Off-Road Motorcycles
Off-road motorcycles include the Husqvarna TE 449, KTM 300XC-W, Kawasaki KX450F, Suzuki RMX450Z, Aprilia RXV 5.5 and Zero X.
Off-Road motorcycles cover a fairly large segment of two-wheelers, but they all have one thing in common – they perform best when the pavement is gone. Sometimes called dirt bikes or trail bikes, off-road motorcycles offer users the chance to get a little dirty and experience terrain inaccessible for typical on-road bikes. From meandering trails in the woods to crawling over massive rocks to clearing massive triple jumps on a motocross track, there is almost no end to the terrain off-road motorcycles can navigate. While these bikes include everything from low-displacement funsters to imposing desert racers, most every off-road motorcycle features rugged suspension and knobby tires to help get you where you want to go.
Off-Road motorcycles cover a fairly large segment of two-wheelers, but they all have one thing in common – they perform best when the pavement is gone. Sometimes called dirt bikes or trail bikes, off-road motorcycles offer users the chance to get a little dirty and experience terrain inaccessible for typical on-road bikes. From meandering trails in the woods to crawling over massive rocks to clearing massive triple jumps on a motocross track, there is almost no end to the terrain off-road motorcycles can navigate. While these bikes include everything from low-displacement funsters to imposing desert racers, most every off-road motorcycle features rugged suspension and knobby tires to help get you where you want to go.
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Inside the 2013 Supercross Works Bikes
The start of a new Supercross season brings with it a lot of anticipation over and above race results. It’s the first time fans, riders and team personnel get to see what the competition has brought to off-road racing’s largest stage.
2013 Honda CRF450R Review
Just when you think that motocross bikes have reached their limit as far as changes and development goes, Honda goes one step further with its new 2013 CRF450R.
2013 Zero Motorcycles Lineup
This week Zero Motorcycles unveiled its 2013 lineup, brandishing five new models – the S, DS, XU, MX and an all-new street model, the FX - as the most technologically advanced to date.
Best Motorcycles of 2012
It’s again that time of the year when we select Motorcycle.com’s Best Of choices – our annual MOBO awards. Surf along as we look back at the standout motorcycles of the past year.
2013 Kawasaki KX450F Review
After two days of riding the Kawasaki KX450F, it’s easy to see why it has been so successful on the race track over the last few years. For 2013 it only gets better.- 2013 Kawasaki KX250F Review A terrific motocrosser gets many improvements for 2013
- 2012 Yamaha WR450F Review The Japanese give chase to KTM with an all-new off-roader
- Top 10 Hottest Bikes of 2012 These 10 motorcycles are sure to make waves in 2012
- 2012 KTM Street Model Lineup Preview RC8 R Race Spec among the highlights
- 2012 Husqvarna Lineup Review Husky's got the dirt world covered, from motocross to dual-sports
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2011 Awards Some of the best motorcycles ever built
- 2011 Husqvarna TXC i250F Review Husky’s purpose-built XC racer
- 2012 KTM 350 XCF-W Review KTM finds the perfect balance between not enough and too much
- 2012 KTM XC Enduro Line Reviews From two-strokes to four-strokes, KTM has the enduro market covered
- 2012 Kawasaki KX450F Review - First Impressions Revvy and racy in a bite-sized package
- 2011 Kawasaki KX450F Review Big, fast and versatile
- 2012 Kawasaki KX450F and KX250F Preview Smoother, slimmer, faster and stronger
- 2011 Husqvarna TE 449 Preview Something borrowed, something new, something red!
- 2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review Fast on the track...and everywhere else
- 2011 Honda CRF250R Review A Jack of all trades
- 2011 Husaberg FX450 Review Off-road racer with a split personality
- Motorcycle.com Best of 2010 Awards We select the cream of the crop, including our pick for Motorcycle of the Year
- 2011 Kawasaki KX450F Review - First Impressions Amazing things from big K
- 2010 Husaberg FE570 Review The future is now
- 2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review - First Impressions Kawasaki introduces fuel injection to the KX250F
- 2010 Suzuki RMX450Z Review Trail bike, woods racer or both?
- 2010 Zero MX Extreme Package Review Electro-crosser or expensive toy?
- 2010 Husqvarna TC 250 Review It's good, but is it great?
- 2010 KTM 300 XC-W Review More than just the ultimate woods racer
- 2010 Yamaha YZ250F Review Yamaha revamps a class favorite
- 2010 Kawasaki KLX110 & KLX110L Review Good things in small packages
- 2010 Zero MX Review An electric bike with MX-ability
- 2010 Honda CRF450R Review Honda continues to refine the class leader
- 2010 Honda CRF250R Review All new CRF can do it all
- 2010 Yamaha YZ450F Review A revolution in 450 MXers
Off-Road Motorcycle Videos
2011 Kawasaki KX250F Review - First Impressions
After our first date with the 2011 KX250F motocrosser we were quite impressed. Kawasaki has taken great strides in addressing the issues we had with last year’s bike, along with great improvements in engine management thanks to the new EFI system.- 2000 Bultaco Sherco Bultaco's Sherco is made for trials.
- 2001 Yamaha Dirtbikes When Yamaha came out with its YZ400F, it turned both the four-stroke and two-stroke worlds upside down -- there was a new Sheriff in town, and his name was Doug Henry: Piloting a once-thought-clunky four-stroke, Henry won the 1998 Mazda Trucks Motocross.
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2010 Yamaha YZ450F Review
With an entirely new twin-beam frame, rotated engine design, adjustable fuel injection and extreme mass centralization, the 2010 YZ450F off-roader looks like a winner. Handling is superb, but it feels down in power compared to the Kawasaki KX450.
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2010 Zero MX Review
Compared to the basic X model, the new Zero MX features a sturdier shock and fork, bigger tires on wider rims, and stronger hubs. Those changes make it about 10 pounds heavier and give it much-improved moto capability.
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2010 Honda CRF450R vs. Yamaha YZ450F
The big guns of motocross take aim: Yamaha’s revolutionary new 2010 YZ450F vs. the stalwart Honda CRF450R vs. the real world. The two Japanese giants are ready for a big bore off-road battle. Who is the king of track and trail?
Y2K 250 Motocross Shootout
We're not your girlfriend, so we'll stop teasing you. By now you've read our 250 Motocross Teazer, got yourself a Wu-Name and decided that the dirtier side of life is a side you'd like to explore further. And why not? The MX 250s are among the best-sell
1997 Honda XR400R Vs. 1997 Kawasaki KLX300R
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