression: 2025 Honda CRF250R Works Edition
November 4, 2024
Factory First From Honda Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Jerbal Shots Very few OEMs excite consumers as much as Honda does. Dating back to the earliest years of American [...]TUNED: 2024 Beta 300RR Race Edition Build
October 23, 2024
2024 Beta 300RR Race Edition Build Story by Brent Farrell, Photos by Trevor Hunter One of our favorite ways to really figure out a bike is to race it at [...]TUNED: 2024 Yamaha YZ450FX Build
October 16, 2024
Taming The Beast Story and Photos by Trevor Hunter Like Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas morning, we enthusiastically look forward to the annual 24 Hours of Glen Helen every year. Despite [...]First Impression: 2025 Kawasaki KX250X
October 9, 2024
Next Gen Goes Off-Road Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Ryne Swanberg Much like the KX250 motocrosser, Kawasaki went all in on updating the 2025 KX250X with the new engine, [...]First Impression: 2025 Kawasaki KX250
October 7, 2024
Team Green Goes All In On New 250F Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Ryne Swanberg and Trevor Hunter Kawasaki dropped an all new KX250 for 2025 with an updated [...]Words: 2025 Yamaha YZ250F First Impression
October 1, 2024
WORDS: 2025 Yamaha YZ250F First Impression Photos: Trevor Hunter and Scott Hoffman All Changes in a Good Way Yes, some of you still like to read, so here you go [...]Just Released: 2025 Kawasaki KX450SR (Special Racer)
October 1, 2024
The real 2025 Kawasaki KX™450SR “Special Racer” Well it’s here, Kawasaki finally announced the bike we all figured was on its way, the 2025 KX450SR “Special Racer”. If you saw [...]First Ride: 2025 Yamaha YZ250F
September 30, 2024
Trevor Hunter breaks down day one on the newly updated 2025 Yamaha YZ250F, covering the Power, Suspension, and Chassis-Handling characteristics and comparing it to the 2024 version. Is it better [...]2024+ YZ450FX Engine Mount Mod
August 26, 2024
Finding More Front End Comfort In The YZ450FX Story by Trevor Hunter Yamaha completely revamped their 450cc machines over the last two years, beginning with the 2023 YZ450F and continuing [...]WORDS: 2025 Yamaha YZ450F First Impression
August 14, 2024
First Impression: 2025 Yamaha YZ450F Words and Photos: Scott Hoffman Let’s cut to the chase of what most of you want to know. Is the 2025 YZ450F better than the [...]