MOTOCROSS ACTION MID-WEEK REPORT
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Rider: Malcolm Stewart
Event: 2022 Indy Supercross
Bike: 2022 1/2 Rockstar Edition Husky FC450
Photographer: Trevor Nelson
TWO-STROKE SPOTLIGHT: 1996 HONDA CR125
“This 1996 Honda CR125 I rebuilt has a Millennium Technologies cylinder coating. They did a great job! I used the stock Honda piston and ring, and ported and polished the cylinder! A 1999 L-shaped power valve was used, Pro Circuit Works pipe and a stinger tip silencer. I used an Applied top triple clamp, Renthal Twin Wall bars with older crossbar pad, Renthal medium half waffle grips and ASV levers. I went with 834 moto HRC replica footpegs, a Works Connection case plate and frame guards, Vforce 4 Reed cage, 37mm bored PJ carburetor, new All Balls bearings throughout everything!
“I shoed the wheels with Dunlop mx33 tires and Excel gold rims with stock hubs, Renthal sprockets, D.I.D Gold chain, OEM rollers, chain block and slide! Thank you very much!” —Aaron Sofelkanich
MOTO | TRIVIA
Who is this rider? Answer at the bottom of the page.
MXA QUOTE // CHASE SEXTON ON RECOVERING FROM HIS BIG CRASHES
THE APRIL 2022 ISSUE OF MXA IS OUT! THE BEST DEAL IN THE SPORT!
If you don’t subscribe to MXA, you are missing a whole different world of motocross news, facts, tests and photos. For example, the just released April 2022 issue has a shootout between a perfectly retro-modded 2000 Kawasaki KX500 against a 1994 Honda CR500s. We also go back in time to retro test the fabled 2010 Husaberg upside-down engine FX450. The Jens Elmwall-designed engine was a technical masterpiece—but it didn’t sell, was hard to work on and lots of Husaberg’s cutting edge innovations were too far ahead of the times. Did we mention that it weighed 260 pounds?
We also sat down with former AMA Pro and 250 West Supercross winner Casey Lytle to see what he’s been up to since his Honda of Troy, Yamaha of Troy, FMF Honda and Pro Circuit Kawasaki days. Casey now works at KTM where he has been the Factory Team Manager, Red Bull KTM team test rider, Race Team coordinator, West Coast Customer Service Manager and has since moved over to the KTM testing department where he oversees development on the new production bikes.
Inside the mag is a detailed analysis of the 20 Innermost secrets of the 2023 KTM 450SXF. There are things inside these bikes that you never dreamed of—we explain all of them. Plus, you don’t want to miss the regular insights from Jody Weisel, Jamie Ellis and Daryl Ecklund or our tests of Alex Martin’s ClubMX Yamaha YZ450F, the 2022GasGas MC 250F and 2022 KTM 350SXF.
Even bigger is MXA’s 2022 125 Two-Stroke Shootout where we pit the KTM 125SX against the Yamaha YZ125, Gas Gas MC 125 and Husqvarna TC125‚ complete with dyno charts, weights and torque numbers. And, if you subscribe to Motocross Action right now, you will get a $25 credit from Rocky MountainATV/MC that will more than cover the cost of your subscription. To subscribe call (800) 767-0345 or Click Here
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KTM 450SX VERSUS KTM 250SX TWO-STROKE
2022 YZ125 VERSUS THE LAST 15 YEARS OF THE YZ125
FORGOTTEN BIKES: TIME FERRY’S 2009 FACTORY KAWASAKI KX450F
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE INDY SX THAT YOU MISSED
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$15,000 PASHA 125 OPEN AT THE WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP ON APRIL 16
The Pasha 125 Open race has a $15,000.00 purse. It is divided into three classes with $5000 being paid out per class. The 125 Pro class purse breakdown is first place $2500, second place $1500 and third place $1000. The Over-30 and Over-50 125 classes purse breakdown is first place $2000, second place $1000, third place $800, fourth place $700 and fifth place $500. For more info go t0 www.glenhelen.com
ASK MXA // WHAT ARE THOSE FACTORY MECHANICS LOOKING AT?
A few fancy tools and a large crowd of gawkers make a factory mechanic look brilliant.
Dear MXperts,
I went to the 2019 Southwick National and saw the factory mechanics inspecting the clutch after every moto. What are they looking at?
They aren’t looking at anything. They aren’t diagnosing anything. They aren’t inspecting anything. They aren’t fixing anything. When you pay a factory rider thousands of dollars per week to race, and pay the travel, food and hotel expenses for 10 team personnel and have guys in suits watching your every move from the front office, you don’t want to lose a race because the clutch slips. Thus, factory mechanics change the clutch plates between motos.
SUPERCROSS ON A WORLD SCALE
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CLASSIC MXA PHOTO
James Stewart and Nathan Ramsey lead the pack in 2004.
Moto Trivia answer: Roger Decoster kicking back between motos back in his racing days.
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