Thom Coppersmith heads the U.S. research and development effort for Ohlins factory suspension components. Ohlins’ Swedish-designed and -built forks and shocks work on some unique concepts, and the company prides itself on closer tolerances and greater adjustability than what comes
Let Dirt Rider’s Jimmy Lewis give you the lowdown on KTM’s latest off-road creation. Built for dominating single-track and a preview of the soon-to-be released EXC line, get a taste for the trails on an orange blurr.*No motorcycles were looped
Dear Dirt Rider, I think you guys are the bomb to say the least and ever since I picked up a Dirt Rider I’ve been hooked. I’m racing next season and I was just wanting some tips and if at
Spy Guy here and I just hacked into some marketing department photos from EVS’s mainframe computer on a couple exciting new products in advance of their Fall 2011 public release. The R4 Neck Brace is designed to be light and
No one knows when a defining moment will occur. So we create traditions-annual events that set the pieces together-and try to narrow down the when and the where of significant happenings. The Motocross of Nations (formerly called the Motocross des
Raced in the NASCAR Ultra Wheel Spec Truck Series; received Toyota 2007 Milestone Award for completing all 2,296 miles of the SCORE desert racing series for the trophy truck class; SCORE Laughlin Leap winner with a jump of 157 feet
Two of the great mysteries in the moto world are what goes on inside your suspension and what could make it perform better. Factory Connection has been the solution for pro and amateur riders since 1988 when Mike McAndrews founded
I’ve often told people I’m cursed with having, in my head, a GPS-like sense of direction and location. I call it JPS (Jimmy’s Positioning System). It’s great in that I’ve never, ever been lost in my entire life and have
Is your bike better than your truck? This question is going to light some fires, especially here in the office where we partnered up with our sister magazine, and I use the term politely, Off-Road Magazine to dissect the ins
For this year’s 24-Hour Torture Test, we wanted to learn as much about the bikes as we usually do and, at the same time, show you the right steps for taking any one of these 250Fs home from the dealer
It’s a mystery to some and well understood by others. Inside that valve cover, above the cylinder head, spinning at half the speed of your crank is the cam (or cams). It’s a shaft, usually riding on bearings, with a
The key to watching the made-for-media Red Bull Last Man Standing extreme off-road race is finding your way to a series of “elements.” These are short but intense obstacles nearly impossible (or at least visually intimidating) to ride but easily
I am not a two-stroke guy. Off-road, yeah, maybe, but a Yamaha YZ250 MXer is still too gnarly for my smooth-power preference. So as I sidled up to Justin Williamson’s GNCC-contending YZ250, I wasn’t exactly confident. Then I started it,
Hello I have loved dirt bikes my whole life but cannot convince my parents to let me have one. So I need your professional input: If I do convince them, I was thinking of a KX250F as a first bike.
Dual-sports are the mutts of the motorcycle world. They’re neither pure off-road bikes nor true street bikes; they don’t have the outright prowess to tackle a motocross track or crack triple-digit speeds. Yet this mixed lineage isn’t all bad, as
Buffalo, NY. July 29, 2009 – Dunlop
Most pit bikes fall into one of
Why does a big, tough, macho magazine
