2025 GASGAS EX350F TEST - THE BEST OFF-ROAD RACE BIKE?!

#dirtbike #offroad #racing #sports #news #motorcycle This is now the flagship off-road race bike for GasGas. The model line has been trimmed down somewhat and the EX450F is no longer offered. That’s probably okay with most riders; the 350 was already the bike of choice for the GasGas off-road racers, including Jordan Ashburn, who finished third in the GNCC XC1 class and Josh Toth, who won the 2024 National Enduro Championship. Weirdly, not that many people seem to know that a GasGas earned the National Enduro title. There were no GasGas logos on Josh’s bike, no GasGas ads in the media and no GasGas factory mechanics in the pits.The backstory was that Josh rode a bunch of different venues in 2024 and did it on a bunch of different bikes, including GasGas, Honda and even Stark Future. The GasGas that he used to win the National Enduro championship was supplied by Enduro Engineering and was not even a current model. It was a true private effort on a year-old EX350F. It turns out that Josh actually liked the 2023 version better. The 2024 EX350F was a one-year model. It had a notoriously stiff frame, whereas the motocross bikes of that year were updated with a more compliant frame. Ashburn’s factory bike had the new MX frame installed by the Coastal GasGas team. But Toth, without factory support, simply used his old bike.With the arrival of the 2025 model, all that is ancient history. Toth has moved on to a Kawasaki and Ashburn will ride a standard EX350F. The newest version of the production EX350F has all the most current parts, including the updated frame with more compliant flex characteristics. It doesn’t look that different. The geometry is unchanged and all the bodywork is the same. If you look carefully, you can see that the new chassis has less material around the top shock mount. There are also changes around the steering head, and that’s enough to give the bike a different feel. All of the other updates that the bike got last year are still in play. The front suspension is now the coil-spring WP Xact fork. The rear is the WP Xact shock with linkage. Subscribe to Dirtbike Magazine: https://hi-torque.com/product/subscri... FREE APP DOWNLOAD Apple:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dirt-... Android: https://play.google.com/storeappsdeta... Amazon/kindle:     http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009D8V39C/ Follow Dirtbike Magazine:    / dirtbikemagazine   Dirtbike Magazine Website: http://www.dirtbikemagazine.com Dirtbike Magazine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/dirtbi... Dirtbike Magazine Twitter:   / dirtbikemag   Dirtbike Magazine Instagram:   / dirtbikemag