Were you drooling over the works bikes featured in the April Dirt Rider issue? Don't be embarassed; we were too. Most of the trick parts you'll find in the pits at Supercross are unavailible to the public - part of what makes them so alluring. But some of the parts are availible; you just need to know which ones and where to find them. Read on to find out more about some of the trickest ways you can pimp your rideSX style.
1. You can't buy HGA hubs, but Talon's are close (White Brothers) and Factory Effex and others make the hub stickers.
2. There's no reason you can't get these Acerbis guards used by James Stewart. You could customize them with some other guards and pop-rivets.
3. Kyle Lewis has been running well, and his whole bike is availible! Moto XXX won't sell his exact engine combo, but since it needs rebuilds every two races...
4. Lewis uses an Akrapovic muffler (4a.) and header (4b.), and those are for sale.
5. Don't wait for a mud race. Guards help with roost and cold, too. These are from Polisport.
6. Yamaha's parts and accessory division sells these insanely trick Titanium footpegs.
7. Stock radiator caps are rated 1.1, but pro teams use 1.8. Look for these at auto parts stores or Japanese car dealers.
8. You can trim your own fuel petcock lever, and look factory for free!
9. Pro Taper will sell you these covers to keep your grips clean between races.
10. You have to be quite a welder to section a radiator, but you can get the heat tapes from Factory Effex.
11. Soon the carbon fiber FMF muffler will be availible for sale.
12. KTM's Hard Parts catalog has these clutch master cylinder guards. Enduro Engineering (www.enduroeng.com) has them, too.
13. Kawasaki lined the bottom of the KX250's fuel tank with a heat barrier material. Look for it at hot rod shops.
To see the full article on the 2005 Supercross Works Bikes, pick up an April issue of Dirt Rider magazine currently on newsstands.