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Kawasakis Of Supercross – Dirt Rider Magazine

The level of detail on the carbon-fiber protection pieces is insane. Ryan Villopoto Factory Kawasaki #2 Kawasaki and Ryan Villopoto were on a roll last year and looking as strong as possible for a championship until a big crash destroyed that dream. Back and looking leaner and meaner than ever, both Ryan and his ride [...]
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Husqvarna TXC 449 – Dirt Rider Magazine

Husky is in a familiar yet all-new place right now. It is starting another chapter of the long-standing brand’s history with a whole ’nother face-lift. It has a tough task ahead, as usual, but there could not be better times to do it in for a brand focused on the American market for dirt bikes, [...]
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First Test: 2011 Husaberg FE 570 S – Dirt Rider Magazine

Barry Hawk is part of the set-up crew at the GNCCs. Photo by Shan Moore The chassis is a chrome-moly steel main frame and a polyethylene rear subframe that allows rigidity in the front half and comfort in the rear. When riding on the road, the lack of engine or road vibration coming up through [...]
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Anti-Freeze Fingers – Dirt Rider Magazine

Want to keep those fingers from freezing on a frigid ride? Wrap electrical tape or plumbing insulation tape on your aluminum clutch and front brake levers. Not only will this keep the extreme cold of the exposed levers from transferring to your fingers, but if you wrap the tape in strips you should be able [...]
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Tied Together Tiedowns – Dirt Rider Magazine

[Enter text here]Christian Harris Franklin, GA After sometimes not having the right number of tow straps and handlebar safety straps, I came up with a cost-effective use of a 99-cent carabiner. Now apart from the time saved mentally and physically from trying to find those lost straps, I have one big item with a handle [...]
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Quinn Cody Vs. The Dakar 2011 – Dirt Rider Magazine

Cody’s Training “Physically I feel I’m already prepared for the Dakar; my current training program is pretty sadistic, and I’ve never been in as good of shape as I am right now. Also, pre-running and racing the Baja 1000 will give me some good seat time to get my butt ready. The main thing I’m [...]
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First Test: 2011 KTM 250 XC – Dirt Rider Magazine

I would be a lot better off if I had only one motorcycle. Currently owning 30 motorcycles makes me sort of an extreme case. Most guys can barely manage two dirt bikes, be it space or spousal constraints. But for all of those with Multiple Motorcycle Disorder, I will outline a solution, if you’re willing [...]
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Fuel Injection – Dirt Rider Magazine

Face it, the carburetor-that great hole with its belly of gasoline and another bunch of smaller holes, a maze of passages, some brass pieces and maybe a few wires-is more dead than the two-stroke. Fuel injection is taking over. FI is here for two reasons: First and most importantly, the cost. The electronics that control [...]
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2011 KTM 250 and 350 XC-F – First Test – Dirt Rider Magazine

For the last five months we have been bombarded with questions about how to modify a KTM 350 SX for off-road. We have been offered no less than six converted bikes like the Stillwell Racing bike Chris Denison raced in the Denver round of EnduroCross. But we knew KTM was rushing to finish their own [...]
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Yamaha Super Tenere – Thursday Test – Dirt Rider Magazine

The Tenere is a section of desert in the Sahara on the African continent. You’d know that if you have been there. I have. But to a motorcycle rider a Tenere is a Yamaha Dakar bike. And that morphed from the XT line to adventuring machines that were never introduced stateside. But times are changing [...]
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