Originally posted February 7, 2011 One of the best things you can do on a motorcycle is a good, old fashion whip. And not a butt-whip but a real, lay-it-down, in your face kind of whip! In this Pro Riding Secret I will attempt to teach you the basics on how to get the best [...]
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As the wife of Mike Alessi, Danielle Alessi lives a life of constant travel, time at the practice track and work to support her husband. We sat down with #800’s better half to talk about her life with Mike and what it’s like to be married to one of the fastest racers in the business.
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The 15th annual A Day in the Dirt went down at Glen Helen Raceway. Over 1,500 participants joined in this dirt roosting event that has quickly become a tradition over Thanksgiving weekend for many families. The event drew out the likes of Jeremy McGrath, Shaun Palmer and the famous Troy Lee. Off-road racers Ivan Ramirez, Kendall Norman, Timmy Weigand, mechanic to Chad Reed—Lars Lindstrom and even up and coming motocrossers Justin Hoeft, Blake Savage, Jake Lyon and Sean Collier also
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DR associate editor Kris Keefer got the pleasure of getting the okay to test ride Mike Alessi's MCR 450, straight from the final round of the AMA Motocross Series finale at Lake Elsinore where Mike finished an impressive 2nd overall in the series on a NON Factory machine.
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I would love to sit here and tell how much I have been riding the 2011 RM-Z450-shredding berms, scrubbing jumps and throwing huge whips off kickers. But unfortunately, that’s not how the story goes. Here’s the real deal: Every time I do maintenance, it gets logged into my little book. Oil changes, filter changes, chain [...]
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Well, a selected few test riders got to keep our hands on a motorcycle after the 2011 Dirt Rider 450 MX shootouts and the upcoming Fixing the MXers story (April 2011 issue). My steed for this long haul adventure is the 2011 RM-Z450. I have left all of my aftermarket parts on from the Fixing [...]
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When I got the call to come out to Glen Helen to ride Tommy Searle’s Factory KTM 250F I jumped at the chance to ride the fast pumpkin. Having been on the Factory KTM team in Canada as well as a test rider for KTM North America for a couple years, I think I know [...]
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The new Fox Youth Raptor Proframe takes
HILLSDALE, Mich., (Feb. 28, 2013) – Cobra
HILLSDALE, Mich., (Feb. 28, 2013) – Cobra
A video recap of the Pro Taper
