Author Archives : "jesse ziegler"

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Buck 25 Challenge – More Than Spare Change

If you wanted to get into motocross for the first time, or wanted to revisit the roots of the sport on a budget, how would you go about it? If you have a regular job (and regular bills), that question probably comes up a lot. Well, we think we found an answer.
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2008 Yamaha YZ250F – Bloomer Early – Dirt Rider Magazine

It’s not 2008. In fact, it’s not even close. But that hasn’t stopped Yamaha from delivering a nicely updated YZ-F to the hungry world of motocross. Welcome to the first test of the first bike from the future (of next year).The 2007 Yamaha YZ250F was and is a solid bike. Consistent power with a smooth [...]
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Parts Unlimited Honda CRF45OR – Dirt Rider Magazine

When I rode the Parts Unlimited CRF450R at our East Coast Ride Day last fall, I was floored. Well, actually I was seated because as soon as I cracked the throttle, the Pro Circuit-tuned cylinder head sucked enough fuel and air into the cylinder to slam me about six inches deep into the seat foam. [...]
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2007 KTM 250 XC-F-W – Dirt Rider Magazine

What I did to this bike should be illegal. It sat in the Unadilla GNCC pits all shiny and laden with every trick piece of KTM Hard Equipment bolt-on goodness you can imagine and custom ridePG.com graphics (with my friggin’ name on them!). Then I raced it through two hours of the worst muck known [...]
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2006 KTM 250 Sx-F – Dirt Rider Magazine

I now officially consider myself a KTM owner. No, my name wasn’t on the title, but I put enough saddle time, elbow grease and 91-octane into our 2006 250 SX-F to justify ownership all the same. In our “Fixing the 2006 MXers” article in the May ’06 issue, I said I wanted to run the [...]
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2007 Kawasaki KX250F Dirt Bike – First Test – Dirt Rider Magazine

The 2006 Kawasaki KX250F whooped some serious tail on a whole lot of Saturdays and Sundays last year. Since it has a couple of Lites-class championships under its belt, courtesy of Grant Langston (Supercross Lites West) and Ryan Villopoto (Motocross Lites), it’s easy to call the bike and Mitch Payton’s Monster Energy/Pro Circuit race team [...]
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2006 Maxxis World Dirtbike Enduro Championships – Dirt Rider Magazine

Simone Albergoni Merely a week later, the whole WEC show moved south to picturesque Hancock, New York, in the good ol’ U-S-of-A. In the months leading up to the U.S. round, Hancock and its neighboring communities were in a fistfight with Mother Nature. She threw buckets of torrential showers upon the region in such force [...]
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Dirt Bike Race Team Crew – Day In The Life – Dirt Rider Magazine

Behind the entertainment of a motocross race lies a different world. It’s a world the everyday fan doesn’t get to see and only a handful of people in the world really appreciate. It’s a world of work. Race team crews show up early and leave late, and there’s not a lot of time for rest [...]
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Beat By A Girl – Jesse Ziegler Vs. Sarah Whitmore – Dirt Rider Magazine

This ego-crushing tale begins in the Anaheim pits, the holy place of motocross normally reserved for stories of success, tales of man versus machine with motivational accounts of obstacles overcome. But not on this day. No, this was a day I’ll forever associate with demoralizing doubt, absolute defeat and an all-out gender letdown. This was [...]
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Dirt Bike Hitch Hauler Buyer’s Guide – Dirt Rider Magazine

Whether you’re a victim of the SUV trend (see our accompanying Hummer story for a great example) or you want to bolt a bike to the back of your motor home, a hitch-mounted bike hauler can take care of your moto cargo like nothing else. As long as you have a vehicle with a Class [...]
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2006 Hummer H3 – Dirt Bike Haulers – Dirt Rider Magazine

We Dirt Rider folk are always chomping at the bit to try a new ride. After all, the old saying goes: “If it has knobbies, Dirt Rider will test it.” So when General Motors offered up a brand-new Hummer H3 for us to roost around in, we quickly inspected its tires and determined that, yes, [...]
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