If you want to have a future of riding dirt bikes and ATV’s, maybe even riding a bike with your children, you’d better take action really quick. Here is a leter from the AMA with this link to take you to the web site to get you started:AMA’s action Alert Page It only takes a [...]
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In our web test of the Honda CRF450 exhaust systems we mentioned that we would be giving them away. usually this promotes a flood of e-mail responses but this time it didn’t. Maybe our e-mail shut down or maybe there are just not that many guys with bent up systems yet, but for whatever reason we [...]
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If you don’t want to read, try as video out for size. Here is my summary of the 2008 BMW GS Challenge held in Tunisia. It was a 10-day adventure event similar to a Camel Trophy or an ECO Challenge with huge dirt bikes. I was part of a 6-man US Team consisting of three journalists [...]
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What is the BMW GS Challenge? You’re asking the wrong person and I’m competing in the event….All I know is that I was chosen as one of thee US journalists to accompany three other US BMW riders who went through a selection process. The six of us collectively will compete as a team against teams [...]
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It’s about a day away, a plane ride to Tennessee, to Muddy Creek Raceway and we’re on the 2009 Kawasaki KX450F. The press launch of one of the most anticipated bikes is about to take place and Dirt Rider will be there. If you are into this bike then likely you’ve studied the spec sheet with [...]
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KTM has decided it is time to define its model lines even further and make a bold statement with a type of bike that only it produces. The idea is to make the XC line a benchmark so lofty that riders converting to motocross bikes or pumping up trail bikes have something to shoot for. [...]
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It is Product of the Year time at the DR offices and we are working on determining what it will be. You’ll see that in the December issue. But what we want to do this year is have a little influence from you, our reader, on what you feel is the POTY. Click Here or [...]
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Beau Coddington from ProMotoTV.co just hooked me up with the link to the video he shot this weekend of Round 7 of the AMA national Hare& Hound Championship in Wendover, Nevada. There is nothing like a bomb run and you can see it here how important it is to get out of the dust…then these [...]
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Here is a link to a great video clip of only some of the action at the first round of the 2008 AMA Maxxis Endurocross Championship. Take it from a guy who rode the course, this stuff is gnarly. Endurocross is like taking all the bad spots in a GNCC or National Enduro, or maybe [...]
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Typically I’m know to be pessimistic, but I’m going out on a limb here and switching sides. I’m optimistic about where were going to get to take DR.com. It has been a long road of fighting, arguing and downright getting pissed off about what has happened to our site, on the quality and information side, [...]
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Every year the Dirt Rider staff heads up to the Hangtown Motocross Classic, this year round two of the AMA Outdoor Motocross Championships. The Dirt Diggers also have a really good amateur program and of course the Monster Energy Crossover Race. Here is some pretty good helmet cam footage from the top of Daron [...]
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I wanted to one-up Jesse Ziegler so I slammed a short video from a ride I did a few weeks ago. I loaded up my BMW 1200 GSA and headed for the hills. You can click here for the video, since we are still working with our people on this end to get it up [...]
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Here is another link to a video of the National Hare & Hound series: Beau Coddington’s Pro Moto TVThe race was near El Centro California which is wide-open and desolate. Check it out. Evidentily the high winds played havoc with the course markings and David Pearson got lost and missed the first check and was later [...]
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ThumperTalk got this letter writing going and I’m participating. So should you. Today is a great day to sit down and write out a quick letter to an elected or appointed official and let them know what is important to you. Check out this form for all the info. ThumperTalk Letter Writing Message All it [...]
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Beau Cottington sent us a link to his video of the second round of the National Hare & Hound series. Here is is: Click here for video I remember when I used to race these things and it makes me feel like we were going trail riding speed compared to these guys. JIMMY
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