THE BEST OF JODY’S BOX: THE CADILLAC OF MOTORCYCLES
I was a little kid the first time I saw it, maybe six years old, but I remember that Sunbeam S7 being the most majestic thing I had ever seen
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I was a little kid the first time I saw it, maybe six years old, but I remember that Sunbeam S7 being the most majestic thing I had ever seen
The race day that was cool and overcast, which meant that sweat wasn’t on the menu — what was on the menu were roost sandwiches
I don’t want to become one of those robots that walks around staring at a glowing blue light every waking hour of the day
The three most dangerous places on a motocross track are the first turn, on the other side of a blind jump and in the sign-up building
To my way of thinking, there was no reason for her to make me go to the doctor for an injury that hadn’t turned purple yet
“I take that with a grain of salt from a guy giving me advice while wearing earrings and a necklace.”
Pasha strikes again, tripleheader mania, KTM PowerParts, REM returns, one man & many bikes and what’s left in 2020
I think of Feets as a father figure, a brother in arms, a mentor, and the nicest, most honest and humble man I have ever met
I should have crashed, but luckily I saved it when my chest protector caught on my crossbar pad. If it weren’t for that crossbar pad, I’d spend half my life sliding down the track face first
You can’t relive the past, but you can visit — go find your old scrapbook now!
No, I take that back, they are worthy of worship whenever they are on their motorcycle, other than that, not so much
You never really lose a friend, you just can’t can’t go to lunch with them after a race anymore
“But, as they pulled him from the twisted wreck, with his dying breath, they heard him say, ‘Tell Laura I love her.’”
We need a lot more locals if we want to keep the gravy train rolling
The shame is that the purity of the sport can be so easily corrupted by greedy men. No matter how you cut it, motocross is one of those “profit deals”
As a kid, I remember getting a new bicycle for my birthday and rolling it into my bedroom so I could sleep with it — a practice my mother frowned on
Make that the short history of the Husqvarna Automatic and the men who raced them, built them and loved them
If the motorcycle industry didn’t built what he wanted, he built it himself — and he sold thousands of them to riders who wanted the same thing
I have been fortunate to have a job that allows me to focus totally on meaningless motocross facts—without any distractions from the periodic table of elements or memorizing state capitals
Young fast guys Colton Aeck, Mitchell Falk & Max Vohland, middle-age fast guys Jon Ortner, Bob Weber & Ralf Schmidt, old fast guys Val Tamietti, Robert Reisinger & Bob Rutten & some really old not-so-fast-anymore guys
The number on your bike does not ring bells with anyone but you. But, I’m guessing it means something
What one man did to his six-year-old-old smoker. Why would an MXA editor want a 2014 Yamaha YZ250 when he could just race MXA’s 2020 YZ250?
“Your understanding of women is as limited as that of meteorolology.”
Some times a stop gap measure is the only measure that can work when you start too late
A true story of Lovely Louella’s deception, but don’t tell her that I told you
Make no mistake about it, there are still a few Hodaka parts left on this Super Combat
The strange power that the stickers in the back window of your truck have on the people behind you on the freeway
Not your most unforgettable—his
“I was excited because I really enjoy the bike, but confused about why MXA was testing a bike that hadn’t changed in 14 years” —Josh Mosiman
The name may not be familiar to the new crowd, but if you’ve been around, you’ve seen photos of Pete Maly