Why does a big, tough, macho magazine editor like me ride a minibike? Well, if I have to explain it, you wouldn’t understand. I picked up the TT-R90 because it was electric start, something else you wouldn’t understand. Then I loaned it to my nephew for a while. In that time, we built a pretty [...]
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Once upon a time only tire you could get for your so-called dirt bike was a trials tire, and you ran a rear size on your front wheel, too. But that ancient history shouldn’t completely disqualify the time-tested trials tire from being able to work in this day and age, should it?Dirt Rider set out [...]
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So all of the hype might have been about all the riders being healthy for the real first round of the Lucas Oil Outdoor National Motocross Series, maybe all the new faces in the 250cc class or it finally being a change from the Supercross season, but I was into the sideshow they call the [...]
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So all of the hype might have been about all the riders being healthy for the real first round of the Lucas Oils Outdoor National Motocross Series, maybe all the new faces in the 250cc class or it finally being a change from the Supercross season, but I was into the sideshow they call the [...]
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Four Ways To Find Power:CompressionBoreStrokeAll of the aboveBolting on performance parts comes at the cost of the parts, some elbow grease and typically the difficulty in instantly feeling what improvements have been made. Most of the time you don’t have the chance to go back-to-back, one change at a time. Sometimes it is hard to [...]
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KTM is looking to sell a few more bikes and they have basically put a big piece of bait on the hook. Called the Spring Promotion, with selected bikes the buyer is also given a Factory Kit. The kit differs from model to model but it isn’t just a bunch of useless stuff with the [...]
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How can you help save riding areas? Is there an easy way to do it? Well these are questions I get asked all the time and so do a lot of others who are involved in protecting your right to ride. Here is a short video clip that spells it all out, it is worth [...]
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There are perks to working at Dirt Rider. One of them is getting hooked up with cool stuff. Sometimes even by accident. This is a story about Mother’s polish and car care products that I stumbled upon, you may find it interesting. Especially if you are Executive Editor Jesse Ziegler. About a month ago [...]
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A lot of you might be overlooking some of the best bikes out there. Sure sales figures and what your buddies brag about may contradict what your friends here at Dirt Rider Magazine are going to tell you, but remember, we are the experts and we’ve ridden everything. Two-stroke 125cc motocrossers, and the 144cc and [...]
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Sometimes there is one part that makes a project bike. Without it the motorcycle is really not that good, or at least not as good as stock. Even if you go and make the rest of the machine better, that one thing can really hold the bike back, sticking out like a sore thumb. On [...]
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I’ve seen some pretty trick bikes, most of them factory race machines. They go the one or two steps past just being trick to the level of being sano and downright purposeful. Most Dream Rides err in excess, and that is where this CPR CRF gets it all right. An extremely high-end fabricator/welder, Chris Parker [...]
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It feels lighter, reacts more efficiently and delivers everything a 450 can in a smoother, more useful package. My second ride of the afternoon was the Husaberg 450.I felt right at home as soon as I threw my leg over it. It sure is nice to have a magic button! All the controls are in [...]
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Yesterday we got a chance to go try the Fox Poduim RC3 replacenemt shock. Designed to replace the shock on your current MX bike, it also brings an all-new adjustment into the motocross world. You may be surprised to think that with the top level of performance that stock motocross bike come with that a [...]
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While the 2009 Honda CRF450R still had that new-bike smell, we hit the track with every pipe that was readily available. So here are brief riding impressions with each unit. If you want more information go www.dirtrider.com for the whole story.HondaSee your Honda dealerStock system: $977.47Muffler: $797.56 Header: $179.91Sound: 99.4 dbWeight: Header: 2.4 lbMuffler: 4.5 [...]
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If you need another way to chew up some bandwith from your companies’ internet tubes try this: JS7.comIt is James Stewart’s new site and it is loaded with videos and other cool stuff for the Bubba fan. Can you call him Bubba anymore? Here is his launch video for the site, good thing James didn’t dream of [...]
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Hi everyone, It’s Preston Campbell here! If
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