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FIRST LOOK! 2025 BETA 450RX FOUR-STROKE & BETA 300RX TWO-STROKE

Jun 28, 2024

The Italians answered the call! Significant updates were made for 2025, addressing our complaints
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MXA RACE TEST: THE REAL TEST OF THE 2024 BETA 450RX

Jun 25, 2024

Beta has been around since 1905, and has remained family owned the entire time. Beta made two-stroke motocross bikes in the ’70s and ’80s, but since then Beta has focused on trials bikes and off-road bikes—until now.
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MXA TESTS A FULL-RACE 125 TWO-STROKE WE WISH YOU COULD BUY IN THE USA

Apr 18, 2024

Last week we showed you how the stock 2024 Fantic XXX worked, this week we take a fully modified Fantic XX125 to see how much improvement we could get
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MXA VIDEO: 2024 FANTIC 125XX ISN’T SOLD IN THE USA, BUT WE TRACKED ONE DOWN

Apr 10, 2024

What is it? Believe it or not it's a "platform shared" YZ125 from Italy
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MXA BUYER’S GUIDE: 2024 MINICYCLE BUYER’S GUIDE

Apr 7, 2024

If you are looking to launch your young one into the motocross world, move him up to a bigger bike or just looking for some backyard fun—look no further
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MXA VIDEO: 2024 BETA 450RX TEST

Apr 1, 2024

Beta has built a name for itself by building a broad range of two-stroke and four-stroke off-road bikes. The dabble din the motocross market two years ago with the Beta 300RX smoker, but for 2024 have taken on the daunting task of not just…
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MXA VIDEO: WE TEST THE ALL-NEW 2024 BETA 450 RX MOTOCROSS MODEL

Feb 24, 2024

We finally got to ride Beta's first-ever 450 four-stroke motocross bike on a rough Glen Helen track. Here's our first impressions
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MXA RETRO TEST: IS THE 2001 VOR 503MX THE GREATEST FOUR-STROKE EVER?

Feb 23, 2024

It started life as the brain child of the Vertemati brothers, but the Vertemati/VOR breakup was probably a good thing for buyers—because the 503MX did improve under VOR
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FLASHBACK! MXA RIDES A 75-HORSEPOWER JAWA 500 SPEEDWAY BIKE

Jan 2, 2024

Our best advice? Turn right to go left, speed up to slow down and ignore everything you learned by racing motocross
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BIGGEST DISASTER IN MOTOCROSS HISTORY: THE STORY BEHIND THE CANNONDALE

Dec 30, 2023

Why the long dreamed of Great American Motocross Hope was a total flop
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MXA RACE TEST: THE REAL TEST OF THE 2023 BETA 200 VS BETA 125 RACE EDITIONS (PLUS VIDEO)

Dec 19, 2023

The Beta 125RR Race Edition has a sweet powerband that picked up quickly and was more friendly to ride on tight trails than a Yamaha YZ, KTM 125SX, Husqvarna TC125 or GasGas MC125.
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WE RIDE A MECHANICAL ENGINEER’S FC350 DREAM BIKE

Aug 2, 2023

Billy Wight has a mindset fueled by data and operated by high-tech software and along with his Luxon MX enterprise he had a clear path to follow when building his FC350 “dream bike.”
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FIRST LOOK! 2024 BETA 300RX MOTOCROSS

Jul 29, 2023

The 2024 Beta 300RX, is a more refined machine now that Beta has spent more time developing it
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MOTOCROSS ACTION’S 2023 TWO-STROKE BUYER’S GUIDE

Apr 2, 2023

Thinking about switching to a smoker? The market for two-strokes is flush with race bikes built for riders as young as 4 years old all the way up to senior citizens
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MXA RETRO TEST: THE UNOBTAINABLE 1999 VERTEMATI V503

Mar 25, 2023

To get it into motion, you pull in the hydraulic clutch (a la KTM) and snick the shift lever upwards into first gear. That’s right—first gear is up, not down
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TESTING THE NOW FORGOTTEN 2010 HUSABERG FX450 & ITS UPSIDE-DOWN ENGINE

Feb 16, 2023

The 2010 Husaberg FX450 was too heavy, too slow and too weird to be taken seriously by motocross racers. On the other hand, it is like no other machine on the planet—and because of that, it deserves some attention as it fades into obscurity
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EPIC BATTLE OF OLD IRON: 1994 HONDA CR500 VS. 2000 KAWASAKI KX500 VS. DARYL ECKLUND

Apr 23, 2022

I’ve made no secret that I feel I was meant to race a KX500, so this is hard for me to say out loud, but the Honda CR500 was the best bike
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MXA RETRO TEST: IS THE 2001 CANNONDALE MX400 READY FOR PRIME TIME?

Mar 9, 2022

Go back in time to when Cannondale invested $80 million in a bike that started with a suspect frame design and just got worse from there
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MXA BUILDS A 2022 GASGAS MC 450F FACTORY EDITION

Dec 17, 2021

Motorcycles are very personal things. They may appear to be made of metal and plastic, but the real substance is hopes and dreams. Every new bike is filled with possibilities.
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WE RIDE THE SUNDAY MOTORS S147 FLAT-TRACK PIT BIKE

Oct 21, 2021

When we saw the Sunday Motors S147 being raced at the Nitro Circus “Bluegrass Brawl” pit bike race we knew we had to get one to live out our Mert Lawwill dreams
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WE RIDE TWISTED DEVELOPMENT’S WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP YZ300

Aug 31, 2021

It was built for Josh Grant, but when he crashed in practice, that was the end of the Twisted YZ300's day—or so they thought
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MXA RACE TEST: THE REAL TEST OF THE 2021 BETA 300RX MOTOCROSS

Jun 14, 2021

The 300RX power was incredible with a smooth gradual power off the bottom that grew rapidly and kept on revving
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MXA RACE TEST: THE REAL TEST OF THE YCF BIGY 190MX ZE PIT BIKE

Jun 11, 2021

The YCF Bigy is 187.2cc, air-cooled, single-cylinder four-stroke with 17/14 wheels and a seat height of 35 inches — best of all it retails for $2999 and comes with a warranty
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FIRST LOOK! 2021 SHERCO “FACTORY” OFF-ROAD TWO-STROKES & FOUR-STROKES

Dec 28, 2020

If they ever wanted to switch to making motocross bikes, they could build a powerhouse team of French riders
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CARSON BROWN’S SUPER TRICK 190cc BBR/HUSKY “NO RULES” PIT BIKE

Oct 12, 2020

Carson Brown hits massive jumps with only 12-inch wheels on his JMC Husky replica BBR 190cc "no rules" pit bike
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THE MXA WRECKING CREW VERSUS THE “GOLF OF OFF-ROAD RIDING”

Sep 1, 2020

Josh, Daryl, Dennis and Geoff go looking for boulders to bound over—until they found them. Trials is slow, but it's exciting
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MXA TESTS THE 2020 STACYC 16-INCH ELECTRIC STABILITY CYCLE

Aug 30, 2020

Young kids learn to ride a bicycle by starting on what is euphemistically known as a balance bike, in a stroke of genius a factory KTM mechanic built a strider with a motor
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WE RIDE THE BRC 500cc TWO-STROKE KIT BIKE

May 23, 2020

Video, history, test ride and tech about the newest 500cc two-stroke engine on the plane
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FIRST RIDE VIDEO: OSET MX-10 ELECTRIC DIRT BIKE

May 2, 2020

An electric bike that is fast, adjustable, long lasting and great for growing with your kids
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SWORDS OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS: WEAPONS OF BRADSHAW, VILLOPOTO, TEDESCO & PASTRANA

Dec 7, 2019

The personal two-stroke race bikes of the stars of the past — they could race anything they wanted, but they prefer two-strokes
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