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A good marketing campaigns attracts attention, but the best motocross gear is the type that you don’t notice on the track
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Racing the Parilla 250 Wildcat Scramblers against the smaller Cubs was like stealing candy from a baby
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The bike that James Stewart rode to a perfect season in 2008 —perfect means 24 straight moto wins
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"Eventually Jody let us race MXA test bikes. People would ask him what those two crazy Australians were testing, and Jody would say, “They are testing plastic components—on other riders’ bikes.”
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His go-for-broke riding style earned him a legion of loyal fans. But while his boldness endeared him to the fans, it wasn’t a formula for success. In truth, it eventually led to tragedy for Magoo
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On MXA's 2020 Yamaha YZ125, we wanted a no-frills race bike. We only wanted to change the stuff that needed changing, work on the items that needed help and replace the parts that we knew could be better
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There is a lot to be learned from the BWR Honda team. They are the most creative privateer team on the Supercross circuit
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Had Troy listened to his old buddies, his racing gear might have been on the podium for someone else’s team, but he lived his Frank Sinatra dream and did it his way
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Just1 Racing J-Flex gear was designed to be lightweight and flexible for freedom of movement.
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From its humble start, Penton became a powerhouse, offering the 100 Berkshire, 125 Six Day, 175 Jackpiner and 250 Hare Scrambler
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This is the engine package that Yamaha’s sponsored riders use in European EMX 125 and the Yamaha Cup 125 races. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Sadly, it's not sold in America
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He came out of nowhere in 1973, was named to the MXDN team in his rookie year, blazed a trail across the AMA Nationals in 1974 and disappeared
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"I wasn’t looking to transform the 2020 KX450 into a budget-busting, exotic, Pro-level race bike; instead, I wanted to maintain the KX450’s positive characteristics and fix the negative ones"
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Jason Lawrence isn’t your typical motocross rider (in any sense of the word). He has a very neutral riding position and tends to weight the back end of the bike more than the front.
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Brad Lackey wanted to win the 500 World Championship so much that he spent 11 years chasing the dream... and when it came true it spelled the end of his racing career
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Who killed the 500cc two-stroke? Well, it wasn’t Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick
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The Starmaker clutch was the first motorcycle clutch to use a diaphragm spring. It controlled two sintered bronze friction plates and one steel intermediate plate
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Most racers don’t own a wide selection of Torx tools, and even if they did, it is unlikely that they would have a #45 Torx bit
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The JGR Motocross team is the brainchild of Coy Gibbs, younger son of famous football coach and NASCAR race team owner Joe Gibbs
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The 1972 CZ 400 was a close relative of the 1970 and 1971 models. The old CZ 360 was bored out to 380cc and called the 400
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TM’s 2020 SMX 450FI World Champion Edition was built with a single purpose, which was paradoxically to be dual-purpose
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If you are tired of blown fork seals, SealSavers are the best solution to the high cost of replacing fork seals
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Modern version of the old school pantyhose or wire mesh option
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Every time you pull in the clutch lever you are shortening the lifespan of your clutch plates, but you gotta use it
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The YCF Bigy is 187.2cc, air-cooled, single-cylinder four-stroke with 17/14 wheels and a seat height of 35 inches — best of all it retails for $2999 and comes with a warranty
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Greatest rider not to have a National championship? Was it bad luck? Stiff competition?
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Team Primal Impulse's RM125 runs a factory cylinder, head, pipe, 2mm-longer rod, ignition and carburetor
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When you give up a ton of horsepower and add a ton of weight, you aren't going to make it all-better with a couple clicks
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If you're in the market for a 2021 dirt bike, Honda is ready, willing and able to sell you whatever you want
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If you thought that riding Tim Ferry’s 2007 KX450F would be identical to riding James Stewart’s KX450F, think again.
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