At one time a Husqvarna four-stroke was the most prized off-road ride in my garage, and it would have been my first choice for any off-road race. But that was a long time ago. Now, not even the country of
I recently bought a new Honda CRF250R with the intent of building my own “dream ride” bike for grand prix and WORCS-type racing. I’m not finished with my bike, but after experiencing the Ride Engineering, Dubach Racing, TBT-suspensioned Honda CRF250R,
Are you a believer in light, easy-to-maintain two-strokes but are tired of the huge displacement and torque advantage that four-strokes enjoy? Boyesen Engineering may have just what you’re looking for. We tried two versions of its 285 big-bore kits to
It was a unique feeling to be riding Nathan Woods’ specially equipped and prepped ISDE Suzuki RM-Z450 in the dry and dusty California desert at the same time that Woods himself was blitzing dry and dusty special tests in Greece.
All of the current four-stroke 250cc MX bikes are very good, but the others are a tick better than the unchanged-for-2006 RM-Z. In spite of the weaknesses of the bike, there are worthy reasons to buy one: It’s offered at
After a full year of riding my Honda CR144 Long Haul bike, the time has finally come to bid the sweet little ripper good night. This is certainly a bittersweet affair; on the one hand, I am glad to be
For the fast-paced, hit-and-sprint style of racing found on the BooKoo Arenacross circuit, the Chaplin Kawasaki/Factory Connection KX450F is precisely the kind of bike a racer wants. Ridden by team riders Billy Ainsworth, Robby Marshall and-for the final round of
Oh, great, I’m off my rocker. How could I even say that the 2009 KTM 250XC is the best bike ever? With only one day of track riding under my belt? Yes, the headline might just be true. Allow the
It’s called magazineeditoritis and it’s a rare disease specifically contracted by magazine editors. It typically isn’t fatal, at least to your life, yet it’s been known to handicap a career. I know about it only because I’ve had it and
In early 1993 when Jeremy McGrath was on his way to winning his very first supercross title, I was just a skinned-knee, snot-nosed, 8-year-old superfan. Anytime I wasn’t throwing proverbial rocks at Jimmy Lewis at the races (true story, or
Now I’m no supercross rider, but I’m just like you in the stands: I wonder what it would be like to be out there on that track. I still wonder what it would be like to ride one of those
Arenacross racing is brutal. As if being crammed onto a tight track with 15 other pros for a high-stakes main event wasn’t enough, racers also have to deal with peaky jumps, deep whoops, all-or-nothing starts and sharp berms that almost
KTM’s new 450 has arrived. We just completed our first full day of testing on the big orange ride and here is your dirtrider.com web impression.First out of the gate you need to notice how cool KTM graphics are this
The most sano controls in the motocross bike world just went to another level. What’s HotWith a lot of changes for ’09, especially when it’s not an all-new model by any means, the KTM 450 SXF has a plenty to
Cobra’s stellar mini cycles provide a powerful
Carson Brown tests the 661 Comp Boot
Photos by Rodney WebbHILLSDALE, Mich., (Dec. 30,
I was born into a dirt bike
