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2013 Monster Energy Supercross Schedule Announced

Feld Motor Sports® announced today the 2013 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, schedule for the world’s premier indoor, off-road motorcycle racing circuit. The championship will once again…

Ricky Dietrich To Take An Indefinite Break From Racing

The Husqvarna Enduro Team by CH Racing & the management for Ricky Dietrich have announced today that they have come to a mutual agreement that allows for Ricky to step…

GEICO EnduroCross Fantasy League Created

For the first time ever, GEICO AMA EnduroCross fans will be able to compete against one another in a full-throttle online fantasy league that’s sure to be every bit as…

Race Tech to Provide Support at AMA Amateur National Arenacross Championships

Race Tech is pleased to announce that they will be on hand to provide trackside technical support to all the riders competing at the AMA Amateur National Arenacross Championships on…

American Motorcyclist Association Announces Anti-Doping Test Results for AMA Supercross Competitors

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports that anti-doping testing was conducted at the San Diego (Feb. 11) and St. Louis (March 3) rounds of the AMA Supercross Championship. No prohibited…

New Adventure Foot Peg From Pro Moto Billet

Pro Moto Billet Inc., announces the release of its latest fully functional billet aluminum sculpture: The Fastway Adventure Foot Peg for Dual Sport, Adventure, Dirt, and Snow (converted) motorcycles. The…

Supercross Stats: Atlanta

The first race was held on March 5 1977, and Bob Hannah won on a Yamaha This will be the 34th time the gate will drop for a Supercross Class race…

New Roost Guard From EVS

The all-new F1 roost guard is a justifiable, yet simple new addition to the already amazing chest protection family. With stellar roost deflection technology and a fully modular customizable design,…

Improve Your Cornering Skills With RIDE Academy

RIDE Academy is led by former AMA Pro Flat Track racer and four-time main event winner Mike Hacker. He has coached and mentored many of the nation’s top racers, including…

Bell Revolver – Helmet Review

by Soul Cohen photos: Benjamin Segal Choosing a new lid for your noggin from the myriad of helmets on the market these days can be a daunting task. Should you…

Works Connection’s KTM Pro Launch Start Device

Works Connection’s KTM Pro Launch Start Device ’08-’12 KTM 125-530 Specifically designed for KTM motorcycles, this “Next Generation” in start devices incorporates a Patent Pending spring-less trigger design making it…

Race Tech Wishes Bruce Rutherford Well

Longtime Race Tech support rider and top West Coast Supercross Lites Class rider Bruce Rutherford let us know this week that he has an opportunity with a new team for…

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0May 4, 2012
2013 Monster Energy Supercross Schedule Announced

Feld Motor Sports® announced today the 2013 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, schedule for the world’s premier indoor, off-road motorcycle racing circuit. The championship will once again…
0May 4, 2012
Ricky Dietrich To Take An Indefinite Break From Racing

The Husqvarna Enduro Team by CH Racing & the management for Ricky Dietrich have announced today that they have come to a mutual agreement that allows for Ricky to step…
0May 2, 2012
GEICO EnduroCross Fantasy League Created

For the first time ever, GEICO AMA EnduroCross fans will be able to compete against one another in a full-throttle online fantasy league that’s sure to be every bit as…
0May 1, 2012
Race Tech to Provide Support at AMA Amateur National Arenacross Championships

Race Tech is pleased to announce that they will be on hand to provide trackside technical support to all the riders competing at the AMA Amateur National Arenacross Championships on…
0March 23, 2012
American Motorcyclist Association Announces Anti-Doping Test Results for AMA Supercross Competitors

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports that anti-doping testing was conducted at the San Diego (Feb. 11) and St. Louis (March 3) rounds of the AMA Supercross Championship. No prohibited…
0March 6, 2012
New Adventure Foot Peg From Pro Moto Billet

Pro Moto Billet Inc., announces the release of its latest fully functional billet aluminum sculpture: The Fastway Adventure Foot Peg for Dual Sport, Adventure, Dirt, and Snow (converted) motorcycles. The…
0February 22, 2012
Supercross Stats: Atlanta

The first race was held on March 5 1977, and Bob Hannah won on a Yamaha This will be the 34th time the gate will drop for a Supercross Class race…
0February 22, 2012
New Roost Guard From EVS

The all-new F1 roost guard is a justifiable, yet simple new addition to the already amazing chest protection family. With stellar roost deflection technology and a fully modular customizable design,…

Feature Articles

0August 29, 2011
2012 Yamaha Super Tenere Test

By Neale Bayly. Photos by Tom Riles and Brian J Nelson. “You motorcycle guys have got life figured out.” I was talking talking with a corporate executive the other day…
0August 26, 2011
Building Endurance With a Heart Rate Monitor

Before starting any exercise program consult your physician If you are anything like us, when you go riding, you want to be able to ride as fast as you like…
0May 31, 2011
The Woods Ripper That YOU Can Build – We Build It Part III – The Chassis

Click on any of the photos for larger versions If you read Part II of this series you will have seen the effort we put into the YZ/ Athena motor….
0April 16, 2011
The Woods Ripper That YOU Can Build – We Build It Part II – The Motor

As we mentioned in Part I of this feature, this Woods Ripper project got started because we wanted to see what all the fuss was about regarding the Athena 144…
1March 19, 2011
The Woods Ripper That YOU Can Build – We Build It Part I – The Intro

A little bird flew into the EDM office window this morning chirping very quietly in my ear, it was so quiet it was nearly a whisper. But when I turned…
0March 15, 2011
CR500 vs CRF450

Four strokes are here to stay and there is no arguing the fact that they are far easier to to ride. The power delivery is much more manageable which lets…
0December 29, 2010
Aim MyChron Light TG MX Lap Timer Review

One of the ways we judge the performance of the products we evaluate is by looking at lap times. Nothing else provides such a clear and simple answer to the…
0December 21, 2010
Vemar VXR5 Helmet Review

A crash helmet is a fundamentally essential personal safety device we feel every motorcyclist should be wearing, whenever he/ she climbs on a bike. Whether you are riding as a…
0November 18, 2010
Quick Test – We Ride Vance Earl’s KX450F

Text by Benjamin Segal photos by Brian Recko – click photos for larger versions Riding bikes other than your own is always a good idea, as long as you ask…
0November 18, 2010
She’s Alive! 1987 HONDA XR250 Resurrection – Part 2 The Completion

… you have seen state of disrepair the Honda was in. We were well aware of this going into the project but had no idea what kind of mess we would find once we peeled the lid off this can of worms. Since the XR is 24 years old, she is a 1987 model remember. We thought that it would be a good idea to replace a few key internal motor parts while we had it out of the frame and in pieces.
0October 30, 2010
1987 HONDA XR250 Re-build Part 1

As a whole, motorcyclist tend to be tinkerers, we like taking things apart and putting them back together again. If you ride dirt bikes you are apt to be doing some form of this quite regularly. There is a great byproduct that comes when you repeatedly do something, you begin to become proficient at it. Like an artist honing his/her skills, you continuously learn and improve. Eventually you develop enough skills and acquire enough tools to completely disassemble your bike, to be able to take it apart down to the last bolt and rebuild it.
1October 27, 2010
2010 GAS GAS EC250 Review

Our first ride on the EC250 was on a wide, fast, rough motocross track. We did this to break in the suspension and get a fee for the power it produced. Whacking the throttle wide open is feasible on a track. Most of the trails we ride are tight and twisty and don’t provide such opportunities. On the track open the throttle to the stop out of a corner and hang on!