2023 MECUM MOTORCYCLE AUCTION: WHERE DREAMS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD
It is only fitting that it is held in Las Vegas, where money changing hands is the stock and trade of locals, tourists and motorcycle collectors
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It is only fitting that it is held in Las Vegas, where money changing hands is the stock and trade of locals, tourists and motorcycle collectors
To restore one it is important is to find an Elsinore with a clean, undented tank. New and original tanks have sold for as much as $2000 on the vintage market
In 1986 Tom White had the idea to host a race for riders over the age of 30. To be eligible for that race, you had to be 30 years old. Amazingly, a large number of riders who raced that first event in 1986 showed up to race this year’s event
Not your most unforgettable—his
How to make a team look like a team…unless you want them to look like they aren’t on a team
One of the best uses for a shopping mall that we have seen in decades
MXA knows a lot about the 1992 CZ 125MX, we raced it, tested it and lived with it—well, actually we tolerated it
The “A” was the last of the twin-shock YZ’s—the “B” was the monoshock
With over 200 riders and temperatures that felt like they were over 200-degrees, the “Saturday at the Glen” racers proved that they would have raced the Pompei 450 National even as Vesuvius was spewing lava
When Can-Am purchased Alta’s intellectual properties and patents, you knew the 2023 Can-Am Pulse was coming
In 1968, Baby Boomers found a cheap entry into the sport and in the long run the DT1 made the dirt bikes accessible to the masses
If the bike had wheels and the manufacturer wrote a big enough check, Gary Jones could deliver them an AMA National Championship
“This Week in MXA” follows Josh Mosiman as he and fellow MXA test riders Dennis Stapleton, Brian Medeiros and Ezra Lewis hit the Nationals
It all started with four-time 250 Champion Gary Jones five decades ago and continues into 2023, with not just one CRF450 model, but a bevy of them
The DT2MX was the first Yamaha designed for motocross — with reed valve induction, CDI ignition, button-mag and Autolube
Captain Cobalt, the Jones Gang and Marty
“Talent wise, Vet motocross racers are to Ken Roczen what the Mexican Air Force is the Blue Angels”
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There is a famous line from the movie On Any Sunday that says, “They don’t all make it through every season.” And they don’t
Coopers were made by Moto-Islo in Mexico, but morphed into the only brand ever owned by an AMA National Champion
When offered the opportunity to race a classic 1962 Watson roadster at the 2021 Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Ernie Becker asked former and current MXA wrecking crew members Gary Jones and Dan Alamangos to go with him
Motocross has seen barrel grips, hex grips, fin grips, curved grips and octopus grips, but none as unusual as the Jones ball grip
The only brand owned by an AMA National Champion as opposed to just being raced by a hired gun National Champion
REM will be back next week for episode two of this week’s fun and games — plus word on the street is that the main road will be open next Saturday
You many have already heard about past stars Gary Jones and Bob Rutten, but you will be hearing about Hunter Yoder and Talon Hawkins in the future
The most prolific motorcycle designer of all-time built his own linkage fork, but never sold it until he turned it into a famous mountain bike fork
In the beginning…
A tongue in cheek look at worshippers, minions, vixens, posses, gophers, manfriends & social strata
I like that the guy next to me in the pits could be Ken Roczen’s neighbor (isn’t everybody). Or that the guy next to me is Ken Roczen (happens all the time).
You never know the real man until it’s too late