Even though it is fun to fly to some far-away track to test a bike, it isn’t much of a test. MXA prefers to test bikes on the “dirt dyno.” What is the dirt dyno? It is the tracks that we have done a thousand laps on. Read More...
We tested each bike in its stock form, and put 20 hours on each bike to, try to make them ultimately comparable to each other and to keep things equal we installed the same tires on each bike Read More...
Dave went so far as to have a special run of Webco heads sand-cast at a foundry for his one-off Hodaka Super Rat—we miss Dave's attention to detail Read More...
It was a bittersweet year as the day before the final race of the season it was was announced that the Geico Honda team would not return for the 2021 season Read More...
Luxon offers a four-in-one triple clamp with the ability to switch between 21mm, 22mm (stock), 23mm and 24mm fork offsets to fine-tune your YZ250/450 Read More...
There is praise and complaint in every new motorcycle. We’re glad Austria is making an effort to delineate the three different brands, but it seems wrong to leave free power on the table. Read More...
Doug raced his first National in 1981 joined Team Yamaha in 1989 and, with teammate Damon Bradshaw, won the San Jose Supercross in 1991 became the face of Yamaha in the mid ’90s Read More...
"The main boss in R&D came with me to California, and he packed my gates for me at the World Vet Championship. I don’t know if the bosses from the Japanese brands go to prepare the gate for their riders. This, I think, makes the… Read More...
"I started promoting big purse two-stroke races for three reasons: One, it is cost effective. Two, two-strokes are more fun to race—no doubt on that point. Three, racing a two-stroke is so much safer than a four-stroke." Read More...
A slipper clutch is more of a handling device than an actual engine aid. It disengages the clutch under significant deceleration. This frees up the rear suspension by lessening chain torque Read More...
"I don’t want to win; I want to kill everybody. I don’t want to win by five seconds; I need to win by at least one minute, because I want to show that I am not just the best, but that I am unbeatable." Read More...
The Twin Air PowerFlow kit comes with a rigid, lightweight, aluminum cage and dual-layer, flame-resistant, domed air filter. We combine dit with an SRP High Flow airbox cover.We weren't looking for more power, just more magaeable power Read More...
That may seem like a strange name for a motocross bike, but Zundapp was a company that started life as a producer of detonators (the devices used to set bombs off) Read More...
Well, we let Josh Mosiman do all the racing, we just play around at the KTM practice track, ate in the Moto Hall cafe and touched everything we saw in the factory Read More...
Over the last couple seasons, Josh Mosiman has been racing select AMA 450 Nationals on MXA test bikes—in 2023 he raced a Yamaha YZ450F at Pala, a Gas Gas MC450F at Hangtown and for this edition, he raced a Honda CRF450 Works Edition at… Read More...