Volkswagen is “just a few weeks away” from unwrapping the long-awaited ‘Mk8.5’ Golf hatchback, however new photographs give an early have a look at the redesigned hatchback.
The facelifted Golf has been previewed with a camouflaged prototype in scorching GTI guise at CES in Las Vegas, and a show within the overhauled infotainment system has revealed the look of the redesigned entrance finish.
As advised by frivolously camouflaged prototypes in current weeks, the adjustments usually are not intensive, however a brand new therapy for the decrease grille, reshaped air intakes and new mild designs mark it out clearly from the present automotive. These animations solely present the entrance finish, however the rear is anticipated to bear an analogous overhaul, too.
The up to date Golf shall be accessible for pre-order within the spring, round 4 years after the present automotive arrived in dealerships.
Importantly, 2024 additionally marks 50 years for the reason that Golf changed the Beetle as Volkswagen’s core mannequin.
Since then, greater than 37 million examples have been bought globally, making it comfortably the 86-year-old firm’s – and Europe’s – best-selling automotive of all time.
This newest iteration, whereas not radically totally different in its general design, is charged with renewing and sustaining the enchantment of the eighth-generation Golf till it’s changed by the electric-only Mk9 on the finish of the last decade.
Chief among the many upgrades for 2024 shall be a revised inside, which majors on enhancements to ergonomics, high quality and performance – areas wherein VW has admitted its present automobiles fall quick.
Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer advised Autocar final 12 months that widespread criticism of the interiors of its present automobiles – together with the Golf – “definitely did a lot of damage” to the model, which the agency is seeking to rectify with a brand new method to cockpit design.
To that finish, the brand new Golf includes a redesigned dashboard, which now homes a bigger, 12.9in central infotainment show, working in tandem with a ten.4in digital instrument cluster and working the most recent era of VW’s MIB infotainment platform.
Rodney Smith personally delivered our 2024 Beta 500RS a few weeks in the past. You gotta find it irresistible when a five-time GNCC champion drops by, arms you the keys to one of many best dual-sport bikes on earth and simply says “Have fun.”
The Beta 500RS is a barely authorized dual-sport.
We’ve been doing our greatest. The Beta is an unimaginable bike. It’s the least bottled up of the totally licensed 500cc dual-sports–even the KTM and Husky 500s can’t sustain. Two years in the past, Tom Webb beloved the bike a lot that he bought one for himself and he nonetheless prefers using it over the various take a look at bikes he has out there. This yr, there aren’t many modifications for the Beta dual-sport line. The most noticeable one is a change within the identify. It’s now referred to as the 500RS slightly than the 500RR. For 2024, the “RR” suffix refers back to the dirt-only four-stroke fashions in Beta’s line up. Those haven’t been out there for just a few years, and that takes a bit of stress off the street-legal fashions. It doesn’t must serve two totally different masters. It does, nonetheless, make it tough for Beta sellers to maintain all of the fashions on the showroom ground. As prior to now, there are 4 dual-sport bikes that look nearly equivalent. The 500 shares its chassis and most of its motor with a 430, a 390 and a 350. When you ask Beta officers why they don’t skinny down the hurd, they are saying it’s like attempting to resolve which of your kids you like essentially the most.
The Beta 500RS sells for $11,799. Our take a look at bike is inventory other than the Seat Concepts tall saddle.
The extra mechanically oriented modifications for 2024 embody shaped radiators to extend the turning sweep from lock to lock, a softer seat, a brand new entrance brake hose, new fork settings, new graphics and a redesigned taillight/license-plate holder. The 500RS has a double overhead cam motor with a six-speed gearbox. The suspension is by Sachs, the brakes are Nissin and the tires on our take a look at bike are Maxxis. All RS fashions embody the Trail Tech Voyager GPS unit with the flexibility to add and obtain using routes. Other options embody a visit meter, a speedo, a tach, engine temp, outdoors temp and a voltmeter. This is among the only a few dual-sport bikes that doesn’t want something. Most homeowners of Austrian dual-sport bikes finally go in search of extra energy, and that may be tough. It’s not like you possibly can simply set up a pipe and go racing. The mapping on all the road authorized bikes could be very lean and the CPU is meant to be tamper-proof. We know numerous riders who’ve managed to jail break their ignition methods, however the level is that you just don’t have to try this with the Beta. Apparently, Beta is keen to fly nearer to the solar with the inventory emission settings. The bike can also be a bit of louder than different dual-sport bikes, however nonetheless very quiet by filth bike requirements.
Riding it is rather like using an actual filth bike. It’s fairly mild (255 kilos with out gasoline on our scale) and fairly highly effective. You nonetheless have to know that this can be a path bike not a 450 race bike. You can go hill-climbing with the boys and be shamed, however should you suppose you’re going to go to a motocross monitor, you’ll run out of steam shortly. Likewise, the suspension could be very path oriented. It’s nice for rocky trails however could be very delicate and can wallow and backside should you get carried away. The brakes are wonderful and it has a brilliant mild clutch pull. We additionally love all of the detailing. The mirrors fold out of your means, it has respectable handguards and the brand new license plate bracket nonetheless hasn’t gotten sucked into the rear wheel.
If you’re a type of guys who has to switch every little thing he owns, suspension ought to be the primary merchandise on the checklist. Put motor work in third or fourth place. We may have the Beta facet by facet with the brand new KTM 500EXC very quickly and that ought to be a really attention-grabbing comparability. The full take a look at will seem within the March, Buyer’s Guide print version of Dirt Bike.
MASON KLEIN & KOVE
Mason Klein and his father/chief mechanic Larry.
Mason Klein is deep in Dakar coaching. The rally begins on January 5 and can happen in Saudi Arabia for the fifth time. Mason might be formally supported by Chinese producer Kove, which is a really massive step for each events. This might be Mason’s first time on a manufacturing facility bike and the primary time that Kove has had a top-5 rider. We have positively been having fun with our Kove test bike, which you can read about here.
The Dakar route for 2024.
THE CASELLI CUP
Each yr presently we choose the finalists for the Caselli Cup, in any other case often known as America’s Top Off-road racers. This is a snapshot view of the perfect riders going into the brand new season. The checklist might be dropped on January 1, 2024. Here are the riders being thought of and what they’ve achieved within the earlier season. Who are you pulling for? drop us a line at [email protected].
GNCC Overall 1 CRAIG DELONG — 3 wins–246 factors 2 STEWARD BAYLOR JR — 2 wins–235 3 BENJAMIN KELLEY — 2 wins–215 4 JORDAN ASHBURN — 1 win–201 5 RICKY RUSSELL — 1 win–175 6 GRANT BAYLOR — 1 win–173 7 JOSH STRANG — 1 win–170 8 JONATHAN GIRROIR — 1 win–145 9 ANGUS RIORDAN — XC2 –Best end seventh o/a–135 10 LIAM DRAPER — XC2 — Best end 4th o/a–131 11 CODY BARNES — Best end fifth–121 12 RUY BARBOSA — Best end seventh–104 13 RYDER LAFFERTY — Best end fifth–91 14 MICHAEL WITKOWSKI Best end third–84 15 MASON SEMMENS –Best end seventh–67 16 EVAN SMITH — Best end eighth–55 17 TREVOR BOLLINGER — Best end sixth–50 18 GRANT DAVIS — Best end ninth–49 19 LYNDON SNODGRASS — Best end eighth–47 20 JONATHAN JOHNSON — Best end 7–42
NGPC Pro2 1 KADE TINKLER-WALKER 6 wins 2 JACK SIMPSON 1 win 3 COLTON AECK 1 win 4 JP ALVAREZ 1 win 5 KAI AIELLO 1 second 6 COLE ZELLER 2 5ths 7 THOMAS DUNN 1 fifth 8 COLLIER MARTINEZ 1 4th 9 CLAY HENGEVELD 2 eighth 10 CODY SIMPSON
National Enduro Overall 1 Grant Baylor — 3 wins — 227 2 Steward Baylor Jr — 4 wins — 200 3 Josh Toth — 1 win — 194 4 Craig Delong — 1 win –166 5 Ryder Lafferty — Best end 2nds –154 6 Ricky Russell — Best end 2nd — 145 7 Liam Draper Pro2 — Best end 2nd o/a– 126 8 Thorn Devlin Pro2 — Best end sixth o/a — 83 9 Evan Smith — Best end fifth — 72 10 Nathaniel Tasha Pro2 — Best end eighth o/a –24
National Enduro Pro2 1 Liam Draper — 4 wins 2 Thorn Devlin — 4 wins 3 Nathaniel Tasha — Best end 2nds 4 Jonathan Johnson — Best end 2nds 5 Will Sievenpiper — Best end 2nd 6 Grant Davis — Best end 2nd 7 Steve Nicholas III — Best end 3rds 8 Brody Johnson — Best end seventh 9 Mike Witkowski — Best end 2nd 10 Vincent Smith — Best end eighth
WORCS PRO 450 1 JUSTIN HOEFT — 3 wins 2 MATEO OLIVEIRA — 2 wins 3 TYLER LYNN — 2 wins 4 ZACH BELL — Best end 2nd 5 TALLON LAFOUNTAINE –1 win 6 COLE MARTINEZ –1 win 7 TREVOR STEWART — Best end third 8 DARE DEMARTILE — Best end 2nd 9 QUENTIN PAHI — Best end eighth 10 KADE WALKER Best end fifth 12 Giacomo Redoni 16 Dalton Shirey
WORCS PRO 250 1 JACK SIMPSON 3 wins 210 2 JAKE ALVAREZ 1 win 145 3 COLTON AECK — Best end 2nd 143 4 KAI AIELLO — Best end 2nd 134 5 THOMAS DUNN — Best end third 127
AMA Hare & Hound 1 Dalton Shirey — 5 wins — 171 2 Zane Roberts — 117 3 Carter Klein — 100 4 Clayton Roberts — 93 5 Joseph Wasson — 82 6 Preston Campbell — 77 7 Nic Colangeli — 56 8 Tyler Lynn — 1 win — 55 9 Axel Pearson — 43 10 Corbin Mcpherson — 42
On this week’s Two-Stroke Tuesday delivered to you by Decal Works we have a look again at Josh Grant’s 2003 Honda CR250R venture that he raced on the Wiseco 2-Stroke World Championship introduced by Fasthouse. 2-Stroke History is all in regards to the mighty Honda CR250R and the way it continues to alter motocross historical past. Don’t miss the total story on our 2002 CR250R venture with Wrench Rabbit within the Behind The Build part.
Josh purchased this machine off eBay a few month in the past and inside hours had it utterly dismantled in his storage. “I can take it apart but I am not the best at putting it all back together, I leave that to the professionals!” In this case the individual that dealt with the reassembly was Cody Leighton. He did an incredible job.
Ryan at Rockstar Coating in SoCal dealt with all of the Cerkote wants on this construct.
The engine and carburetor was shipped to Tom Morgan to work his magic. We haven’t been capable of get the entire specs out of anybody on the modifications but however we’ve got heard whispers that it’s not 250cc. After listening to it run we must agree with the whispers.
Mitch Payton has been aside of Grant’s program all through his profession and jumped on the alternative to be on this construct.
Some extra components used on Grant’s construct embody Raptor titanium pegs, Hinson Clutch, Work Connection elements, Pro Circuit exhaust and Backyard Designs graphics.
High-End Showa suspension elements are used on Grant’s bike in the way in which of an A-Kit front-end off a brand new Honda four-stroke and an insanely trick two-stroke shock that solely a handful of riders have had the chance to make use of. Don’t fear we may have extra protection of this construct through a Travis Fant produced video and full story in our printed journal. STAY TUNED FOR MORE!
2-STROKE HISTORY
Even although it’s been out of manufacturing within the U.S. since 2007, the CR in all probability gained extra mixed newbie {and professional} races than every other bike within the grime world. And they’re nonetheless on the market profitable. The CR is a scorching commodity on the used-bike market, and on begin strains throughout America, they nonetheless outnumber many present fashions. Click the picture beneath for extra!
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2-STROKE BEHIND THE BUILD
The Honda CR250R has received to be one of the in style early-to-mid-2000s two-stroke machines to rebuild in historical past. One motive is that Honda bought a ton, and the opposite motive is the bikes all appear to be growing old very effectively. We discovered what seemed like a really clear machine on the used-bike market, slapped down some money, and threw it into the again of the cell command unit earlier than the accounting division might inform us no. CLICK TE IMAGE BELOW FOR MORE!
For about two weeks, we’ve been using the wheels off a Kove Rally and we adore it. This is greater than a dual-sport bike forged within the picture of a rally bike–it’s a respectable machine that you possibly can take straight to an actual rally. Two of them completed Dakar in 2023 and Mason Klein will trip one subsequent month on the 2024 version of the occasion.
Carson Brown got here down from the Northwest to beat up our Kove Rally take a look at bike.
It’s respectable to ask what a rally bike is within the first place. The FIM has an extended record of very particular necessities for Dakar and different occasions, however the core will need to have a single-cylinder motor with a displacement restrict of 450cc. For sensible functions, it must be an actual grime bike that’s able to going very far and really quick. It appears odd to us that nobody else is providing a motorbike like this. KTM, Husqvarna and GasGas all make restricted runs of semi manufacturing unit bikes for assist riders. Honda’s rally bikes are full works bikes, and so are the Hero Dakar bikes.
The Kove Rally has a steered retail value of $8999. There is a model out there with a decrease seat peak. The Acerbis handguards and Double Take Mirrors aren’t inventory objects.
The Kove Rally is made in China, however clearly has a really robust western affect. The motor is a double overhead cam, four-valve 450 with a six-speed gearbox. The backside finish was from an earlier mannequin however the whole lot from the bottom gasket up was developed for this bike. The gas system is what makes it completely different from anything on the market. There are three tanks with a mixed capability of seven.9 gallons. It all feeds routinely to the left entrance tank, so there aren’t any fuel-management points. The bike has a small frame-mount fairing, a down-swept exhaust, a large carbon-fiber skid plate and instrumentation that features a small pill behind the windscreen. The bike has full lighting and tools for avenue use. Currently it meets Euro 5 emissions necessities and is present process the method for approval within the U.S. For now, it falls into that grey space the place it may be licensed in some states, however not the extra uptight ones (i.e. California). It even has anti-lock brakes (which may be disabled). The suspension comes from an organization referred to as Yu-An, the brakes are Taisko and the tires are CST. The parts don’t appear to be typical Chinese components–both knock-offs or outdated. All are properly completed, compact and completely fashionable.
The brakes are made by a Chinese firm referred to as Taisko. Antilock cane be disabled by a handlebar swap, however have to be chosen each time the bike is began.
Despite how properly completed the Kove is, we had been pretty cynical getting into. We anticipated it to be damaged inside a couple of days and even hours. Carson Brown got here down for our first few days of testing and he can often break a motorbike at will. He tried. Nothing broke. Beyond that, he actually loved it! The suspension, specifically, exceeded all expectations. Carson was hitting logs and leaping off rocks as if it had been a 125. Admittedly, most of that’s due to who he’s. The bike is slender and properly proportioned, however it isn’t gentle. On our scale, it’s 334 kilos with out gas. We don’t understand how heavy Ricky Brabec’s works Honda is, however we do know that in case you put all this rally stuff on a Honda CRF450RL dual-sport bike, you’d find yourself with the identical primary weight. Regardless of that we rode it in all places we’d take a daily dual-sport. In tight rocky canyons, it felt large, however not unmanageable. And on the different finish of the spectrum it was excellent. When the Kove is at pace on a hearth street or two-track, it’s completely secure, enjoyable and comfy.
Suspension was one of many bike’s robust factors. The parts are made by Yu-An.
The motor is first rate, however nothing to get enthusiastic about. Remember, this mannequin has full emission tools and a brilliant quiet exhaust. It feels pretty plugged up. It makes first rate energy within the center however doesn’t rev very far–KTM and Husky dual-sport bikes aren’t significantly better. The motor nonetheless has very clear EFI mapping with no lifeless spots and little or no popping. It has plenty of peculiar traits, resembling little or no engine braking. We realized to love it. We even took the bike round Glen Helen’s National monitor, the place it was fantastic–simply not quick. We perceive there’s a full-dirt mannequin referred to as the Rally Pro which does away with all of the restrictions and makes about 10 horsepower extra. We may need a type of to check down sooner or later. For now, we are going to preserve using the Kove for a take a look at within the March, 2024 print concern of Dirt Bike. As of proper now, we really feel it units a brand new high-mark for Chinese bikes.
The Kove motor is its personal design; not a knock-off or copy of anything. The air filter is mounted excessive like a Yamaha or early Husaberg.
This week’s Two-Stroke Tuesday is all about 300cc challenge bikes that we now have constructed not too long ago and belief us there’s something right here for everybody. We begin all of it off with a Yamaha YZ300 then transfer to an KTM300 XC earlier than displaying you Cody Webb’s manufacturing facility Sherco 300 after which prime all of it off with a customized KTM380 FE construct that may blow your thoughts! Our 2-Stroke Behind The Build is all about our YZ300 construct with Fasthouse and Twisted Development fro Trevor Stewart. Don’t miss that unique hyperlink on the backside of this publish!
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The Yamaha YZ250 is a confirmed commodity within the two-stroke world and hasn’t seen very many adjustments to its powerplant for the reason that early to mid 2000s. This just isn’t as a result of the Yamaha engineers are lazy; it’s simply because the YZ250 is that good. However, as , the Dirt Bike journal workers simply can’t depart well-enough alone. If 250cc is nice, then 300cc has bought to be higher, proper?
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The final of a dying bread. KTM’s 2019 KTM300 XC was the final off-road bike to return off the meeting line fitted with a carburetor . We love this bike to today. It had some points however we adore it anyhow. On this challenge we labored with corporations like Vertex, FMF, IMS Products, TM Designworks, Dunlop, ODI Handlebars and way more.
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In the Sherco mannequin line, the Factory model of the 300cc two-stroke is the upscale mannequin. For 2021, the U.S. importer didn’t herald the usual mannequin (known as the “Racing” version), so Cody’s bike has fewer modifications than you would possibly count on. The most vital one is using KYB A-kit suspension, which is ready up by The Ride Shop in Arizona. The body and bodywork are all commonplace situation, and Cody doesn’t use a steering damper.
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You gotta love a motorbike that makes folks look. Bob Casper’s KTM 380SX Factory Edition is like that. What’s even higher, it makes folks pay attention too. This is a dust bike that confuses onlookers on so many ranges. On preliminary contact it prompts about three questions within the first millisecond: Was that Ryan Dungey? Was {that a} Factory Edition? Hey, was {that a} two-stroke? No, sure, sure. The object is Bob Casper’s KTM 380SX, a customized merging of a extremely fascinating fashionable bike and a considerably forgotten cult bike.
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2-STROKE BEHIND THE BUILD
We at all times get caught up within the elements that go into making the construct occur, however on this case, Kenny Alexander from Fasthouse and Manual Gasper of Gasper Racing had been huge components. Fasthouse is a neighborhood SoCal attire firm that’s all about having time with family and friends. They present enormous assist to their athletes in many alternative methods, relying on what every particular person wants. Between Fasthouse and Gasper Racing, they’ve a small fleet of Yamaha YZ250 machines that may be known as into motion at any time, and it doesn’t cease there. In the previous, they’ve purchased brand-new four-strokes for our take a look at riders, the Wageman brothers, to race the West Coast Supercross. Not many corporations give again to the game to assist the stoke like these guys do, and we will’t thank them sufficient.
We’ve had the Moto Morini X-Cape within the store for just a few weeks now. It’s a motorcycle that wants a vacation spot; you may’t simply exit on a lunch trip with one thing like this. It deserves an actual journey, one thing like a LaPaz run or at the least a Backroads Discovery Route. Finally, we broke down and took it for a trip within the San Bernardino Mountains. That may not be what the bike deserves, however that’s what time permits–for now.
If you don’t know what a Moto Morini is, that’s forgivable. It’s an Italian model that was a really large deal in Europe again within the day, however by no means had a lot of a U.S. presence. In the ‘80s, Moto Morini grew to become part of the Cagiva group together with Husqvarna, Ducati and MV Agusta. Subsequently, it went by plenty of possession adjustments to finally find yourself as a part of an Asian funding group referred to as Zhongneng. Now, the corporate maintains its design headquarters in Milan whereas manufacturing is in China.
Mark Tilley on the Moto Morini X-Cape.
The X-Cape is an entry-level journey bike, but it surely’s a gorgeous machine. You can inform that the Italians nonetheless have vital affect–it wouldn’t look misplaced in a Ducati dealership. The worth is your first large clue that it’s no Ducati. The X-Cape has a instructed retail worth of $8299. Right now there’s a deal for $1000 off (or a free baggage set). That places the Morini in the identical vary as a Kawasaki KLR650, and it’s far more of a motorbike. It has first-rate elements; Brembo triple disc brakes, a totally adjustable Marzocchi fork and a KYB shock. The 17/19” wheel combo has spoked rims with double-walls that may settle for tubeless tires. The tires themselves are Pirelli Scorpion Rally semi-knobs with wonderful off-road functionality. The cockpit has a 7-inch pill as its main instrument together with two USB ports and an adjustable windscreen. Our bike had an adjunct aluminum skid plate.
The motor is manufactured by CF Moto. Our bike had an adjunct aluminum skid plate that sells for $220.
When you trip the bike off-road it’s a gasoline. The energy is clean and the Bosch gasoline injection is seamless. It’s not probably the most highly effective journey bike–the motor is a 649cc twin manufactured by CF Moto. It makes about 60 horsepower, which is a lot within the dust. Right now, the ADV world is filled with preposterously highly effective bikes that want traction management and varied trip modes simply to be manageable. The X-Cape occupies that center floor the place refined using aids aren’t particularly helpful. It nonetheless makes sufficient energy to stroll away from KLR 650s and Japanese 600cc dual-sport bikes with ease, but it surely gained’t problem a KTM 690 Enduro or a Husky 701. All of these bikes are singles, in fact, and weigh significantly much less. In the world of twins, the one two bikes we’ve examined on this vary are the Suzuki V-Strom 650 and the Benelli TRK502. The Suzuki has barely extra energy than the Morini, which has noticeably greater than the Benelli.
The anti lock brakes may be disabled simply for off-road. Pirelli tires and Brembo brakes are among the many high-end Euro components that come as customary tools.
Both the Suzuki and the Benelli are far more avenue oriented than the X-Cape. The Morini displays some actual off-road engineering. The using place feels pure and the suspension isn’t half unhealthy. It feels fairly comfortable at low speeds, though it’s arrange a bit of too delicate for a quick tempo. It does have a sure vary of adjustability–way over you’d anticipate for a motorcycle on this worth vary. Overall, it handles surprisingly nicely. The entrance finish sticks and the rear finish slides easily and predictably with out getting scary.
That’s in all probability the best half in regards to the X-Cape. It doesn’t scare you–bodily or financially. The apparent flaw with high-dollar journey bikes is that you simply don’t wish to push the sting–not with a fats, hungry cost e book at residence. The X-Cape sells for the worth of a 125 motocross bike, so you may afford to get a bit of unfastened. We plan on taking the Morini someplace cool within the close to future to see the way it holds up on the lengthy haul, so keep tuned. The take a look at will seem within the March Buyer’s Guide concern of Dirt Bike.
On this week’s 2-Stroke Tuesday Carson Brown tells us a little bit of the story behind building his KDX220 project and why he thinks it’s one of the best off-road woods bikes ever built. If you want to see the mighty KDX220 in action scroll to the bottom of this page. We promise you won’t be disappointed in what this machine can do with Carson at the controls. For the full story on this build check out the February 2024 printed issue of Dirt Bike Magazine.
We found this particular 1997 KDX 220 on Facebook Marketplace for a pretty good deal. It wasn’t in the best shape but we knew it would be a fun build.
Naturally the first order of business after getting this gem home was to really asses what was needed. As you probably expected a complete engine rebuild was needed. We got online and ordered all the rebuild parts needed from Motosport.com and sent the cylinder off to Southern California so Pro Circuits Mitch Payton could work his magic.
Before we installed the dunlop tires the wheels got new purple rims and oversized spokes connected to the refurbished OEM hubs all put together by Kristen and the crew at Dubya.
The pipe was a Platinum 2 that had to come from the rafters in some old stock room because we don’t see it anywhere on Pro Circuits website and the silencer was originally built for a KX250 motocross model.
Guts Racing seat foam covered by a retro purple gripper cover. Other chassis bolt-on items included Devol Racing aluminum guards and skid plate, complete Works Connection clutch perch system, Renthal bars and drive system,
The KDX200/220 was one of the best woods bikes ever made in my humble opinion. It’s simple, and cheap. The engine with its KIPS power valve was super smooth and torquey back in the day; kind of like a 4 stroke without the weight and complexity.
Less than two weeks after the debut of the 2024 Porsche Panamera, the automaker has another excuse to rejoice. This marks the departure of the two-millionth Porsche from its Leipzig meeting line, a surprising Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid completed in a chic Madeira Gold Metallic, which is now en path to its new proprietor in Dubai.
Since it debuted in Leipzig in 2009, the Panamera line has performed a pivotal function within the success story of Porsche’s manufacturing location in Saxony. The second era’s manufacturing commenced in 2016, marking the Panamera’s integration as a “true Leipziger” when the meeting plant was expanded right into a full manufacturing facility with a paint store and physique manufacturing.
For this week’s Two-Stroke Tuesday we are in Idaho to give you the first look at our 1996 KX250 2-Stroke that we teamed up with Pete Treadwell from WPS/Fly Racing and Moto One Of Boise to build. We gotta thank the entire staff at Western Powersports for making our “Working Man” project come to life. We packed 2-Stroke Theater with 10 must see Kawasaki two-stroke videos from our mad video scientist Travis Fant and there is an exclusive link to the notorious KDX500 we tested.
This project is all about building a bike that the average working man could afford to purchase, build and maintain without going into the poorhouse. We teamed up with Western Powersports for the products and Moto One Of Boise Idaho did most of the heavy lifting when it came to turning wrenches.
Fire Power is the WPS house brand for hard parts, their gold chain was used on this build along with a Stealth SuperSprox hybrid rear sprocket.
