Ask any privateer racer how difficult his job is, and you’ll get the same answer every time: Competing without high-level support is like rowing upstream without an oar. The cards are certainly stacked against the underdogs in our sport, but this is what makes it so cool when a privateer beats the odds and gets [...]
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There’s no doubt many of you will scoff when you read this Pro Secret. “I’ve been breathing my entire life,” you’ll say, “and I don’t need some Polish Hard Enduro racer to tell me how to do it when I ride!”Of course, breathing is something that comes quite naturally to most of us, but that [...]
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The motocross lineage of the Kawasaki KLX450R is made obvious when you hit the trail. The bike loves technical riding and disguises it’s off-road bulk quite well. Make no mistake about it: Kawasaki’s commitment to off-road is legit. Armed with a high-dollar off-road race team, a growing army of loyal Kawasaki riders and a strong [...]
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Greg Barely Godfrey EntertainmentThrillbillies DVDAs a huge fan of the Nitro Circus series, I had high hopes for the new ThrillBillies DVD from Godfrey Entertainment, but after several viewings I can say that I’m somewhat disappointed with this one. Although solid production quality and plenty of Travis’ own footage highlight the video, it seems to [...]
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Ogio450 Fanny PackI love fanny packs. Not the weird, touristy fanny packs or the ominous, undercovercop-looking ones, but the truly manly, utilitarian fanny packs that we racers use to stash all our junk. Lucky for me, Ogio’s functional 450 fanny pack makes me feel like I’m a member of an elite S.W.A.T. team, and it [...]
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Right now the sport of professional motocross is simply on fire. The talent pool is deep, the competition is fierce and the racing is absolutely incredible. Current champions are being challenged, legends are making comebacks and new heroes are popping up everywhere. With so much going on at the forefront of the sport, it is [...]
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As you have probably been told many times before, races are won and lost in the corners. With smoothness being a key ingredient to this technique, we couldn’t think of anyone better than Australian hotshot and KTM factory fast guy Jay Marmont to demonstrate how to keep your momentum in turns. Take it away, Jay.As [...]
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Nobody likes headshake, but unless you have the proper tension on your bike’s headset, the ever-frightening speed wobble is almost inevitable. Especially useful on rough terrain, proper headset adjustment is a very important element to proper handling. We recently asked K.C. Agnew, head mechanic for Team Bloodshot/HMS Capital/Hahm Motorsports, to shed some light on the [...]
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“You picked a 125 for a long haul bike? Are you out of your mind?”For some reason, I have been hearing that question a lot lately. Yes, I did choose the CR125R to ride for the whole year and no, according to my therapist I am not out of my mind anymore. Of course, the [...]
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Late into the 2005 National season, Amateur National star Ryan Villopoto jumped headfirst into the pro ranks. With a seemingly effortless style and a positive attitude, this humble kid from Washington state proceeded to turn heads everywhere with some blazing-fast rides in the Lites class, including a top-five finish at Steel City and a podium [...]
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As you may have seen from the last update on www.dirtrider.com, I have been putting our 2006 CR125R through the wringer. After being abused like a rental car through break-in, the Dirt Rider and Mini Rider shootouts and a handful of after-work fun rides, I took the little 125 under my wing as my Long [...]
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Anytime somebody tells you to “prepare for a weekend of carnage,” you know you’re in trouble.These were the exact words of EVS Sports’ Todd Lentz, who recently pioneered the Pastranaland getaway contest, in which three lucky winners could score an all-expenses-paid dream vacation to Travis Pastrana’s home in Maryland. The idea behind the trip was [...]
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When we last left our Long Haul CR144R, the likable little two-stroke had just undergone some major internal changes: a new top end with a domed piston, quite a bit of head work and an FMF PowerCore 2 silencer. We did all these things in an attempt to broaden the power on the 144 and [...]
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Well-prepared goggles can provide some of the most important protection in motocross. At a recent National, we spied Utopia Optic’s Simanovich working some fishing line onto a set of Mike Brown’s Roll Offs and asked what he was up to.”Installing fishing line onto your goggle, between the lens and the Roll Offs film, ensures that [...]
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When I first learned that 2007 would be the last year for Honda’s CR250R two-stroke, my jaw dropped in utter amazement. How in the world could a manufacturer simply abandon such a legendary machine? After all, the CR250R is the very same bike that Jeremy McGrath rode to his first 250cc supercross win, and it [...]
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