2016 Honda CRF250R

October 28, 2015

  For 2016 Honda  has made just enough refinements to their 250F so they feel comfortable calling it one of the best bikes on the market. It’s compact cockpit and chassis, lightweight agility and Showa SFF Air Forks aims to make the rider feel that nothing will slow them down. Focusing on horsepower and torque gains across the range with an eye towards handling improvements, is the bike that took … Continued


JD Jetting Power Surge 6X Fuel Injection Tuner

October 21, 2015

JD Jetting’s Power Surge 6X is a plug-in modification that allows fuel delivery correction for humidity, temperature, air pressure, along with race fuels and motor modifications. It is plugged in-between the bike’s stock wires to the fuel injector and the injector itself and is powered by the motorcycle without any additional power requirements. It can add or subtract fuel from the injection system. Adjustable through six zones based on RPM … Continued


2016 KTM 350XC-F

October 19, 2015

The 350cc four-stroke is nothing new. But is it viable. KTM sells more four-stroke bikes in the 350cc displacement size than any other. Even without a dedicated displacement-based racing class for the size. It is like the 400cc four-strokes before it, the size has a magical trait of low-end torque and high RPM horsepower without the weight penalty of larger sizes. With the better technologies, materials and systems only 350cc … Continued


2016 KTM 350 XC-F–Erek Kudla

October 15, 2015

Business as usual for KTM it seems like with another year of a lighter, sleeker, faster, stronger 350 XC-F. Claiming a loss of 7 lbs. from last season the bike feels more like a 250F then the full blown open class machine … Continued


Avantlink

October 15, 2015

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2015 24 Hours of Glen Helen Race Report

October 15, 2015

DBT’s Young Guns Take Yamaha’s YZ250FX Past 100-Hours Photos by Mark Kariya, Owen Russell and Nick Baehr Leading up to the race, I was very excited to be riding a 2015 YZ250FX supplied by dirtbiketest.com. It is the long term … Continued


DBT Yamaha YZ250FX 24 Hour Race Recap Video

October 13, 2015

There is something about a 24 hour race that is always intriguing, difficult and usually at 2am, competitors and crews may ask themselves, “ What was I thinking?” No matter if you are having a flawless run (not common in a race … Continued


DBT Yamaha YZ250FX 24 Hour Race Effort–Update #2

October 7, 2015

YZ250FX 24-Hour–It’s Getting Close Last week team DirtBikeTest spent some time testing the YZ250FX for the JBC Glen Helen 24 hour. We went to Milestone MX on Tuesday to test suspension and mapping and then Saturday night we went to … Continued


First Look: 2016 Yamaha YZ450FX and WR450F

October 6, 2015

Surprise! Yamaha Has An Electric-Start Off-Road 450. LINK to RIDING IMPRESSION OF 2016 YZ450FX Yamaha YZ450FX and WR450F are here. The Blue Crew added some growth serum to the fuel tanks of two existing off-road weapons for 2016 to complete … Continued


KTM Throttle Body Tuning

October 5, 2015

Get Your KTM Running Right–From Idle Story and photos by Jimmy Lewis With KTM’s new SX-F and XC-F models comes a new Keihin throttle body and it is a little bit different than the norm. It has a cold-start button … Continued