2001

Why the long dreamed of "Great American Motocross Hope" was a total flop
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Go back in time to when Cannondale invested $80 million in a bike that started with a suspect frame design and just got worse from there
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This is a classic example of all that can go wrong with a hopped-up bike
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This is a classic example of all that can go wrong with a hopped-up bike—and spending a bundle of money doesn't always make a bike better
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It started life as the brain child of the Vertemati brothers, but the Vertemati/VOR breakup was probably a good thing for buyers—because the 503MX did improve under VOR
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Let's go back 23 years and see what the 2001 KTM 250SX two-stroke was like—the great, the good, the bad and the awful
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What dId Langston’s AMA 125 National bike have in common with his works bike from Europe? Not much, just the pipe, silencer and transmission.
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You read that engine size right! In 2001 KTM experimented with a lighter bike and smaller engine to go up against the big bikes on a tighter track
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Before everyone forgets Stewart’s minicycle success, we grabbed his SplitFire KX85 right out from underneath him as he pulled off the Loretta Lynn track with his 10 billionth amateur championship and took it home to SoCal to test
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Sheak’s high-rpm flyer was perfect for his 125 National speed, but without his talent, it is a demanding bike to ride
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Team Kawasaki knew that someday, someone was going to beat “Supermac,” and they had banked everything on a short, stocky, red-headed kid from Florida, but he needed their help
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One small step backwards and one giant leap forward
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In the 1990s Kawasaki was know as an engine company due to the powerful engines they produced
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The bike that Brownie raced to the 125 AMA Championship 20 years ago—and Mike is still racing today
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You would think that being KTM’s only presence in the premier class John would get full factory support. Wrong! Dowd was lucky to get a bikes-and-parts deal.
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Yamaha was the first motorcycle manufacturer to figure out that it’s not how much power you make, but how you make it.
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The age-old struggle of power versus powerband
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One small step backwards and one giant leap forward
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MXA looks back to the 2001 Honda CR250 two-stroke—that was the years that Honda came to its senses and took a step back to the good old days
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In 2001 the KTM 125SX made big strides to not only stay with the Japanese brands, but beat them
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These are the best 125 two-stokes from the glory days of 1980 to present day. Does your smoker take the crown?
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Who was riding whom was the question
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This is more than just a bike; it’s an adventure
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Ben Graves' 2005 Kawasaki KX134
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Be the brass master general
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First, let's get one myth out of the way up front. It is common for modern critics of the 450cc four-stroke to claim that the AMA 500cc National Championship was terminated because bikes like the CR500 and KX500 were too powerful. Not true.…
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Dear MXA, Can you get the rear suspension settings for a 2001 Honda CR125? I need a good starting point. For hardcore racing we recommended this shock set-up: Spring rate: 4.6…
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