MXA RETRO TEST: BROCK SELLARDS’ 2001 KTM 200SX…YES, A 200 FOR SUPERCROSS
You read that engine size right! In 2001 KTM experimented with a lighter bike and smaller engine to go up against the big bikes on a tighter track
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You read that engine size right! In 2001 KTM experimented with a lighter bike and smaller engine to go up against the big bikes on a tighter track
Before everyone forgets Stewart’s minicycle success, we grabbed his SplitFire KX85 right out from underneath him as he pulled off the Loretta Lynn track with his 10 billionth amateur championship and took it home to SoCal to test
Sheak’s high-rpm flyer was perfect for his 125 National speed, but without his talent, it is a demanding bike to ride
Team Kawasaki knew that someday, someone was going to beat “Supermac,” and they had banked everything on a short, stocky, red-headed kid from Florida, but he needed their help
One small step backwards and one giant leap forward
Why the long dreamed of Great American Motocross Hope was a total flop
It started life as the brain child of the Vertemati brothers, but the Vertemati/VOR breakup was probably a good thing for buyers—because the 503MX did improve under VOR
This is a classic example of all that can go wrong with a hopped-up bike—and spending a bundle of money doesn’t always make a bike better
Go back in time to when Cannondale invested $80 million in a bike that started with a suspect frame design and just got worse from there
What dId Langston’s AMA 125 National bike have in common with his works bike from Europe? Not much, just the pipe, silencer and transmission.
Let’s go back 21 years and see what the 2001 KTM 250SX two-stroke was like—the great, the good, the bad and the awful
In the 1990s Kawasaki was know as an engine company due to the powerful engines they produced
The bike that Brownie raced to the 125 AMA Championship 20 years ago—and Mike is still racing today
You would think that being KTM’s only presence in the premier class John would get full factory support. Wrong! Dowd was lucky to get a bikes-and-parts deal.
Yamaha was the first motorcycle manufacturer to figure out that it’s not how much power you make, but how you make it.
The age-old struggle of power versus powerband
One small step backwards and one giant leap forward
MXA looks back to the 2001 Honda CR250 two-stroke—that was the years that Honda came to its senses and took a step back to the good old days
In 2001 the KTM 125SX made big strides to not only stay with the Japanese brands, but beat them
These are the best 125 two-stokes from the glory days of 1980 to present day. Does your smoker take the crown?
Who was riding whom was the question
This is more than just a bike; it’s an adventure
Ben Graves’ 2005 Kawasaki KX134
The old dog knows a few new trciks
Be the brass master general
First, let’s get one myth out of the way up front. It is common for modern critics of the 450cc four-stroke to claim that the AMA 500cc National Championship was terminated because bikes like the CR500 and KX500 were too powerful. Not true. Not even close to true. The reality is that the AMA dropped the 500 National Championships after the 1993 season under political pressure from Suzuki and Yamaha. No surprise there; neither Suzuki nor Yamaha built a competitive 500cc motocross bike. In fact, Suzuki ha…
Dear MXA, Can you get the rear suspension settings for a 2001 Honda CR125? I need a good starting point. For hardcore racing we recommended this shock set-up: Spring rate: 4.6 kg/mm Race sag: 100mm High compression: 1.5 turns out (1 stock) Low compression: 8 clicks out (9 stock) Rebound: 20 clicks out (24 stock) Notes: For faster riders we recommen…
Amidst all the hype surrounding the first outing of Honda’s RC450, Yamaha also debuted a new bike at the October 22nd race in Japan. That’s right, at the same mud race where Tortelli showed the world the RC450, Ernesto Fonseca proved to the world exactly what the YZ250F was capable of after months of rumors. Ernesto holeshot both motos and after a small battle with the locals, pulled out to a ten second victory in moto one and a twenty second victory in moto two. On hand at the event was the very proud …
Honda is a strange company. Less than a month ago they refused to tell or show their dealers any details on the CR450 four-stroke at the annual dealer meeting in Las Vegas. Now, they bring the bike out in public at this week’s Japanese race and allow a hoard of photogs to snap photos at will. Strange marketing! Honda dealers could have used the promo material on next year’s CR450 four-stroke to increase floor travel (and been in the know before their customers). HERE ARE THE CR450 FACTS The CR450 engine…
Believe it or not, Yamaha will race a four-stroke in the 125 class next year. No, not a 125cc four-stroke—a 250cc four-stroke. Under current AMA rules the 125 class is limited to 0-to-125cc two-strokes and 0-to-250cc four-strokes. The all-new Yamaha YZ250F (the F stands for Four-Stroke) is a down-sized version of the popular YZ426 (which is 250 class legal). But do not think that the YZ250F is a clone of the YZ426. In fact, it shares very few engine components with its big brother. Few engine parts ar…