Project Bikes
2024 Kawasaki KX450X Stage 1 Build
April 22, 2024
2024 KX450X Off-Road Race Build Stage 1 Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Trevor Hunter/Mark Kariya We spent all of last year testing and working with Kawasaki’s KX450X to [...]
Yamaha Tenere 700 Vlog #9 – Shocking Improvements Made
February 12, 2024
Jimmy Lewis gives a shocking update about…. You guessed it, suspension. In the ongoing Yamaha Tenere 700 series, DBT tests some suspension updated from Touratech USA and explains why these [...]
2024 Kawasaki KX250X Off-Road Build Stage 1
February 5, 2024
Project Team Green Revival Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Mark Kariya/Photos Project 395 Kawasaki and its Team Green program once ruled the roost in off-road racing, and desert racing [...]
Long Haul Update: 2023 Honda CRF450RX
January 16, 2024
With over 100 hours on our 2023 CRF450RX, we thought we’d give you a run down on how durable the bike has been for us, as well as go through [...]
Tuned: 2023 Honda CRF450RX Bike Build
November 9, 2023
Refining Big Red Photos by Trevor Hunter/Mark Riker The Honda CRF450RX is quite the bike. It has many traits that our testers find very attractive, but at times, it leaves [...]
TUNED: 2023 Yamaha YZ450FX Bike Build
November 2, 2023
The Best One Yet Story and Photos by Trevor Hunter The annual 24 Hours of Glen Helen has come and gone, and once again we put our Yamaha YZ450FX through [...]
TUNED: 2023 KTM 450 XC-F Bike Build
October 16, 2023
Todd Davis covers his 2023 KTM 450 XC-F Long Haul Project Bike including the Engine, Suspension, & Chassis Setup, as well as durability with ~66 hours and counting. Do You [...]
2023 450 Off-Road Modified Shootout
October 9, 2023
Is Bigger Always Better? Story by Trevor Hunter, Photos by Trevor Hunter, David Tenenbaum More often than not, media outlets (including ourselves) will conduct a “Shootout” amongst all of the [...]
Tuned: Kawasaki KX450X Triple Clamp Testing
September 19, 2023
We’ve spent quite a bit of time on Kawasaki’s KX450X over the last year and in that time, we’ve run through quite the selection of parts. Mostly good, some bad, [...]
Yamaha Tenere 700 Vlog #8–Loaded
August 21, 2023
The @YamahaMotorUSA #tenere700 gets overloaded for a long trip back from the @touratechusa Rally West. See how the luggage held up and get an update on all the little mods [...]
