Unless you are eligible for an age-group class, when you enter the SCORE Baja 1000 on a Honda CRF450X you are automatically in Class 22: Open Pro racing with the big boys. For 2012 more so than in any recent year, all eyes in the dirt bike world were on the battle for the Class 22 championship between perennial powerhouse Honda, in the form of Johnny Campbell Racing, Robbie Bell’s Kawasaki team and the KTM effort spearheaded by Kurt Caselli. It was a winner-take-all deal: Win the race and win the championship.

This bike is incredibly practical and tons of fun. Not many bikes can boast this level of versatility and efficiency, and at that price? The CRF250L is a winner. The market is calling for more efficient and affordable motorcycles, and Honda says the CBR250R, NC700X, and CFR250L are just the beginning. Optimistic? You bet we are.

Our official introduction to the CRF110F was at the Honda Rider Education Center in Colton, Ca. Honda is the only manufacturer that has a facility dedicated to teaching beginning riders the basic fundamentals of riding a dirt bike. Their two-acre dirt bike riding grounds is for anyone eager to learn to ride.

The entire point of off-road or dual-sport riding is getting away from the rat race and into the outdoors. We want to blow out the mental cobwebs and push our physical limits away from crowds, stress, traffic and speed limits.

It was a remarkable night for Team Honda Muscle Milk’s newest rider Justin Barcia who not only made his debut aboard the factory Honda CRF450R but proved himself a contender by winning the second annual Monster Energy Cup in Las Vegas, NV.