CONTENTS
Volume 49 Number 3
On the cover: Trail Rider Test Rider
"Beau Pro" Viens warming up to
Honda's new CRF250F
4 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com
14 K-Tech Off Road Valve System
WP XPLOR Fork Upgrade
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5 Flashback!
Simplicity
8 2019 Honda CRF250F
By Kurt Flachbart & Beau Viens
26 The Trials Section
By Stuart Preston
32 Vintage Resurrection
1997.5 KTM 200LE Jackpiner
Kurt "Flash" Flachbart
Editor in Chief
Editor
Carole White
Art Director
Holly Longley
Photography
Kurt Flachbart
Contributors
Stu Preston
Bill Pa erson
Beau Viens
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The adver sing deadline for the April issue is
March 28 2019
24 Readers Rides: 2019 Yamaha YZ250F
By Owen Tirrell