When racing off-road, and in this case a National Enduro, you are looking for a few things in your ride that I myself am not too familiar with. I have motocross running through my veins and am more aggressive than most when it comes to trail riding. When I first hopped on the new 2012 [...]
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With this bikes powerful motor there is no hesitation to wheelie. Building a bike that fits everyone is a very difficult assignment to be tasked with. The manufacturer is left with the duty of making a machine that will fit the average guy spot on, but you can’t make everyone happy. What about the guy [...]
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Today, technology is constantly evolving into something that is better than what was available yesterday. Just look at modern motocross bikes; as technology keeps improving, it seeps deeper and deeper into the motorcycle community and is slowly changing the way we work on our machines. Now we have wires running in and out of each [...]
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It’s about that time of year when new products and gear start to show up with more color ways, patterns and stripe combos than you could imagine. Some companies like Answer, MSR and Pro Taper are far ahead of the curve and are already prepared to showcase what they have come up with for 2012. [...]
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When riding areas close down due to angry people who don’t like dust or noise and gas prices shoot sky high, it seems like something is telling us to rethink the way we look at dirt biking. Zero Motorcycles is diving head first into a world of green energy with a team of guys who [...]
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Kacy Martinez Glen Helen hosted a benefit ride day for Nathan Woods on February 23, 2011. The location was perfect and so was the turn out as Nathan’s family, friends and fans came out in large numbers to ride and pay their respects to the fallen champion. In fact, there were so many people that [...]
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Pat Smage abuses his rear wheel (and tire). Photo by Shan Moore This course tests top speed (for a horse), your ability to slow down and how fast you can shift your weight from side to side in between poles. The technicality factor definitely plays the bigger part in this test due to the tight [...]
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Hey all you readers and riders/handymen, we are looking for some cool trail tips. If there is anything you would like to share that you have come up with, built, engineered, rigged, thrown together and slightly or significantly modified that improves your riding on the trails or at the track then we would love to [...]
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Husqvarna, who is now owned by the German brand BMW is still producing fierce looking and excellent performing dual sport and off-road racing machines. At the Husky Intro in Randsburg, CA, we got a quick ride on the 2011 TE and TXC449. Both of these bikes have that aggressive look that makes you want to [...]
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Check out this new Troy Lee Designs GP Air gear. This stuff is super vented and I’m waiting for that perfect hot day to go out to the track and bust out some long 30 plus minute motos to see how cool it keeps me. So far it’s holding up great and as soon as [...]
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Competitive Edge MX Park has introduced an all-new Amateur Supercross track to their location. It is very unique in the sense that no other motocross facility in southern California has a layout quite like this. It’s fun and safe for that young and inspired kid who has dreams of racing at Anaheim someday, and at [...]
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It’s officially another year (well, according to the manufacturers, anyways) and Yamaha has introduced another competitive motocross machine: The 2011 YZ450F. Although very similar to last year’s revolutionary 2010, this bike has undergone a couple of revisions. The first is the YZ450F’s fuel tank, which has an increased capacity of 200ccs from 6.0 to 6.2 [...]
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We slapped on our Dirt Rider edition Factory Effex graphics and hit the track to work in this bike to get some hours on it before shootout time. Can minimal changes make a difference? Stranger things have happened. SPECS MSRP* $7,250 (White/Red) Available from September 2010 $7,150 (Yamaha Blue/White) Available from September 2010 Engine Type [...]
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HILLSDALE, Mich., (Aug. 9, 2012) – The
The Monster Energy Cup was the first
The start is everything when you
Two wins and a second earns him
