The best way to report a race is to watch it, not race it. That hurts! OK, I was taking a close look at the riders on the course today and it looks like Day Three is a deciding day in the 2009 Red Bull Romaniacs. In the beginning it was clear that the top [...]
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So the big story in this race is the race for the lead in the Pro class. After two days of hellish pushing hard there is basically a three-way tie going into day three. Technically there is less than a minute separating the top riders, Xavier Gallindo, Andreas Lettenbichler and Cyril Despres after nearly 12 [...]
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So, I swallowed a tough pill yesterday and had to pull out of the Romaniacs Rallye. Basically, the level of the Pro class has elevated above my skill level and unless I’m at the top of my game, I’m not able to even get through the pro sections. This with a perfect bike, the new [...]
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So I managed to make it through the Prologue intact and it was a struggle starting with the practice yesterday. Wet, technical and slippery as pigs snot, I slipped off of every obstacle and hit the ground enough times to rattle my confidence. So this morning I was pretty excited to see that it wasn’t [...]
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Well it is getting a lot closer to race time. I located my bike on the backside of the KTM Dakar truck that is the support for all of the official KTM and Husaberg riders. Since my berg is made from KTM parts, there is a lot of shared stuff. Since the bike is blue, [...]
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So I have finally arrived in Sibiu Romaina for the Romaniacs Hard Enduro Rallye. What exactly is this event? Well it has been one I have been wanting to ride since I first heard about it five years ago. Now in its sixth year, the race is a four-day extreme enduro that covers [...]
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Long-Term TestingYes, I love the sound of a bike screaming its little two-stroke brains out, and I’m having the most fun I’ve had on MX tracks in a long time on this KTM 125 SX. But how much can it take? I’m on my way to finding out, and here’s how it’s been going.What I [...]
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We’ve been playing with our Yamaha WR250R, but not so succcessfully. Our Adventure Bike Buildup wasn’t the best path for our little Yamaha unless you were one Pete Peterson and wanted to let the neighbors know you were leaving for work. So friend of the magazine, Lance Tidwell asked to borrow the little Yamaha since he [...]
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A trailbike can start out as any type of machine, from a full-blown MXer to a playbike, but beginning with a trail machine in the first place is the safest bet. Bikes like KTM EXCs or XCs, Honda CRF-X models or Yamaha WRs come pretty trail ready but can be made a lot more capable [...]
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Sure there is a lot of speculation about what else Yamaha has coming, but right here and right now we have the 2010 Yamaha YZ250F. By most accounts it is an all-new bike, keeping only a very familiar engine, but even that is highly revised. How does the new bike stack up and what do [...]
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Fanny packs used to be the rage for carrying stuff, but as we carry more and more junk–including hydration systems, tools, cameras, tubes, phones, CO2 cartridges or pumps, video recorders and pretty much everything but the kitchen sink–the ride-specific backpack has evolved. We sampled three varieties to see how they worked out and how long [...]
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The Recreational Trails Program Needs Help! I’m passing this alert along form Greg Mumm, The Executive Director of the BlueRibbon Coalition because I feel that this is pretty important. It is pretty self explanatory and simple for you to get involved, it only takes a minute to alert your representative that you would like them [...]
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The instruction for our annual Torture Test was simple, purposely vague and left wide open: “Bring us the best all-around dirt bike ever.” There were no other directives. We wanted to see who would show and what they would bring. What variations of which bikes would show up? Would they be race bikes or trail [...]
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Keep from losing that kickstand spring. They like to get ripped off in thick brush, by rocks and even from flailing legs, and finding them in the dirt can be a chore. Stop the problem with a simple wrap of some tough duct tape. Make a few loops around the spring taping it to the [...]
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From the first time I rode the 2008 KTM 250 SX I knew I wanted to keep my hands on it as my moto bike for the year. It was super light and agile, turned great with excellent steering feel and had just the right amount and type of power. It was fast, not too [...]
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