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Endurocross Las Vegas, Nevada November 21, 2009Race Day: Well on race day I was still sitting at the border trying to get across to the US side. Right after Baja we were on the gas back to the US, but we didn’t get across until early morning. We slept for a little bit and then [...]
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Watch the EnduroCross Finals Webshow here: http://shotmakerproductions.com/2009/11/22/endurocross-finals-webshow/ LAS VEGAS, NV (November 21, 2009) – After a close second place finish at the opening round, Ricky Dietrich, the defending EnduroCross Champion suffered an injury at round two of the 2009 Geico EnduroCross Series presented by E3 Spark Plugs and was not a factor in the championship. [...]
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Doug Henry 2009 from DB Studios on Vimeo.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2009) – Reigning 2009 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Series, presented by E3 Spark Plugs, champion – KTM/Red Bull’s Taddy Blazusiak – has a shot at pretty substantial payday this weekend. Simply put, should he win the Vegas EnduroCross round at the Orleans Arena he’ll be 50 grand richer courtesy of GEICO.By winning [...]
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Here at Dirt Rider, we put our bikes through the gamut of real-world riding in the name of testing. We ride them at as many places and through as many conditions as possible to see how they perform. Then we continue to ride a select few of our test bikes for even longer to see [...]
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Gary Semics MX School Private MX Lesson DVD with Gary Semics www.gsmxs.com 330.424.9295 Isn’t it worth $29.95 to pass your buddy who’s always just a little faster than you?
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The handling is surprisingly quick for a heavier (on the scale) bike and really comes into its own when you have the bike on one wheel. That means you’re turning with a heavy load on the front or have the weight shifted to the back and onto the rear wheel. Then the bike flicks or [...]
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A working stuntman for 25 years, member of Stunts Unlimited and the original Team Extreme, Grandpa doubled Roy Rogers, dad doubled Robert Redford, started stunting in “The Fall Guy” TV series, flipped a Hummer in the movie XXX (approximately 160 feet in the air, with two rotations).www.stuntsunlimited.comI started riding on my little Mini Trail 50 [...]
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OK, this is one of those products that is not a must-have. Seriously, the stock preload adjuster rings usually work fine, even if they are time-consuming and a bit of a pain at times. This is one of those products that is really nice to have. The Talon preload tuner replaces the stock preload rings. [...]
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It doesn’t get bigger than this: 280mm of brute stopping force in a complete brake kit guaranteed to bolt on to any 2002-’09 CRF250 or 450 R or X. My long-haul ’09 CRF250R had a mush-tastic front brake. I was blaming the flex in the plastic brake line and was going to just bolt on [...]
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I’m a member of the wraparound hand guard school. Even though we don’t hit that many trees out West, we do smack brush and branches, and I like the security of knowing that the throttle parts, handlebar and levers are also protected. The biggest drama with aluminum hand guards is getting them on the bike [...]
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Before the Bolt-It-On tiedown system arrived, when we jammed a lot of bikes into the Dirt Rider Gearbox trailer, it looked like some strange giant spider with a nylon-strap web had attacked the bikes. It wasn’t pretty or quick, but it did work.The Bolt-It-On system actually doesn’t bolt on. Nothing is permanently bolted to the [...]
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A clear field of vision is about as essential in motocross as a parachute is in skydiving. Because of this, the major goggle companies are continually looking for better ways to make sure that riders get the best possible performance out of their ocular equipment. Scott’s latest take is the Voltage ProAir Goggle, which retails [...]
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New graphics are like new shoes: You just feel faster with them on. But if Nike relied on me to make sure its Swoosh was correctly aligned and bubble-free with perfect stitching, the shoe giant would have better luck selling at Payless than it would sponsoring James Stewart.Nobody likes putting graphics on. So why bother? [...]
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