Honda is indisputably one of the best ... The CRF250R and CRF250F are both bright red dirt bikes with a vaguely similar silhouette, but look at them side by side for more than a few seconds ...

(To be fair, it’s still more dirt-ready than most street bikes, a topic I’ll explore in the next section.) Inspired by Honda scramblers of the 1960s, this bike’s classic design is very much on display ...