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MXA’S HISTORY OF REVERSE-CYLINDER ENGINE DESIGNS

Dec 2, 2023

Reverse cylinder engines are not rare, but they are still oddities
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BIKES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: YANKEE BYRA Z 1000

Aug 7, 2023

How big is too big, but more obviously, how wide is too wide—the Byra four-cylinder two-stroke pushed the limits
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ASK THE MXPERTS: WOULD YOU RACE A DAMPF-KRAFT-WAGON?

Nov 21, 2022

Motocross brands are often named after the man who owned the factory, but lots of motorcycle names are little harder to track down
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BEST OF JODY’S BOX: I RACED A CZ BECAUSE IT WAS AGRICULTURALLY STOUT — AND THAT IS HOW I SAW…

Oct 11, 2022

I quit racing CZs because CZ had stopped improving. They had lost their will to live and I had lost interest in hitching my wagon to their falling star
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HOW TO BE A MOTORCYCLE TEST RIDER

Apr 27, 2022

One man's story of finding the ultimate job
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2022 MECUMS MOTORCYCLE AUCTION: FULFILL YOUR MOTORCYCLE DREAMS … HERE & NOW

Feb 14, 2022

If you couldn't make it to the big auction, you can at least see the bikes and learn what they sold for — all you need to know
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JODY’S TEST RIDER CHRONICLES: MY LIFE AS AN MXA TEST PILOT

Aug 17, 2021

So, you want to be a motorcycle test rider, but not just any test rider—you want to be the guy who has ridden every bike made for the last 45 years—and lived to tell about it
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 OSSA 250 STILETTO

Sep 13, 2020

What kind of bike do you have? I have a Orpheo Sincronia Sociedad Anomina 250 Stilletto
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 BULTACO 360 EL BANDIDO

Jun 6, 2020

Reliability problems. Spanish metal. Added weight. Not popular. That's why most El Bandidos ended up in junk yards
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GODSPEED! JOE BOLGER (1930-2020)

Apr 25, 2020

Joe excelled at everything he did—from racing to changing the way rear suspension works
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2020 MECUM MOTORCYLE AUCTION: WHERE FORGOTTEN DREAMS ARE FOUND

Feb 3, 2020

When you were a kid didn't you dream of owning a Super Rat, Cappra, Mega-2, Pursang, Stiletto or Mini-Trail? Guess what? You can
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MXA’S WEEKEND NEWS ROUND-UP: YOU GOTTA LOVE THE DOLDRUMS

Dec 6, 2018

Nothing is happening, every Pro is tucked away in secret & the sport is left to the people who pay the bills — you!
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ASK THE MXPERTS: WHAT’S HOLDING UP FUEL-INJECTED TWO-STROKES?

Oct 26, 2016

Common sense
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MXA WEEKEND NEWS ROUND-UP: WIZARDS OF OZ, PORTUGUESE IRON & SPANISH WINE

Nov 29, 2015

The Vegemite of moto news
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BAD NEWS: GAS GAS IS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE

May 30, 2015

The Spanish brand and its partner Ossa are looking for a sugar daddy buyer
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MXA’S WEEKEND NEW ROUND-UP: OTHER ODDITIES, ORANGE MINIS & MORE

May 29, 2015

You gotta see this!
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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE INDY SUPERCROSS

Mar 15, 2015

You will agree with every one of them
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MOTOCROSS ACTION’S WEEKEND NEW ROUND-UP: THE BOOK OF LISTS

Nov 13, 2014

You can only list what you know to be true ...or half true
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MXA’S WEEKEND NEWS ROUND-UP: ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS FROM THE MOTO WORLD (02/04/14)

Feb 4, 2014

EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO MONTESA? LET HONDA TELL YOU Honda will bring in a limited number of $9000 Montesa Cota 4RT Repsol Replicas. In…
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