Dirt Bike Project Bikes

Motorcycle USA holds onto these dirt bikes for some long-term testing and product evaluation. Read the results on the dirt project bike page.

Featured Dirt Project Bikes

2009 Honda CRF450X Long-Term Wrap-Up

Monday, February 08, 2010

The 2009 Honda CRF450X ISDE Project Bike finally made it back to the States so we rode it more before turning it back over to its owners at Honda. Here’s the finally tally on how it performed in one of the world’s most difficult off-road races.

2009 Honda CRF450X ISDE Bike Build

Friday, August 07, 2009

Honda loaned us a 2009 CRF450X to race the ISDE in Portugal. With the shipping deadline looming, we hustled through a long list of mods to make this enduro dirt bike an international winner.

Hot Cams Honda CRF256R Project Bike

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

We turned to Jay Clark to see what can be done with a stock Honda CRF250R to make it even better. Once the motocross project bike was finishedit came back, out

Dubach Racing Honda CRF450X Review

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Honda makes a go-fast trail bike in the CRF450X, but Dubach Racing Development wanted to take it to the next level. The result is this West Coast dirt bike racer that lives to gobble up the miles.

2009 Rocket Exhaust Honda CRF250R

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Rocket Exhaust transforms MotoUSA's 2009 Honda CRF250R motocross off-road motorcycle into a motocross racing motorcycle. Check it out in this motocross motorcycle review.

2009 KTM 450 XC-W Long Term Update

Thursday, May 14, 2009

MotoUSA test rider Chilly White has been living with the 2009 KTM 450 XC-W every since our first ride. He fills us in on what life is like with the orange enduro motorcycle.

2009 Honda CRF250R Project Motorcycle

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The winner of MotoUSA's 2009 250F Motocross Shootout gets turned over to the folks over at Rocket Exhaust for a full conversion into a factory level motocross race bike.