Did Obama tell them to do it?Straight off the heels of the Presidental Administration’s request that General Motor Company CEO Rick Wagoner resign as part of a(nother) possible billion-dollar bailout, one of the nations most popular automotive shows is opening its doors to motorcycles, scooters and off-road vehicles.But why? Because motorcycles are better than cars. [...]
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Heads up testing of Quantya and Zero Electric Dirt Bikes. We’ve been hearing a lot of electric-motorcycle buzz these days. It’s really not that surprising. The rapid advance in Ebike technology is making these things better than ever. Well, we’ve about wrapped up our regular Dirt Rider testing of the newest of these rides and [...]
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Bud Feldkamp, owner of the famous Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, tragically loses family members in Montana plane crash. As reported by Cycle News and Motocross Action, Bud Feldkamp lost two daughters in the crash; Amy Jacobsen and Vanessa Pullen as well as four grandchildren. The families were flying a plane Feldkamp [...]
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Malcolm Smith and his Malcolm Smith Motorsports motorcycle and ATV dealership in Riverside, California held an impressive display of civil disobedience today on the heels of the power sports industry’s unrest with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and it’s banning the sale of all ATVs, motorcycles, parts and accessories intended for use by [...]
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More bad dirt bike news comes out of the ongoing, terribly ridiculous saga told by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. This press release from the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) sums up what will happen if an exclusion is not granted for ATV’s and Youth Motorcycles from the ban. Need a reminder as to what [...]
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When 5-time champ Destry Abbott decides to race for the weekend, he doesn’t mess around. The first stop on his weekend assault was the Adelanto Grand Prix, which he won two classes at (the Pro class and the 30+ class). After the race, Kawasaki’s in-house press maestro grabbed Abbott for a quick Q-n-A. Find out [...]
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The international motorcycle press recently converged upon Tenerife, Canary Islands. They were there for serious business-the revolutionary Husky TC250 world launch. Before their time was over, they would enjoy clean bikes a clean community and a slew of seriously dirty one-handers polluting the air above Tenerife’s Motocross365.com facility.I can say “international” because Jonty Edmunds was [...]
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Possibly the most anticipated new model introduction for 2006 just wrapped up at Competitive Edge MX Park in Southern California. The hot new bike: the all-new Kawasaki KX450F. We were lucky enough to show up and rip on the green team’s baby. And here’s our first impression.Let’s start with the new stuff, which is everything! [...]
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There’s a lot to be excited about when new models come out. Updated suspension, increased power and new graphic schemes all rise to the top of everyone’s most-wanted list. For 2006 Yamaha seems to be giving us all that and more with its new and improved YZ250F.The biggest changes you’ll notice by just looking at [...]
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The final candidates for Dirt Rider’s Extreme Job Interview made their way to Southern California this week for a three-day stint in the spin-cycle of our magazine’s production.Dan Kouba (Mr. Brown), Brian Purtymun (Mr. Red) and Derek Steahly (Mr. Blue) routed directly from LAX to the plush, well-lit offices of Dirt Rider for a quick [...]
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The 2005 HYR Endurance Series’ 24-hours of Glen Helen took place on October 15 and 16 at Glen Helen Raceway, and once again, the staff of Dirt Rider entered the Business Class. This time it was Joe McKimmy, “Big Air” Tod Sciaqua, Kevin Carpenter, Jesse Ziegler, Chris Denison and Sean Finley.McKimmy put the time in [...]
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Imagine the perfect motocross bike. Does it already exist? Or does it inhabit only thought, a hybrid outfitted with the best characteristics of each brand? If you’re one of those types convinced perfection has been achieved and the faultless bike is already out there-maybe even in your garage-then I’ve got some bad news. You’re either [...]
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Six Weeks on the west coast and POOF, she’s gone. I don’t get it. She waltzed out of my life and into the uppity arms of some tender-foot softy back east. I can’t believe after a month she’d just up and ditch me. And right around Valentine’s Day too. What a hooker.If she’s smart she’d [...]
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Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent is a huge off-road motorcycling fan. We spotted him hanging out under the Suzuki tent at the GNCC opener in Florida with his friend and favorite rider Rodney Smith. We got a chance to sit down with Kent, and talked to him about riding, bikes and balancing it [...]
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The search for a CR60 started last
Taking your kid out on the trail
Dylan Woodcock photo courtesy of Ian Roxburgh
Preston Campbell is the son of multi-time
