I have spent a lot of time testing on the 2026 MX machines you see below. I (as well as a couple other members of our team) have went back and forth on several bikes to see which gearing would be good for the average rider. I did the evaluations on tight clay based tracks…
Honda
Written By: Gardner Tarlow
For those of us who had hoped that Honda would have continued to implement small incremental changes to the 26 Honda CRF250R, no such luck. The reality is that most motorcycle brands do not make changes every year and bold new graphics don’t count. For the 26 Honda CRF250R, this should have…
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Keefer and Pro Circuit team up to create a stage one engine build that gives the rider a noticeable amount of power on the track but still is smooth enough to keep an "easy to ride feel". What is involved into such a build? Is it comparable to an SR? Can you run pump fuel?…
For 2026, there wasn’t a lot of changes from the manufacturers so we checked on our 2025 settings to see if they were still valid and tweaked if need be. This means for 2026, baseline clicker settings have changed only a little from the previous year. We made sure to spend some time on all…
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Keefer talks about the 2026 450 MX moto media shootout results then applies those results to what these bikes feel like on east coast conditions. This episode also dives into the on going debate on if any of the new 450 MX machines feel different from Southern California (when comparing them to riding on the…
We are back for 2026. Going all geeked out and detailed on bar specs! When it comes to handlebars, I am a picky SOB. Oh and I am still am a big pain in the butt with a rider triangle. The height, width, rise, and position is very important to me between each bike that…
