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Dirt bike seats can be the biggest factor in determining the comfort of a motorcycle to some riders and matter little to others. Typically I don’t get too particular about a seat, especially for motocross, but the X-Seat has changed all that. Why? Because it is so good.All of this has little to do with [...]
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Like the motorcycles that we test, the modern magazine shootout is constantly evolving. It used to be that Dirt Rider’s role was to gather a particular class of bike, test each machine until the knobbies wore off and then print a best-to-worst ranking that praised the winner and mocked the loser. Not anymore. These days, [...]
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I love my Flexx handlebars but I’ve struggled for the longest time getting a wrap-around hand guard solution for them. Both BRP and Fasst Company have made mounts that allow me to run a regular hand guard, but those always took a fair amount of fidgeting on my part to get dialed in. With this [...]
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Husaberg’s Nathan Woods shows you his technique for getting over-and unstuck-from nasty logs.
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KTM’s Kurt Caselli shows off-road riders how to get out of a hilly situation. Learn his simple technique to turning around on steep slopes by watching the video.
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Watch and learn the secrets to a Baja-winning pit stop from Johnny Campbell and the JCR Honda off-road team.
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Dirt Rider Magazine’s famed Torture Test/24-Hour Test has become extinct–at least for a little while. In light of the current strain on the economy, having companies build us bikes to abuse for a few days doesn’t make much sense and, more importantly, we wouldn’t learn much in 2010 about the ultimate off-road bikes because there [...]
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Houston, Texas – Cornerstone Motocross Park will host the 2nd annual Big Brothers Big Sisters “Day to Play in the Dirt” event on March 27, 2010.Most motorcyclists remember the day as a kid when they rode a mini bike for the first time, or maybe even the first time they took off across a grassy [...]
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One of my few complaints with the new KTM models is the weak chain guide mount. The aluminum tabs on the swingarm are prone to breaking with moderate impacts. If you break the tabs, you’re left with two options: buy a new swingarm or remove your swingarm and take it to a local welder for [...]
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HILLSDALE, Mich., (March 5, 2010) – Cobra is pleased to introduce today the world’s fastest young dirt bike racers – the members of the 2010 Cobra Race Team.A new chapter in the “Cobra Generation” story begins to play out in the coming weeks at the first ever Daytona Amateur Supercross, Texas’ Lake Whitney Spring Classic [...]
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The Italian Trade Commission took us to the EICMA trade show in Milan, Italy this year, and we decided to bring you along.These cool European products may or may not become available in the US. So why show it to you? Mostly just to be cruel, but with enough demand maybe some will make it [...]
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Blackbird Racing Vanni Oddera Graphics www.blackbirdracing.com 39.010.7172118 Country: Italy Available in the US: No This Vanni Oddera kit isn’t available to the public anywhere. Now we’re even being mean to the Italians!
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Mondocorse Supercross USA SX450 and Lites 250 DVDs Learn Italian while you re-live the 2009 US Supercross series. Well, at least you’ll catch up on the supercross series. Italian isn’t easy! 14.90 Euro per “class.” www.cinehollywood.com 39.02.64.41.53.80 or ordini@cinehollywood.com Country: Italy Available in the US: No
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