Author Archives : "Chris Green"

The 2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition

Dirt Rider was invited to KTM’s headquarters in Murrieta, CA to meet the team and get a quick rundown on RD5’s new whip for the year; the 2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition.
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Dirt Rider Quick Tips - Tool Pack Organization

Trail Pack Organization

A tool bag or pack is a very essential item for any serious off-roader that goes out with the intentions of an adventure. Chris Denison gives you a quick tip about Trail Pack Organization in this video.
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6D Helmet – Advanced Impact Defense

A helmet’s job is to protect not only your head but also the precious brain inside it. At Dirt Rider we are open to any product that can help prevent injury in the case of a crash. The new 6D helmet comes at the world of head protection differently than the rest and we recently got a first look at how the designers of the helmet are approaching the science of protecting riders grey matter.
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2012 KTM 300 XC-W – BRP Project Bike

The rocky mountains of Colorado call for a certain type of weapon in the form of a linkage-less 300cc two-stroke… in orange of course. Broken down in KTM terminology, we are talking about the 2012 KTM 300 XC-W, and no bashing the 2013 here, we just didn’t have one on hand in the square state. Jim Rios of BRP recently picked up this steed and offered to deck it out from head to toe with an outstanding list of mods
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What Really Happened: Everett EnduroCross

Photos By Chris Green And Drew Ruiz The 2012 EnduroCross series is in its final stages, and while it’s not quite over yet, anything can happen as we saw on October 20th in Everett, Washington’s Comcast Arena. During practice the track proved to have some difficult sections, the most challenging was an elevated rock garden [...]
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Taddy Blazusiak takes the win from Everett. At times it looked like Taylor Robert was gaining ground but was never close enough to make a move. Bobby Prochnau took a respectable third behind the KTM and Kawi riders.

Everett, WA GEICO AMA EnduroCross Results 2012

Photos By Chris Green Blazusiak On Top of Everett, Washington EnduroCross Taylor Robert finished second ahead of Canada’s Bobby Prochnau Everett, WA (October 20, 2012) – A sold out Comcast Arena in Everett, Washington hosted round six of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross series and witnessed an amazing night of racing. Although KTM’s Taddy Blazusiak got [...]
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2012 Colorado 600

When the Colorado 600 Trail Symposium rolls around, you know it’s time to hop up off of your couch, straight into your garage and prep your iron horses for the trail.
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Consistency is the recipe for EnduroCross.

GEICO AMA EnduroCross Results: Ontario

Taddy Blazusiak seemed to be back on top of his game taking the win, while Justin Soule re-entered the EX series after a serious shoulder injury, Destry Abbott popping in and out of retirement for select races and the KTM rider Mike Brown barely making his way into the main event via the Last Chance Qualifier. The LCQs were stacked with talent and the aggression of the riders going for it all made for truck loads of action-packed, all-out battles.
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Chris Green racing Trialcross on the Ossa

2011 Ossa TR280i Trials Bike Update

Associate Editor Chris Green was covering the Sacramento round of EnduroCross earlier this year, and in between running around the track shooting photos and catching up with the riders, he got a chance to race the TrialsCross class on a 2012 Ossa TR280i.
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2013 Honda CRF250R – First Impression

With the economy still suffering in the Obama years, bike manufacturers have been feeling the crunch. Yes, we all love brand new models but sometimes a little can go a long way when it comes to re-building one type of machine. Honda had one of the best 250Fs out on the market in 2012 so they decided to "refine" their latest addition, the 2013 CRF250. Honda gave us a call to meet them at Lake Elsinore MX Park (the site
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On Two Wheels Episode 10

On this episode of On Two Wheels, the Dirt Rider testing crew heads to a top-secret midwest testing location to compare four of the most competitive off-road bikes on the market: The Honda CRF450X, the Beta 450RR, the Yamaha WR450F and the KTM 450 XC-W.
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2013 Yamaha YZ250F – First Impression

The blue machines have made their way in to the hands of the media and we cruised on out to Piru MX Park to pick up Dirt Rider’s 2013 Yamaha YZ250F. The changes that were made are very minor and only consist of a few little things such as the white rear fender, new graphics, a different color bar that is now black (same bar bend) and a new bar pad.
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