2018 450 MOTOCROSS SHOOTOUT
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SHOOTOUT
IT WAS A FIGHT TO THE FINISH, BUT AFTER WEEKS
OF TESTING, TURNING, JUMPING AND, YES, EVEN
SOME CRASHING, WE HAVE A WINNER OF OUR 2018
CYCLE NEWS 450 MX SHOOTOUT
H
ere we go again. As we always do this time of year, we
round up the current crop of big-bore 450cc motocross
bikes with the goal of determining which bike is best.
Sounds simple, right? It's not. In fact, determining a winner is
getting harder and harder each year, and the painful cliché that
each one of these bikes is great couldn't ring more true for
2018. There isn't a bad apple in the bunch; instead, each one is
a modern technical marvel. But they are indeed different animals
on the track, each one having their own distinct personality (even
between the Husqvarna and KTM (two motorcycles that roll off
LET'S DO IT!
