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If you ride a lot, are good about maintenance and plan on keeping your bike for a while, the costs of oil filters can add up. There are plenty of reusable stainless steel filters on the market, but since I personally know what a meticulous and frugal person Scott Forward (the Scott of Scotts) is [...]
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Personally, when riding a motocross track, I find myself favoring the 250 four-strokes. They are easier to ride, confidence inspiring and they are lighter but my main reason for favoritism is that the power is so much easier to control. When riding a 450, it’s easier to get out of control and the power makes [...]
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I recently purchased a new race bike and needed to put my race numbers on it. The series I race in requires yellow backgrounds for my 30B class. So I called up BRM Offroad and ordered Option 2 with black numbers with orange outlines and a black pinstripe. Cost for Option 2 is $44, and [...]
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The average racer doesn’t have unlimited resources to dedicate to training, which makes it doubly appreciated when a good deal in fitness comes along. For $24.99-roughly the same price as a monthly health club membership-you can have off-road champion Steve Hatch give you the inside line on body performance through his new DVD, Training Essentials.With [...]
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Ty Lewis from Helena, Montana (Jesse Ziegler's homestate) writes in. Read Pete Peterson's response here.
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Everett, WA (September 11, 2010) – A sold out crowd filled the Comcast Arena in Everett Washington for round four of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross series presented by E3 Sparkplugs. This was the first ever EnduroCross event in the Pacific Northwest and the riders put on an amazing show that kept the fans on their [...]
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Square One I was sitting in an Applebee’s restaurant eating a late lunch with my girlfriend glancing back and forth from the big screen TV and my plate of food, half watching the 2009 X Games play out. They had been airing a BMX final that was taking too long, and I was ready to [...]
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This peg was designed with an extension to the rear that’s claimed to be not be noticeable during normal riding, but be there under you heel when you take big hits to help prevent a potential ankle hyperflexion injury. We’re getting sent the new updated versions, with a reinforced peg to be more durable in [...]
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Check out the teaser video from Shotmaker Productions to catch up on what you can expect to see as EnduroCross makes its first ever visit to the Pacific Northwest. Taddy Blazusiak is amazing to watch and has dominated the series thus far but the action remains intense and Geoff Aaron, Mike Brown, Colton Haaker, Justin [...]
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First off I want to say how much I like your magazine. It’s been really a great source for someone like me new to the sport of motocross. I have kept every issue and even started sharing them with a friend who rides as well.I am very new to the sport and after getting my [...]
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The toughest indoor off-road race series in America is coming to Everett.2010 Geico Powersports EnduroCross Goes To Everett, WA! What it Is: The world’s top rider take on an indoor off-road track simulating Mother Nature’s toughest elements – logs, trees, water-crossings, rocks and dirt – and compete for the AMA #1 Plate.When it Happens: Saturday, [...]
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If you’ve slipped on a Shoei VFX-W helmet you’re familiar with that amazing Shoei fit, but you’re likely not familiar with this new graphic – the $584.99 Illusion TC-6. You know you want one, and it’s just been announced so if you act fast you can be the first on your block to have the [...]
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The big news out of Yamaha for 2011 is the addition of an Adventure model coming to the United States that looks ready to compete with the KTM 990 Adventure and BMW GS models for long-rang fun-seekers. Dubbed the Super Tenere, the go-anywhere-anytime machine is powered a 1200cc twin with a 270 degree crank, which [...]
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Adventurers rejoice, The Super Ténéré is coming to America. Yamaha’s adventure touring monster, previously available only overseas will make a landing early next year, the first of the 2012s. And it is showing up for a very competitive $13,900 MSRP. The all-new 1199cc parallel twin with a 270° is slim and tuned for torque. It’s [...]
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Hey, great mag, guys! I’d like to say that the “if you are such a good rider” article was very, very intriguing because I found myself to be one of those guys and along with many of my other friends. We are bushwhackers, as they say, we trample the desert just about every weekend and [...]
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