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Timmy Weigand will be on the Squad for USA at the 2009 ISDE in Portugal. Get on board and support the team with an official Timmy Weigand T-shirt!Click Here to check out the shirts! Also, don’t be scared to jump over to eBay and bid on an autographed set of 2009 ISDE Gear and other [...]
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It’s easy to support Team USA at the 2009 ISDE. Buy a T-shirt!www.destryabbott.com Also, check out the cool video of Destry Abbott’s ISDE Fundraiser which will be held Sunday, September 13th 2009 at Grinding Stone MX Park near Phoenix, AZ. VIDEO Thanks to Beau Cottington for sending us the vid!
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EVS Sports and the Brett Downey Safety Foundation have successfully teamed up to bring you an eBay auction to raise money and awareness for this incredible foundation. According to Kenny Morris, Vice President of the Brett Downey Safety Foundation, “The mission of the Brett Downey Safety Foundation is to supplement the motocross community by increasing [...]
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Three months remain before the start of the 2009 Baboons Lesotho Sun Roof of Africa, the most grueling motorcycle endurance event in Southern Africa. This three day event in the heart of Lesotho ultimately tests man and machine. In 2008, 5 time New Zealand Enduro Champion, 27-year old, Chris Birch ran KTM proud when he [...]
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Spend Halloween night with the Monsters of Motocross Sat. October 31, 2009 – San Bernardino Sturges Center for Performing Arts hosted by Bob Hurricane Hannah Honoring 3-time AMA Motocross Champion ‘Tony D’ Distefano Proceeds benefit Reeve-Irvine Research Center The Monsters of Motocross event is going off on Halloween night in conjunction with the MTA Vet World [...]
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If the National Enduro Series has as short a memory as most of us it really only remembers Mike Lafferty and Russell Bobbitt as its champions. And it really only remembers some sort of KTM propelling these two riders to victory. It would make sense, then, that their bikes would be similar. But they’re not. [...]
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Big Sky Resort and Klim USA to host off-road motorcycle race September 18-20 2009 One thing is common for those arriving in Big Sky, Montana for the first time, the towering sight of Lone Peak in the distance creates an impression in one’s memory that cannot easily be forgotten. For the past 25 years Big [...]
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This past weekend, thieves broke into the Unadilla MX pro paddock and stole two unsecured race bikes, as well as select pieces of Motocross and Off-Road riding and safety equipment. The motorcycles stolen belonged to privateers Ben Lamay and Willy Browning. MX Sports and the Unadilla race organizers are asking for the public’s help in [...]
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The newest dirt bike in the world is the 2010 KTM 450SXF. And right away on the track you can tell this is an improvement. Our introduction to the new KTM 450 was held at Perris raceway and we got some great laps in. Here’s our first take on the newest orange ride.KTM made some [...]
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Multi-time AMA Arenacross champion Josh Demuth throws his hat into the Guthrie ( Okla. ) GEICO EnduroCross ring! Can Demuth’s motocross skills land him a spot on the challenge Enduro-X podium? Or will he get eaten up by the uber-challenging Lazy E Arena EnduroCross track? ANAHEIM, Calif. (Aug. 10, 2009) – One of Texas’ most [...]
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The 2010 Kawasaki KX450F was given to Dirt Rider and super test rider dude Ryan Orr yesterday at the new Pala Raceway in Southern California. We spent a solid day testing and tuning the big new KX450F and we learned a lot about some of the big changes Kawasaki made for 2010.Looks are deceiving. And [...]
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The race report from the racer is here! Destry Abbott gives us his take on the Washington WORCS/ AMA Hare Scramble race. WORCS / AMA Hare ScrambleOlympia, WAAugust 2, 2009 Race:I’ve really been looking forward to racing up in the northwest, because it’s usually more technical then the other rounds. This WORCS round was in conjunction [...]
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Our Fuel Injected 2010 Honda CRF250R is officially in the Dirt Rider test fleet. Yesterday, Honda held an afternoon introduction for the press at Perris Raceway starring their new 250F. Today, you get to hear about it.It’s easy to talk about what’s new on the 2010 Honda CRF250R-it’s everything but the tires, basically. Honda’s approach [...]
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Get inside the race action with Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Destry Abbott EnduroCross (round 1)Las Vegas, NevadaJuly 25, 2009 Qualifying:All the racers in the night show had one lap to go out there, by themselves, and put in their fastest lap time. This would determine everyone’s gate pick and heat race. I put in a smooth lap, [...]
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