THE EVENT: Binghamton National 1983, Lechien’s rookie year on the circuit. “I just remember it being really rocky. It was the first time I’d been to the track and it was super rocky back in the day. And I remember they would run practice, I don’t know if it was just the factory guys, but [...]
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Broc thinks this is his 1980 Yamaha OW (factory bike designation) 250. He thinks the shot was taken at the Houston Supercross the weekend of his first supercross win, party because, “The dirt looks pretty good, complete with rodeo manure mixed in!”
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Provided By Hannah MoraisMotocross.com just got an update on Ryan Morais, who had a horrible crash at the Los Angeles supercross that you’ve most likely seen or read about. His recovery won’t be easy, but he’s in good spirits and took some time to tell us about the crash, the injury, the prognosis (he looks [...]
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I got a chance recently to sit down with Bob Hannah and talk with him about some of his past race rivals. I’ve trimmed down the interview to this four minute sequence. If you want more, we’ve also posted the full 24 minute version. So think of this as the trailer for the ‘real interview.’Click [...]
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I picked up Dirt Rider’s 2012 YZ125 this past weekend at Glen Helen and raced REM on the shiny brand-new little screamer. After a few years on 250Fs it felt great to be back on my favorite bike made. The 2012 YZ125 bone stock, except for the custom, hand-made “Barrett Design” racing numbers. The bad [...]
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To view the pro riding tips, click on a dated image (ex: Dec 1) above and it will download the printable PDF file into your designated download folder. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS: Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer for you to be able to view any of Dirt Rider’s downloadable riding tips. If you [...]
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KTM has offered up two of their top off-road racers to help amateurs navigate the brutal EnduroCross courses. Check on the story of what happened the night before the 2011 Ontario, CA round, and the racers also give some great tips for anyone attacking technical off-road sections. Click endurocross.com to read the story at HERE, [...]
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I got the chance recently to check out a brand new neck brace from Atlas. This is a little awkward, because I was in one of my “Hannah moods,” but I had to take the opportunity to get the scoop on this cool new product before it flew off to the EICMA show to make [...]
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Photos Courtesy of Lariviere Organisation We ran into Kyle Chisholm the day he got back from France from winning the 2011 King of Bercy supercross title last weekend. Here’s what he had to say.
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Some new jobs require a medical physical, but when it came time to bring Ricky Johnson in to guest editor an issue, the physical turned into more of a racing history lesson. Here are the lowlights of Ricky’s racing career, as pieced together by his body.Head “I’ve had multiple concussions. [The worst was] in 1987. [...]
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With Fox Racing just a few doors down from Dirt Rider, the occasional opportunity comes up to meet some of their athletes. Earlier today I got the opportunity to interview Drew Bezanson for an “I Ride” story. Drew was incredibly enthusiastic. I don’t know if Fox had been keeping him inside a cubicle picking swatches [...]
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Dear Dirt Rider, I have always had a fascination with the mechanics of gasoline engines. When I was about 7 my dad gave me the job of troubleshooting and repairing the broken weed whacker sitting in the garage. At first I was a little overwhelmed, as I had no idea how it was supposed to [...]
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Southern California is one of motocross’ focal points, and never more so than the weeks between the end of the supercross series and the start of the Outdoor season. Race teams are out at the public tracks to dial in MX bike settings and let the racers acclimate to the heat and long motos of [...]
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Power is nothing without control, and a rider’s control surfaces on a dirt bike are amazingly minimal for all the moves one can coax out of a motocross or off-road bike. Possibly the most overlooked—because they’re under foot—of these contact points are a bike’s footpegs.You may not have given much consideration to them before, but [...]
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We gave this Christini all-wheel-drive bike a favorable review in its test (November ’07). Since then we’ve seen these drives shine at extreme events (EnduroCross Series, Last Man Standing), but we wanted to see how it would hold up in long-term realworld testing. So far, the little bike has been making friends and earning smiles, [...]
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HILLSDALE, Mich., (Aug. 9, 2012) – The
The Monster Energy Cup was the first
The start is everything when you
Two wins and a second earns him
