RANDOM RADNESS #7

Motocross Action has the most documented collection of photos in the sport as their photogs have been capturing everything motocross since MXA’s inception in 1973. These photos have been kept locked up inside MXA’s palatial towers (except for the ones that were pilfered). It was time to break into the historic archive of photos that have been captured over our 48-year history. Out of the millions of photos MXA has in its archive only a fraction of those have been seen by the public. Only a few hundred photos were needed per issue of MXA, but our guys snapped thousands of photos each month that were just stored never to be seen. We finally thought we should share these unseen photos of the past and present. We also thought that other fans of the sport needed a platform for them to share their Rad photos as well. With that, MXA’s Random Radness was born.

Jeff Ward in a 1988 Sinisalo ad. 

Career mechanic Lee McCollum speaking with a Japanese Suzuki tech. 

The factory 2008 Honda CRF250 of Tommy Hahn. 

Blake Wharton back in 2015. 

MXA testing a 1987 Honda CR250 at White Sands. 

Chad Reed’s Kayaba works forks were outfitted with carbon fiber Enzo sub-tanks.

That fork glows. 

Hunter Yoder back as an amateur. 

Jason Anderson’s factory Husky TC250 was built for him to race the two-stroke national but did not compete in. MXA got to test it.

“What did I do?”

The factory Showa shock off Ricky Carmichael RM250. 

Justin Hill during the 2019 mud race at Hangtown. 

Remember the Honda Fat Cat?

Josh Hanson and Mike Brown back in the Yamaha of Troy days. 

The 1984 MXA 125 Shootout. 

This wooden bike was made by Gottlieb Daimler. It is the first known patented motorcycle back in 1885. 

Cooper Webb navigating through the sand at the 2020 Oakland Supercross. 

Sean Cantrell starting to go over the bars. 

Sean completing the endo. 

Jeff Leisk back in 1989.

Mike Larocco at the U.S .Open in 2004.

1989 YZ250 linkage shifter with a trick Destroyer shift lever. 

Broc Glover’s 1989 KTM 250.

Jeremy McGrath sitting in front of his trophies in his BMX days. 

Jett Lawrence riding the 2022 Honda CRF250. 

Yes, we once covered Canadian motocross, until the Canadian magazines complained and the Canadian government told us to stop. 

Jody and Lovely Louella working together on their tandem mountain bike. 

Josh Hanson and Travis Pastrana battling on the Red Bull Straight Rythem in 2014. 

Marvin Musquin in the whoops at Washougal. 

Two legends in the sport, Jeff Stanton and Roger DeCoster. 

Trick factory Honda Japan stuff. 

How many Jimmy Button’s do you see?

Dean Wilson focused in. 

The MXA cover of June 2001 had Ricky Carmichael crashing. 

A bike on the loose. 

Pure joy!

Two-time 125 Champion Micky Dymond. 

Ken Roczen back in 2010 at the Glen Helen USGP.

Kyle Redman defying gravity on Mike Brown Husky off-road bike.

Denny Stephenson 1990.

Chad Reed back in 2014 on his TwoTwo Motorsports KX450F. 

MXA’s Daryl Ecklund draggin’ bar at the Monster Mountain track in Alabama during the 2014 Yamaha YZ250F intro. 

If you have photos that you would like to be featured, please send them to [email protected]. These photos will not be photo credited. By submitting your photos for Random Radness you agree to release all ownership rights to the images and copy them to MXA.