After joining the Dirt Rider team in 2005 as Editor for the brand's then-bimonthly Mini Rider title, Chris Denison served as Associate Editor for several years before being named Editor In Chief of Dirt Rider Magazine in October of 2011. Drawing on a lifetime around dirt bikes that included a brief stint as a pro freestyle motocross rider, Denison now enjoys anything and everything on two wheels including off-road, motocross, trials, FMX, hard enduro and adventure riding.
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Well, the final products were posted, the readers voted and the results have been tallied, and it looks like the Ogio Stepup Ramp is the coolest product of the 2009 Indianapolis Motorcycle Dealer Expo. Although the ASV Triple Clamps gave the Ogio Ramp a run for its money early on, the final stretch allowed [...]
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As I sit here typing after another solid day at the Indy trade show, I’m simply shocked at how many sweet goodies that I saw at the show. If anyone tries to tell you that the economy is crushing the two-wheeled market, don’t believe it for a second: the Dealer Expo is proof that our [...]
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Story and photos by Chris Denison It’s Saturday night, the Dealer Expo is hoppin’ and the mean streets of Indy are filled with some of the most inebriated individuals in the motorcycle industry. Me? I’m sitting in my hotel room downloading photos from the day so that I can bring you, our loyal reader who [...]
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The 2009 Indy Dealer Expo is in full swing, and the show has already turned out a number of radical, new and just plain cool products from the best companies in the industry. Following, in no particular order, is the first round of cool new products that I spotted at the show today. Be ready [...]
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Dirt Rider has officially landed in Indy, and the countdown to the coolest product of the Dealer Expo has officially started. Fellow DR associate editor Pete Peterson and I arrived late this afternoon, and we are gearing up for a big weekend of checking out the latest, greatest goods in the two-wheel industry. Pete, in [...]
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Looking for the latest, greatest products and bikes in our sport? Well, you’re in luck: 2009 Indianapolis Motorcycle Dealer Expo is less than two weeks away. This annual event takes place over President’s Day weekend, and is where all the big name companies go to showcase their latest bikes, gear, hard parts and everything in [...]
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Well, round three of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series is officially in the books, and the racing was once again tighter than the 30-second-board girl’s stupid little outfit. In case you weren’t able to attend the race—or didn’t catch the CBS Sports broadcast—here is what you missed. The big news of the night is [...]
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Christmas is a great holiday. The snow, the food, the presents and the mystique of a fat stranger sneaking into your house through your chimney all make December 25th one of the biggest days of the year for most people. But for the moto-heads of the world, Christmas is a chance to get sponsored by [...]
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In two days, Las Vegas is going to explode. Not literally, of course, but the city may very well detonate when the 2008 Maxxis/ AMA Endurocross championship kicks off on Saturday night. As the last of six rounds on the 2008 EX circuit, the Vegas round culminates an astounding season packed with challenging tracks, huge [...]
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Here at Dirt Rider, we’re no strangers to travel. Although there are always plenty of cool races and events taking place locally, we pride ourselves in printing a magazine full of stories that were collected outside of—not just within—the 909 area code. While this certainly elevates the quality of our features and adds an element [...]
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If you live anywhere near Florence, South Carolina, you know that two things are coming: a hurricane and an Endurocross race. Luckily, the former is headed for the gulf instead, and the latter is going to be much more awesome than anything Mother Nature can come up with. With the race starting tomorrow, Dirt Rider [...]
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Bone-ger-no! I just landed from nearly a week in Italy at Husqvarna’s 2009 model intro, and I can say that the trip was a doozy. Crazy times zones, long flights, plenty of big meals and over a dozen bikes tested marked my overseas adventure, and I am now sorting through the aftermath of testing notes [...]
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As I sit here blankly staring at my too-small laptop screen, I am nearly 100% recovered from the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. What can be so strenuous about riding for 14 minutes up a big, wide road, you ask? Apparently nothing, except for the oxygen-less altitude, sleepless practice schedule and unavoidable pageantry that comes with [...]
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It’s rough. It’s rocky. And for the first time ever, it’s actually a series. The 2007 Maxxis Endurocross circuit kicks off tomorrow in Denver, Colorado with continuing action next week in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Read on as Dirt Rider gives you all the dirt from the road. In true gusto fashion, we hit California’s I-15 freeway [...]
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I’ve been living on the Honda 150R
HILLSDALE, Mich., (March 21, 2012) – Right
HILLSDALE, Mich., (March 15, 2012) – American-made
Now that the weather has turned cold
