Most of our staff tends to think of adult minicycles as 150cc four-strokes in 85cc-size or even 85-100cc-size mini frames. The recent CRF50F craze is a little shocking to us, but that doesn’t mean we don’t respond to seeing radical
I had a dream the other day in which some really cool stuff happened. First, everybody got along–not only different races of people, but countries and religions, too. It trickled all the way down to the dirt bikers and environmentalists:
Ever wake from a deep sleep wanting to jump up and yell, “Hey, can you give me some gas?” Well, neither had I before the Dirt Rider 24-Hour torture test. I thought it would just be a torture of the
The greatest idea in motocross is not the water-cooled motor, the backward-falling start gate, the monoshock or the full-face helmet. Making the four-stroke engine race competitive has certainly shaken things up. And the track-crawling watering truck and other grooming machinery
Moto 101Motocross HistoryRoger DeCoster and Jean-Michel Bayle were on hand at the soon-to-open Primm MX Collection during a shoot for a new motocross history movie by the producers who made the highly successful The Great Outdoors DVD. The two motocross
2007 Sighting!Could This Be The 2OO7 KTM? While most motorcycle manufacturers are extremely tight-lipped about their new projects, KTM races its top-secret stuff in the MX World Championships. Sebastifn Tortelli’s factory KTM 450 shows a number of strange features, including
Life came to a crashing halt the other day. Not for me, but for everyone trying to call me because I smashed my cell phone. I was riding trials bikes with Big Air Tod when I was rejected on a
Cheap BikesI saw the ads a few years ago in the Sunday papers and nearly shot coffee through my nose. What in the…? A brand-new off-road bike for $399?Yep. There it was. Closer inspection of the ad showed precious little
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It’s a monthly affair, and I can get pretty moody about it. Deadline time for my column and I need to figure what it will be all about. It can be a soapbox of sorts, ranging from a day in
The next few years are crunch time. The Forest Service’s OHV route designation rule was released last year, and things are beginning to fall into place to make this work in our favor as much as possible. It affects yours
Rekluse Motor Sports Signs On!Eaton Rapids, Michigan (March, 20, 2007)Rekluse Motor Sports, the leading manufacturer of automatic clutches for motorcycles and ATV’s has signed on as the event sponsor for round number five of the AMA/FMF National Enduro Series, presented
Yoshihide Fukudome out for remainder of motocross seasonAfter a strong first moto showing at the High Point National two weeks ago, Yoshihide Fukudome appeared to be adapting well to the fast pace of the young AMA Motocross Championship series. But
2007 Maxxis EnduroCross Series!Here are the highlights for most exciting form of motorcycle racing onthe planet and the toughest indoor off-road race series in America.* There are three races in this AMA Sanctioned series.* Denver – September 29. Guthrie, OK
Dear Dirt Rider:I’m a moto guy. I ride the track 99 percent of the time, and the other 1 percent I’m in the desert. One thing I never do is trail ride. I’ve always thought of trail riding as an
The start is everything when you
Two wins and a second earns him
The most dominant performance by a motorcycle
I’ve been living on the Honda 150R
