Welcome to The Weekly Dirt, the place to go each Wednesday to catch up on the latest happenings in the realm of off-road motorcycling. This week’s Dirt is coming from the storm-ravaged Midwest.Two weekends ago the Indy 100 GNCC was canceled at the last minute due to torrential rains, which turned the parking area and [...]
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This past weekend’s Indy 100 GNCC in Gosport, Indiana, was a total washout. It rained so hard on Saturday that the pits became a quagmire, and the bike race on Sunday had to be cancelled. Luckily, this gave me a chance to focus on other things, like Nate Kanney’s WMR Off-Road Racing KTM 450 SX-F, [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt, the place to go each Wednesday to catch up on the latest happenings in the realm of off-road motorcycling. This week, a hodgepodge of off-road news! Chad Reed (left) and Ryan Villopoto go at it in Houston earlier in the year. Photo by Shan Moore First up, Ryan Villopoto came [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt. This week’s “Dirt” includes “observations” from the Observed Trials opener in Texas… Cody Webb hurls his bike up a vertical rock “step” in Texas. Photo by Shan Moore Motorcycle Trials gets a bad rap in the United States. For too many years it was referred to as “ballet on a [...]
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I’m a freelance motorsports photographer and a regular shooter at Dirt Rider and for someone who makes his living on the road – and I’m on the road 40 weekends a year – good luggage is a necessity. It’s no different than camera gear; you have to have the best if you’re counting on it [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt, the place to go each Wednesday to catch up on the latest happenings in the realm of off-road motorcycling. This week the Rad Dad Enduro, Canard and WORCS. Russell Bobbitt got a big win in Tennessee. Photo by Shan Moore Russell Bobbitt is the king when it comes to really [...]
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West Point, Tennessee, April 17, 2011 – Russell Bobbitt added his third win of the season with a dominating performance at the Rad Dad National Enduro, round four of the Rekluse/AMA National Enduro Series in Westpoint, Tennessee.The NATRA-sponsored event started out as a three way battle between Bobbitt and his FMF/KTM teammates Charlie Mullins and [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt, the place to go each Wednesday to catch up on the latest happenings in the realm of off-road motorcycling. This past week I’ve been in the southeast, spending time at the Jason Raines Riding University in Traveler’s Rest, South Carolina; the Big Buck GNCC in Union, South Carolina; and at [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt, the place to go each Wednesday to catch up on the latest happenings in the realm of off-road motorcycling. I’ll be on the road every weekend bringing you the straight skinny from trenches with a tinge of Oklahoma twang – heavy on the racing and light on the fluff. Charlie [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt. This week I shot the Steele Creek GNCC in Morganton, North Carolina where Josh Strang got his first win of the year at the expense of Charlie Mullins. This race was one of the best I’ve seen in a while and it boiled down to one of strangest finishes ever. [...]
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Welcome to The Weekly Dirt. This week “Dirt” comes to you from the site of the Cajun National Enduro near Alexandria, Louisiana, where factory KTM rider Russell Bobbitt got his second win of the year. It was a close one, though, as defending series champ Charlie Mullins was breathing down his neck heading into the [...]
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Some down and dirty off-road racing in the southeast as the Alligator Enduro and the Maxxis General GNCC in Georgia wrap things up for Speed Week. Michael Lafferty won the Alligator Enduro for the 11th time! Photo by Shan Moore The Alligator Enduro is well known as one of the toughest off-road events in the [...]
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Barry Hawk is part of the set-up crew at the GNCCs. Photo by Shan Moore #5: The Start “I actually think being on the 350 will help me on my starts in supercross [Shorty was the absolute king of the outdoor holeshot in 2010, taking over that honor from Mike Alessi]. On outdoors, the tracks [...]
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Speed Week is here and there’s plenty to talk about: Hot Rod’s River Ranch, Bubba’s Daytona, and a whole lot more dirt… ‘er, sand. Hot Rod Charlie Mullins was on it at the River Ranch GNCC. Photo: Shan Moore The River Ranch GNCC is undoubtedly one of the toughest rounds on the GNCC schedule, due [...]
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The opening round of the Rekluse/AMA National Enduro Series saw an interesting mix of machinery fill the top 10 in the final standings. Motorcycle manufacturers are offering more choices than ever when it comes to off-road hardware, and the top riders in the business seem to be having a difficult time deciding what to ride. [...]
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Honda unveiled the Honda 2012 CRF150R. Carson
If I could ride naked I would.
Lately I’ve been riding the super mini
The Lead Law is finally out of
