Author Archives : "jean turner"
After the dust of Glen Helen settles, and before the gate drops at Anaheim 1, we have what most would refer to as an off-season. Off-road series’ like WORCS, GNCC and BITD also wrap up their year and take a few weeks of down time before kicking off their ’06 season. While this time of [...]
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With a new bike, new number and new style, it’s certainly a new beginning for James “Bubba” Stewart. He is now 3 for 3 in the World Supercross GP Series, and took the first victory of the AMA Supercross Series tonight in Anaheim. In a much more patient, smooth style than we’ve seen before from [...]
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Hardly a blip on the map until recent years, a small manufacturer out of Spain called Gas Gas has been steadily building a strong presence in the US. Already with a niche market in trials bikes, Gas Gas has put some serious effort into their off-road R&D, coming out with some competitive bikes. Everything we’ve [...]
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The Annual Dirt Rider 24-Hour off road test went off this week in Hungry Valley, California. Despite the near freezing temperatures, there was a huge turnout from the off-road industry. Factory rigs, RVs, vendors, testers and riders nearly filled the I-5MX staging area, turning our 2006 event into one of the largest to date.The TestThis [...]
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The invites went out, and after the slight fog of confusion lifted, five different message boards have begun their cyber-builds. Each message board, Thumpertalk.com, KTMtalk.com, CRFsOnly.com, Dirtrider.net and our own, Dirtrider.com, have begun working together to design their ultimate bike which will be featured in Dirt Rider magazine.The challenge of the Internet Bike Build is [...]
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The 2006 WORCS season is now underway and Kawasaki’s Nathan Woods headed in on one of the only factory rides in the series. He is seeking to defend his number one plate for the second year in a row, this time on a Team Green KX450F. But as former mentor Ty Davis once said, “The [...]
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Who is Sherri Cruse and why are we testing her bike? Sherri is a 17-year-old motocrosser from Bakersfield, California who is coming up fast in the ranks in both the WMA series and WORCS, where she is currently leading in points in the women’s A class over defending champion, Maria Forsberg. Aside from this amazing [...]
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Meet 17-year-old Sherri Cruse from Bakersfield, California. She’s coming up fast as one of the top female motorossers in the U.S. Last year she took the Big 6 GP Series by storm, where she caught the eye of Ty Davis’ ZipTy Yamaha team. Still in the early stages of her first full-factory season with ZipTy, [...]
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The first round of the Women’s Motocross Nationals went off this weekend at Glen Helen in conjunction with the Primm Prequel Motocross. While many people may have come out to catch a glimpse of the upcoming AMA Motocross Championship series, it was truly the women’s races that were the highlight of the day.The growth of [...]
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