Articles for Honda Dirt Bike Project Bike
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Motorcycle USA gets readers up to date on its long-term 2012 Honda CRF150RB Project dirt bike.
Monday, October 17, 2011
We finish a few tweaks to the 2011 Honda CRF250R Project Bike to make it more forgiving during longer rides, but also discover setbacks with previous installments.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
In the test to build the ultimate budget ADV bike our off-road correspondent wraps-up modifications in Part 2 of the Honda XR650L Project Bike.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
MotoUSA teams up with Jay Clark Enterprises to purchase a bike from Craigslist and turn it into a modern moto weapon. We put a 2003 Honda CR125 against the 2011 Yamaha YZ125 to find out.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
A surprise weekend off was the perfect opportunity to do some tire and gear testing with our long-term 2009 Honda XR650L Project Bike. Here's a quick report from a weekend of dual sporting.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
People ride motocross bikes in the woods, and so do we. Our 2011 Honda CRF250R Project Bike has taken the first steps towards becoming a WORCS-style dirt bike.
Friday, March 04, 2011
We still have the Honda XR650L in our garage, slowly transforming into a worthy, affordable adventure bike. Take a quick look at the progress with this Honda project bike.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Thumper Racing and Hot Cams team up to give our 2010 Honda CRF250R a big power boost. We let the reigning FPMX champion take it for a spin to see if going big is the right way to go.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Our off-road correspondent takes on the challenge of configuring the ultimate ADV bike on a serious budget with Honda's time-proven XR650L.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Our 2010 Honda CRF450R Project Bike morphs even further with modifications to the fuel tank, controls, driveline, tires and exhaust in order to ride motocross, desert, dunes and woods.
Monday, April 26, 2010
In the first installment of our 2010 Honda CRF450R Project Bike we send our fork and shock off to MB1 Suspension and get familiar with HRC's PGM-FI Setting Tool.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Like any good non-Californian, the first thing we wanted to do with our 50-state legal 2007 Honda CRF450X was yank all that emissions crap right off.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Our first order of business on the 2007 Honda CRF450X Project Bike was to sort out the suspension. Our gloomy forecast quickly changed as Watson Performance Suspension soon had us riding on soft, fluffy clouds.
Friday, December 01, 2006
The entire EnduroCross show had an awesome crowd, hot competition, storybook racing and went off without a hitch, none of which had anything to do with MotoUSA.
