2021 250 SML Shootout
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2020
- It’s an exciting time to be a motocross rider and racer, as technology has advanced so far these days that there truly is no motorcycle that cannot win in bone-stock condition. In the early days of our sport, riders raced converted street and trail bikes with headlights removed, swingarms cut, and shock angles relocated. Even in the more recent glory years of the modern two-stroke, bikes needed to be heavily modified to be raced in the upper classes competitively. Well no more! The modern 250cc four-stroke motocross bike pumps out plenty of easy to use power, has adjustability that we could only dream of a decade ago, and is suspended better, and has superior handling characteristics than bikes made even five years ago.
This year, we’ve been logging laps on the crop of 2021 250s since as early as the first week of September and although we already had a good idea of how the five machines stacked up against one another, we gathered for one final day of comparison testing at Cahuilla Creek Motocross in Anza, California. Yes, the Suzuki RM-Z250 and Gas Gas MX 250 are absent, but neither bike has arrived on US shores as of yet, and we decided to move forward as readers are anxious to see how the available machines compare. For this year’s final day of testing, we gathered the same panel of test riders from 2020 - plus long-time test rider Mike Sleeter - and invited the manufacturers to attend and help set us their machines ideally for each test rider. Maxxis ST tires were installed on all the machines to ensure consistent traction and eliminate tire discrepancies from the influencing factors, while we used AMSOIL lubricants to keep all of the bikes running smoothly. As always, Jared Hicks at Backyard Design supplied numberplate backgrounds for all of the bikes, and they fit perfectly and stayed adhered through all of the abuse.
So, how did the bikes compare? Much of the finishing order was predictable, but there were a couple of big surprises! Press play to see what our panel of six thought of the 2021 machines. - Sport
Still a big Yamaha guy, 2nd choice would be Honda
same my second choice is suzuki
Pat just always seems to know what he's talking about 💯👌
I will always be a loyal kawasaki rider. Grew up on them and have never been disappointed. Plus I support my local dealer which is a kawasaki dealer. I honestly watch these just to see how my preferred brand is doing against the competition. Holding up well so far 👍✊🔥
I always had a kx 250f but decided to go with the yz 250f 2021 the power tuner app was the deciding factor.
I'm hoping kawi will add the app in 2023. All brands will have to in my opinion. It's just to good of a tool. I think Suzuki has it on there bike
SML is becoming one of my favorite magazines.
I love the fact that they dont talk bad about the bikes like some other magazines do.
All bikes are good nowadays
You cant go wrong with any of them.
I like all the test riders but i love the wisdom and integrity of Maeda and Foster.
They have been around for many years and i hope they will stay for a long time
Yeha your right except they pick the bikes that they like not what’s best for that year Honda keeps on getting picked in a high spot which is just crazy because they make no power compared to the other brands yes there amazing looking but people don’t even want to go on the Honda 250 team as the bikes are under powered ktm or husky wasn’t even picked or talked about which is just crazy when they have been making the most power since 2016 there the lightest bikes there is there amazing to ride they have one of the best suspension out there engines are super reliable there a bit slow on the low end but a exhaust and mapping will fix that
@@tylersvensson4468 i wouldn't choose the Honda either but crf250r is the weapon of choice for many top riders and teems.
Geico Honda( Rip☺) was one if the best Teams, much better than TLD KTM at least.
It turns great, is the most flickable bike of the shooutout and very fun also.
I was surprised also for the KTM but i understand than many riders don't like the air forks even if the AER fork is considered as a very good air fork, is still an air fork.
5th place doesn't mean that the SX250F is a bad bike. All bikes are good, the differences are very small.
SWL never said bad things about the KTM. They just prefer more the other bikes.
I love this approach
@@tylersvensson4468 yea Jett Lawrence seems to be struggling on the Honda
@@tylergardner9918 I think his killing it on the Honda in outdoors but I would say it’s underpowered still to the other brands which power isnt everything but on a 250 it’s one of the most important things
Awesome content thankyou
Yeah I had a feeling that new KX was gonna be great
YZ250F. Got my first one new in 2014, I've upgraded every 3 years since, just ordered my 2022 YZ. I used to ride Honda, but for me Yamaha just fits perfectly.
This is all very nice to hear and watch. But I feel like it’s all the same tracks and the same conditions every time. And so none of this really applies to us here is southern UK. Need this to happen in real deep nasty conditions. The kid talks about bumps. Not a bump on that track. Give these guys these bikes in conditions where it’s really rough and I’d love to hear what they say about the bikes. FYI not a KTM guy at all, not ranting. Lol but again thanks for the content I love it. 🤙🤙🤙
Well they are based out of SOCAL so there isn't anything rough out here besides glen helen.
A lot of Mitch in that KX250. That would be the only machine I’d be interested in leaving Austria for.
That’s my man Don go Blue!!!!
I love Yamaha I just can't get over heavy / wide feel. As soon as Yamaha figures this out I would love to buy one!!
I agree. I ride woods and was going to get the fx but to me it seems like its alot heavier than it is. The 250x feels the same to me also. I'm probably going with the kx
When do The Suzuki and gasgas rew com out
Lets go!!
Just picked up a 21 YZ250F. Thing is fuckin sick, light years ahead my 19 CRF250R
you guys should consider doing a beginner level shootout, since 75% of the consumers fall in that category
Swapmoto is seriously my favorite dirt bike channel
💚 2021 Kawasaki KX 250.
You guys talked to the Suzuki guys , you mean they have people there, that you still can talk too.
I ride and race a 2018 crf450 and my buddy has a 20 kx250. When i rode it i noticed how narrow the bike was up front. The suspension felt nice and the bike had tons of over rev and handling is predictable. My other friend has a 20 crf250r and i honestly wasn’t a fan of it. It lacks bottom end, has decent mid and plenty of top, breaks were great and the handling was superb, but the engine sucked, he did do a full yosh system which helped the bottom some.
The first, and final step when choosing a new Motocross Bike, check the manufacturers contingency offerings and find dealership willing to sponsor@!
Do you have any tips on the sponsorship im trying to get a ktm and there is a dealership near me
Kawi is the best!!
How did the Honda finish 3rd, heard it was a toad? Mike Sleeter said the KTM 125 was faster then the Honda Crf250r.
Handling goes into affect more then speed
I would like to see the same good rider riding faster on a stock 125 vs an 2021 bike, whatever brand. Let's be honest, it's just bs thinking a 125 is really a faster bike on a track. I love 125s but the 250 is the faster bike.
Mike sleeter talks a load of 💩most of the time ktm 125 will keep up with any 4 stroke if your ride it right but this past couple years Honda just suck for the 250 class but then you have people about handling which is just bs because in the 250 class you want that bike to be screaming you can change bikes handling to your liking since 2017 it’s only ktm and Yamaha that have been up there same with 450 class that’s if you include Honda I don’t really get why they do the reviews because the bikes are all good but bikes for different people but the market is mainly for racers and the whole bike is going to be built so it doesn’t really matter what they say
@@tylersvensson4468 what about 125 class
@@tylersvensson4468 what's best for the 125 class
How was the GAS GAS? I couldn't find the review on it.
Ktm buddy watch that and you will find ya self a review
@@LukePowell932 is that before or after the suzuki review?
Crazy hype about having 3 of the same bike but no one cares that Suzuki has turned to dust
Hey chan, where’s the Suzuki?
I got a feed yesterday for the 250f shootout from a different channel and I said nope, I only watch sml shootouts
Its good to get more opinions as well
Now which one would be the best mod bike? 21' mod bike shootout?! Please? Lol
Suzuki bc how cheap you can buy them for then dump a good chunk of change into it
@@sentmotorsports6552 lol yeah
I feel like they just picked the bikes that had changes...that doesn't mean the ktm and husky should be last...sorry ut the Honda is flawed in every other review...so how it beats out the two fastest lightest bikes...God knows...they should of explained their decision on the hisky ktm aswell..plus if the Suzuki is the same..go get a 2020..
What if I told you all these reviews were BS from the get go.
its a 2021 shootout for a reason dumbass they are ranking them based on the best changes and which one has a bit of everything you need, just because the ktm is a powerhouse doesnt mean it can beat every other bike same with the husky
@@legend3033 ...a shootout is not just who has the best changes or even any changes you wank stain...go watch some shootouts from before..plenty of times bikes like the Honda..brought out a completely new bike with lots of changes..and guess what..it sucked...and the Yamaha had no changes..and won..because it still was the best all around performer...
0:48 thats too much to ask for apparently
I got a 21 Yz250x ride Blue !
Need opinions. I'm 6-2 210 lbs and a novice. Which manufacturer if any makes a bike that would suit taller riders???
The have risers you can add so any bike really but kawasakis sit higher than yamaha and hondas
and suzuki?
Gas Gas
KTM fanboys heads exploding in 3 2 1 🔥🔥
Prob not tho....
no my head hasn’t exploded
Wrong emoji
🤯
Tetap dan selalu Kawasaki💚
How about the TM?
they don't do tm because they don't race the pro races in America
I like how they are all just leaving suzuki out of the shoot out not like it matters we all know what place it would have gotten
Couple more rides and the Kawi will seize the piston up lol
I was gonna get a Suzuki 21 but they took forever to ship so s*** I got a CR 450🔥
There is no CR450...You mean CRF450R
The YZ has been destroying in Supercross all year however.
Doesnt suprise me, I made the call that the Kwaka will win and it did, Cant believe how far down the euros are, they have work to do, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!!!!!!!!
The kx is more fun to ride, and da’s whaz ‘bout!
WhErEs ThE BeTaS?
Funny how mxa always pick ktm as winner though 🤔
Money talks
This whole video is a commercial for some drink powder.....
Yet Swapmoto and vital are sponsored by Yamaha 😂😂 Lightest in class, highest power/torque output in class, best brakes in class. I could go on and on. Its not science chief
I love KTM it is the best
Everyone says the Honda is brutally slow in bottom end. But For the a average rider more than enough I think
Dam KTM has fell hard. well get the Gas Gas whn it comes in & do nother test. & see wht happens. Jst Kiddin. Thnks Swap Moto & Donn✌
The gas gas is just a cheaper ktm
No Suzuki!?
Lmao did you even watch the video
Is suzuki not going to release any 2021 bikes? None of the shootouts are showing 2021's
They haven’t come to the states yet with the 2021 It’s the same bike as 2020 tho
did you not see the first 30 seconds? he literally tells you why its not there
Of course the 2 stroke ones are best.
Funny how none of them said ktm or a husky and game last if they went to race them even though ktm and husky make more power then all of them I don’t get why they do these because the people saying stuff about the bikes ride that brand that they say we need a honest review
If u check the Dino charts on the 2020 models u will see that the ktm and husky done make the most power
@@marynapier3962 it’s a no brainier that ktm and husky’s make the most power I hear everyone complaining how there no people that are wanting to go into the Honda 250f team as there the slowest bikes when it comes to 250f you want to be screaming the lungs of the bikes with also having a lot of bottom end which that’s what Yamaha are doing as there star racing team is the best 250f team out there
Maybe ease up on the polarizer a bit? The whole video is way too dark.
And is it true, the rumors, that Suzuki will no longer be continuing the manufacturing of motocross bikes?
they made 2021 bikes but who knows for the future
I think that they should bring back the two strokes again, because they will make so much money. Its a great marketing thing to do now that they don't have a race team. And two strokes are becoming alot more popular. 👍
No it's not true. The only reason they weren't in the shootout was because their shipment was delayed. They will continue to make and develop bikes for years to come. Big things will be happening for the next model year
2 stroke 250 any brand wins!
Notice how gaytm and husky got no votes XD
Not a real shootout without all the bikes there. Just do it when they’re all there then more people will watch
Suzuki would have got last , and gas gas is practically the same bike as ktm and husky
@@tylerblackburn3533 Depends on who’s riding it, Suzuki is a favourite for some riders. And nobody really knows what the gas gas would’ve done because it wasn’t there. The shootout was a waste of time
Theres no way kx is #1
Nobody testing the Suz anymore?
cuz they are such crap this year haha.
they haven’t arrived in the states same bike as last year tho so yeah it’s pretty garbage
They unfortunately due to money were unable to update their bikes to they split their company to focus on certain things like off-road and others. But they will be updating their bikes next year.
Keefers Som picked it first
I’m assuming the Suzuki still sucks.
yes. just like the last 15 years
@@flinthillskid785 9
You watch MotoGP?
@@caydenthompson126 no why
@@flinthillskid785 i think he asked because there are more Suzuki riders on the GP
Where’s buttery
uffff
1. kawasaki
2. yamaha
3. honda
4.Husqvarna
5. Ktm
Thank me later
nah thank you right now, i didn’t wanna watch this bullshit 💀.
Yamaha >>>>
No Suzuki! No Gasgas! .....carry on.
CR 250R 😂 you mean CRF250R CR is a 2 stroke they have not made them sense 2007
gasgas
I’m so sick of watching mr Yamaha (Pat) do these tests. I’m done watching anything you guys do till he’s gone.
He even picked the heaviest, widest bike in the 450 shootout as the winner.
I agree 😂😂
Dude is not just Foster.
Yz450f and kx450 won the most shootouts last year also.
Kris keefer also is a big fan of the Yz450f
I think that generally Yamaha fits better big guys.
Short guys seems that they struggle with the dimensions of the bike.
Pingree for example.
Hey Brad! Sorry to bum you out with my choice. I appreciate you watching our stuff until now and hope you will continue. What can I say... The Yamaha has a great motor, the best suspension, tracks straight and corners well. When you consider the entire package, it is the best 250 for me this year. I know you may not want to hear it from me, how about Ping? I have a ton of respect for Ping - the Yamaha SMASHED his shootout. Keefer is a close friend and great at what he does. We compare thoughts all the time - He also LOVES Yamahas. Do me a favor and check out our In Depth Videos that are dropping now where we talk more about each bike individually, it will give more context to how we made our decisions and layout just how good the whole class is. You will also see how close the Kawasaki came to being my #1. Thanks again for your support until now - I hope you will stay with us.
@@patfoster4607👍👍👍👍
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As women presence is increasing in the sport, have you thought about having a female like Jordan Jarvis or Raelyn Rooney test the bikes? Just genuinely curious as females maybe looking to buy and there is not a lot of reviews, if any reviews, from women. Just a thought.
A 14 year old in a 125cc chineese bike can beat a w5 year old in a 250cc brand bike if he is good enough
Guys its 75%rider and 25% bike
It can be a honda or a kawi or a yamaha and it does not matter as long as you get used to the bike you are riding
After riding Yamaha since 2014. I finally made the switch from a 2019 YZ250F to a 2021 KX250. Best decision I’ve ever made.
would you recommend the kx250 for a trail bike and some street riding?
😡 With the @*÷ing commercials
Not really relevant here in the UK cos pretty much everyone has a KTM or Husky,
Paul , marketing is a powerful thing , fashion victims with dodgy wp
@@motozz8258 I recently sold my 2020 Honda 450 because I had bought and restored a 1991 KX 500 and found that it handled better off the box and was seconds a lap quicker at most tracks. I bought the KX because most riders I know are turning their backs on new bikes all the time and found them to be right. Those that are buying the KTMs and Huskys are trying to get in to the championships but marketing is virtually non existent except on specialist media but nearly all riders we know are loyal to their local shops and the brands they carry. Personally though I found the tubular cradle framed KTMs do handle miles better than the Japanese bikes.
KTM all the way mate
Buckets of shit mate
Bad review KTM is on top watch motocross actions video they know bikes
The 1997 cr250
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Today I learned that they all are eating some weird cyclists gel. Very little info about motorbikes though :(
Nice to see shootouts not dominate by those ugly orange or white and yellow bikes
The honda is going to win.
Yamaha all the way.
Ktm quality is unmatched
ktms seems to break down fairly quickly
I’ve never had a ktm break on me. I do think it’s a toss up as far as which bike is better. All the bikes are so good it’s hard to go wrong with anything now a days
@@michaelstratton8621 never had my ktm break down and its been 4 years
lol, at the repair shop for sure
None of them are
any good tell you put all kinds of money in them!!
couldn't be any more false of a statement
Bro you must rip so hard.... glad everyone that sees this comment will no how badass you are.
Okay you make a dirt bike you must be so good at it
@@ROOJsound ss