Author Archives : "pete peterson"

FMF Factory Tour – Dirt Rider Magazine

FMF has a dyno room, of course, to match raw numbers with test rider feel, lap times and pro racer results and feedback. In the late ’60s and into the early ’70s Don Emler’s Southern California race team of Ray Lopez, Tim Hart and Don himself made a living by splitting the purse while racing [...]
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Travis Pastrana Jumps Without Math! – Interview – Dirt Rider Magazine

Today Travis Pastrana introduced his new AGV AX-8 helmet (www.agv.com) to the press. Right after I grabbed a few minutes to interview him about… Well, what do you interview him about? He does everything, and he’s great at getting press so he’s talked about everything… He even said to me, “Honestly, I go on the [...]
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How To Ship Your Dirt Bike – Dirt Rider Magazine

Photos Courtesy of Barry Jencson, Tanner Morgan and Dirt Rider Way back in the September 2010 issue we did a fun bike build with reader bikes called “Readers Rule!” Two of the bikes we picked to modify came from different states, so we needed to get them to the Dirt Rider shop without asking our [...]
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Galfer Brakes Factory Tour – Dirt Rider Magazine

This laser marker puts part numbers onto the pads, which is important because if you put rear brake pads in the front, the brakes will only work when you ride backward.
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Skull Sock 2N1 Knee Brace Liners – Dirt Rider Magazine

I’m always looking for an alternative to pulling on what look like Antarctic-thick socks to go riding in the heat of summer. So when the Urbon 2N1 Knee Brace Liner showed up, I jumped in with both feet!The sleeves have a distinct seam running under the foot and up the back of the leg, which [...]
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Bob Hannah The Pitchman – Dirt Rider Magazine

If you were launching a new company for motocross and off-road product, and could pick any pitchman to get the public aware of your new goodies, who would you pick? Me, I’d go with Bob Hannah, for a few reasons.1) He’s Bob Hannah, so his stamp of approval is golden.2) He says some really funny [...]
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2009 Yamaha YZ125 – Dirt Rider Magazine

It was a bittersweet feeling to have to turn in my 2009 YZ125 Long Haul. With 66.1 hours tallied on the hourmeter the bike gave me zero problems over the year of use. Since the last update at 40 hours I added a tooth to the rear sprocket, changed the transmission oil a few times, [...]
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AIR4ORCE Tunable Intake System from Moto Tassinari – Product of the Week – Dirt Rider Magazine

The guys at Mototassinari have been helping two-strokes breathe better for years with their VForce reeds and reed block, and now they’re tackling four stroke intakes with a very unique approach to dirt bikes – swappable velocity stacks in the airboot. The Air4orce for the fuel injected 2011 CRF250R came in along with a series [...]
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TCX/Novation Factory Tour – Dirt Rider Magazine

This five-axis CNC high-speed machine mills steel blocks to create molds. This multi-component shoulder cup for a BMW riding jacket is a single piece of metal, plastic and leather. Sounds impossible, but it’s real.
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A Day In The Dirt 2010: Andrew Short Pulls A Coup! – Dirt Rider Magazine

The Thirteenth annual A Day In The Dirt grand prix went off this year with great racing, perfect weather (clouds watered the track overnight), and a new location. The Troy Lee Designs/Elrod Racing event had made LACR its home until that track closed earlier this year, so the promoters moved the grand prix to Pala [...]
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Ride For The Cure At Cahuilla Creek This Weekend

Okay, who’s going out to Cahulla Creek this Saturday, October 2, 2010 for the big Ride For The Cure event? Kawasaki will have a their hospitality rig set up and open to everyone and providing FREE Monster drinks and snacks so the good times keep rolling, Wahoo’s is going to be there with food (five [...]
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The AMA Nationals Vs. The FIM World Championships – Dirt Rider Magazine

Pro Circuit helped with bikes (at FIM spec) and pit support, but the CLS team brought their familiar suspension. “For me, everything’s so short here [in the U.S.]. Like, practice is so short, races are so short; everything comes around so quickly.” -Tommy Searle“[In U.S. racing] you’re asking these guys who don’t know these tracks, [...]
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2007 Christini CRF250X AWD #2 – Dirt Rider Magazine

2007 Christini CRF250X AWD #2We’ve been busy with our Christini Long Haul bike-getting more familiar with its unique front-wheel-drive system as well as modding the Honda engine to maximize the drive’s advantage. Anyone familiar with Honda’s 250X knows a bit more chug is a great thing, especially when you have all the traction you can [...]
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2009 250F MX Shootout – Dirt Rider Magazine

A multibike test as involved as a Dirt Rider shootout not only declares a winner, but more importantly discovers the strengths, weaknesses and personalities of each machine. Empirical testing may uncover a single “best” choice, but a motocross bike is the link between rider and track, and the best bike is also dependent on those [...]
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Christini AWD Honda CRF250X – Dirt Rider Magazine

Motorcycle technology usually advances slowly with refinements, not revolutions. Every once in a while the sport takes a huge leap, as it did with the modern four-stroke race bike. Whether it’s the displacement advantage or the more tractable power, it doesn’t matter, the sport looks, sounds and feels different today than it did 10 years [...]
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