The MX vs. ATV video-game franchise has come a long way, and with this incarnation—MX vs. ATV Alive—comes as realistic of a motocross experience as has ever been had from your couch. (Note: This test was done with an advanced copy beta version of the game.) The number-one improvement to the racing in the newest [...]
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I feel the best aftermarket pipe is one that matches the strong points of the stock pipe and improves on the weak points. This is where the Akrapovic Evolution exhaust does an amazing job. It adds more torque down low, keeps the strong midrange and then adds a little more pull up top. Another big [...]
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Lubing a chain is like finger painting: Chances are you’re going to be stoked with the end result, but there’s always the possibility of making an awful mess in the process. Everyone has their opinions as to the best products and methods of chain lubrication, but I’m more of a grab-whatever-can-is-handy-when-the-chain-looks-dry type of guy. Recently, [...]
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Hey Dirt Rider, long time reader, first time writer. I’ve got some questions for the reader/ rider. We all have our opinions; best bike, best gear, favorite rider, trails, or track. But do any of us have the first clue about first aid? Leave the helmet on, take it off, is my buddy ok to [...]
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Exclusive video test: 2012 KTM 125 SX. Braaaaaap! www.dirtrider.com/2012-ktm-125sx-video Go see what our pedaling brothers are up to. www.bikemag.com/ Godspeed, Josh Lichtle. www.motocross.com/features/what-really-happened-redbud/ Vurb voiceover classic! www.vurbmoto.com/theatre/1563/vurb-voice-over-high-point/ Tweet, tweet! http://twitter.com/dirtridermag The truth about pit board messages http://www.motocross.com/features/motovation/
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* Quickies* 2007 is the fourth year in a row Cycle Gear will match donations made at any Cycle Gear store up to a total of $10,000 to the BlueRibbon Coalition. Go to www.cyclegear.com/keepriding.cfm for more info.* Want to help out Ernesto Fonseca? Want to save on insurance? Progressive will give Fonzie $3 for every [...]
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Every one of us DR staffers was fighting to get his hands on Kawasaki’s biggest bike of the year first. Luckily for me, I threw a leg over the off-road-specific offering from Team Green deep in the Arizona desert during the 2008 KLX450R introduction. Everyone else had to wait.Set in the thick of 700 varieties [...]
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Since participating in a 2004 Red Bull-sponsored Dakar Rider Search Challenge, California’s Chris Blais has become one of the top “raid-rally” protagonists on the planet. His three successful attacks on the mother of all off-road races have yielded finishes that most Dakar entrants only dream of: ninth overall in ’05, fourth overall in ’06 and [...]
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I love this L.A. Sleeve 400cc kit. It is designed to appeal to those who don’t like the big-bike feel of modern 450s but want a more-bulletproof mount rather than a punched-out 250F. This 400 has less power than a 450, but it is definitely not slow. It has a considerable acceleration edge on 250cc [...]
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As riders and racers, we’re intrigued with the inner workings of the world’s finest racing machines and the teams behind them. So when the DR team descended upon the hollowed tarmac of the Anaheim 1 pits, we had a couple of questions for the most talented riders and mechanics in the history of supercross: “How [...]
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Story by Nick Vleisides I fell in love with the mystique of “riding Baja” some 23 years ago on my first trip south of the border. Ever since then, whenever I do a “Baja ride” I get a rise out of just saying to my friends, “I’m riding Baja!” It just feels so manly…adventurous and [...]
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The Monster Energy Mammoth Motocross didn’t disappoint as Kawasaki Team Green racers from all over the country came to experience the beautiful scenery and awesome motocross track in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. With the week being a mixture of fun downtime and serious racing, Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green was able to do a bit of [...]
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Once a year, at the Motocross des Nations, the rest of the world has its one chance to prove it can hang with the fastest riders the United States has to offer. It hasn’t always been the case, but American enthusiasm was high entering the 2006 event, being the reigning champs and, with that ’05 [...]
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It’s that time of year again. The time when trees turn gold, birds head for more tropical lands and the world of motocross puts on its big winter-stadium boots and pounds through the cold months like a pacemaker. Motocross life as we know it has been doing the same revolution for decades, and just like [...]
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