larry brooks

In 1997 MXA’s Jody Weisel killed the Gainesville AMA 125/250 National when he penned a story titled, “The Orphan National Must Die”
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And by MXA we mean the magazine, website, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter & Fantasy App—anything else we can do for you?
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Riders of Ken’s caliber are usually locked in from one factory contract to the next, but, in this case, Ken and Honda split at the last minute, and the stars aligned HEP, Suzuki
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You should because it was the night that Ken Roczen proved the naysayers wrong, made the Suzuki faithful happy and had 60,000 people on their feet.
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"Kickstart Ken" will be back in yellow for a littler while longer—making miracles happen!
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His father was a Honda lifer, he got his start as a Fifth Dragon at YOT, he won the Phoenix Supercross for FMF Honda, learned team manager lessons from Mitch Payton & found his true calling at KTM
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Inside facts about the world's greatest job and why only a few get called up
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"I have been fortunate to have been around a slew of great champions, and you can always tell when they are winners."
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Larry Brooks has been the Team Manager for James Stewart, Chad Reed and many more athletes in the past. He now gets to add Ken Roczen to his coveted list
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Not your most unforgettable—his
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"I wasn’t always politically correct, but I told it like it was. Now, I have switched gears and enjoy watching the riders succeed more than me trying to win a championship for self-gratification."
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"It was good to be around Jeremy McGrath, to see someone like him in his prime. I got to watch and see what he did. It was just good to be around that environment and have a sense of what someone at the top was doing."
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James Stewart’s 2009 AMA Supercross-winning YZ450F is a piece of history, chock-full of personal touches that only James Stewart would like
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Who'd a thunk it? The low on power and high in weight Suzuki RM-Z250 is suddenly making the top ten with Larry Brooks' BarX team
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Test riders often head into thinking that a “works” bike is going to be all engine—a fire-breathing, rip-snorting 125 mill that hits like a 250. It ain’t always so!
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"Ricky Carmichael single-handedly made me hate motocross. I gave him a run for his money, but like everybody else I fell short."
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A blast, a big birthday, a weird CR500 & Pourcel hangs it up
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Jon Ortner's REM photo galley
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Larry Brooks parts ways
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The weekend is just a few blips of the throttle away
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Who is the factory test rider? Larry Brooks reveals all
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How to build a better YZ450F... from a man who knows
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Bringing the terra firma to your screen!
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Meet a man who has lived three lifetimes of bikes, races and motocross memories
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"I raced bikes that I could never been able to afford on my own."
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You ride what they tell you to ride and do what they ask
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On paper, Motocross Action only has four full-time test riders. They vary in age (from the mid 20s to Jody's ancient 60s?actually, the average age of three of the four is 28 years old) and in skill (from AMA National fast to Intermediate…
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