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THIS WEEK AT GLEN HELEN: “SATURDAY AT THE GLEN,” SRA GP, NITROCROSS & AME MINICROSS

Dec 5, 2023

There are seven different races on five different tracks at Glen Helen this weekend for minis, off-road cars, vets & motocrossers
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FORGOTTEN MOTOCROSS TECH: TWIN CARB? PISTON-PORT? ROTARY VALVE? PUCH MC250

Dec 5, 2023

The twin-carb engineering marvel that won the 1975 250 World Championship and disappeared into the ether that is the past
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TWO-STROKE TUESDAY | 2006 TM 125MX TWO-STROKE

Dec 5, 2023

TM has been around for many years, and their claim to fame is that they are the only manufacturer offering a full-blown factory bike to the public
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THIS WEEK IN MXA: CATCHING UP WITH RYAN VILLOPOTO

Dec 4, 2023

We talk to Ryan Villopoto about what he's been up to lately, his gear switch from Canvas to FastHouse, racing Day in the Dirt, racing with his kids and his appreciation for the sport
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BEST OF JODY’S BOX: THE FALLACY OF THINKING YOU ARE BULLETPROOF

Dec 4, 2023

"Late last year I finally got the broken bone that I so richly deserved when I crashed at the top of Glen Helen’s Mt. Saint Helen"
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY BOY: “THE EUROPEANS SNUBBED THEIR NOSES AT US”

Dec 4, 2023

Danny LaPorte was part of the sport's greatest American moment
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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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TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TRIPLE CLAMP OFFSET

Dec 2, 2023

Trail is a measurement of how far the contact patch of the front tire is behind the point where the steering axis hits the ground.
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BEST SPEED SECRET EVER: STAND UP IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS

Dec 2, 2023

It is free and easily learned, for those who have the willpower to make it happen
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY BOY: SUPER 125 CHAMP, MCGRATH NEMESIS & STILL TALKING

Dec 2, 2023

Jeff Emig — a man who bounced back from adversity many times
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DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN MIKE ALESSI STOOD ON IVAN TEDESCO’S BIKE?

Dec 1, 2023

How far would you go to win? In most people minds, Mike stepped over the line when he stepped on Ivan's bike...but that is why people remember it 18 years later
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BREAKING NEWS! MXGP CHAMPION JORGE PRADO TO RACE 3 ROUNDS OF AMA SUPERCROSS

Dec 1, 2023

After a two-week trip of testing on Supercross in the U.S. Jorge Prado and the GasGas factory racing team have decided to make a cameo appearance at Anaheim 1
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BILLY LANINOVICH RETURNS TO SUPERCROSS AT 40 YEARS OLD – INTERVIEW

Dec 1, 2023

We talk to the 125SX Main Event winner from the 2005 San Francisco Supercross about his return to Supercross at 40!
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RUMORS, GOSSIP & UNFOUNDED TRUTHS: VILLOPOTO, HARTRANFT, CASELLI, TRIUMPH & MORE

Dec 1, 2023

There is alway something happening, but you don't know what until you read about it
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MXA VIDEO: WE TEST THE 2024 KTM 350SXF

Dec 1, 2023

This just might be the best all-around motocross bike on the market today. Yes, it's expensive. Yes, it requires some break-in time. Yes, you have to have air fork know-how. Yes, it is incredible to ride!
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THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAY BOYS; DANNY LAPORTE (66), JEFF EMIG (53), BRUCE BROWN (86) & MORE,

Dec 1, 2023

December is a giant month for birthdays, we start the month out with Emig, Brown, Dungey and Laporte
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FORGOTTEN MOTOCROSS TECH: AIR SCOOPS FOR AIR-COOLED ENGINES

Dec 1, 2023

It was such a great idea that Honda and Yamaha copied it it, but it was doomed to extinction by the arrival of water-cooling
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ASK THE MXPERTS: TIN-FOIL-HAT YZ125 CHASSIS IDEAS

Nov 30, 2023

If you need strange solution to fix a common problem, the problem is you
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HOW TO FIND A SPONSOR & KEEP IT

Nov 29, 2023

...And a large number of ways to lose a sponsor before you even sign on the dotted line
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TEN THINGS ABOUT MOTORCYCLE MASS & IT’S EFFECTS ON YOUR BIKE

Nov 29, 2023

Much like spinning a top, rotating mass doesn’t want to stop after you start it. If you touch a spinning top while it’s going, it tips over, and then bounces back up
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CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 YAMAHA 250 DT1

Nov 29, 2023

In 1968, Baby Boomers found a cheap entry into the sport and in the long run the DT1 made the dirt bikes accessible to the masses
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MXA TEAM TESTED: TM DESIGNWORKS FACTORY EDITION FX CHAIN GUIDE

Nov 28, 2023

TM Designworks has perfected a plastic compound that is infused with an oil additive to reduce friction
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TWO-STROKE TUESDAY | COMPLETE TEST OF THE 2001 KTM 125SX

Nov 28, 2023

In 2001 the KTM 125SX made big strides to not only stay with the Japanese brands, but to beat them
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MXA VIDEO: WE TEST THE 2024 HUSQVARNA FC250

Nov 28, 2023

It's surprising to learn how many people don't know that Husqvarna's motocross bikes sit a full inch lower than KTM or GasGas
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY BOY: HE CHANGED THE WHOLE NATURE OF THE SPORT

Nov 27, 2023

Ricky Carmichael was all business — on and off the track
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BEST OF JODY’S BOX: “WHAT GOOD IS BEING THE BEST, IF IT BRINGS OUT THE WORST IN…

Nov 27, 2023

Everyone needs a road map to get where they are going, but are we talking Rand McNalley, Thomas Guides, Google Earth or the good old "Turn left at the red mailbox?"
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MXA’S WEEKEND NEWS ROUND-UP: WHAT YOU MISSED & WHAT’S STILL TO COME

Nov 27, 2023

Coming up! Blu Cru Invitational, Kurt Caselli Ride Day, Day in the Dirt, Travis Pastrana's Nitrocross & on the horizon Anaheim I
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ASK THE MXPERTS: ALBERT F. SHORE WAS A MOTOCROSS TIRE GENIUS

Nov 27, 2023

Motocross tires are measured using the Shore Type A durometer scale — The higher the durometer number the harder the rubber compound
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ROCZEN AND ANSTIE WIN THE 2023 WORLD SUPERCROSS (WSX) CHAMPIONSHIP

Nov 25, 2023

Ken Roczen did what he set out to do and even overcame a bad start in moto three. Anstie was flawless all night long in the 250 class
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THIS WEEK IN MXA WITH JOSH MOSIMAN: RIDING A FACTORY RED BULL KTM 450 RALLY BIKE

Nov 24, 2023

We ride Matthias Walkner's Red Bull KTM 450 Rally bike on a motocross track in Austria
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