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A FASHION RISK Dear Mr. Know-It-All, I have a fashion question for you. Do you know of a vented/warm-weather off-road pant that has a slimmer-than-normal knee area for those of us who don’t yet wear knee braces? The local shops have a…
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In this weeks 2-Stroke Tuesday brought to you by Decal Works we are taking a look back at a machine that change the MX world forever. Jeremy “Showtime” McGrath's 1995 factory Honda CR250R definitely stands up to the test of time. This bike…
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TM is a small motorcycle manufacturer located in a small town in the Italian countryside. TM makes a limited number of hand-built, very specialized machines each year and is perfectly content doing so. The largest-bore two-stroke TM has…
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Dear Mr. Know-It-All, This past winter I tore into and rebuilt the motor on my 2002 YZ 250—new rod and main bearings and all-new bearings and seals in the transmission. Had the cylinder re-Nikasiled and added a new piston. It runs great;…
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In June of 1971, the first issue of Dirt Bike Magazine appeared on newsstands. Within it  was the first modern motocross shootout. The Husqvarna 250 Cross, Maico 250 K5 and CZ 250 were the subjects of the test. Here is the test as it was…
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We have been able to report on a variety of unique two-stroke builds over the years but this Husqvarna 430cc Automatic project built by Jimmy Lennox might just be the most interesting machine of them all.  We have a head-to-head battle…
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GNCC Racing is some of the most exciting off-road racing in to watch in the world ! The afternoon pro event is three hours of intense racing action and the overall win was decided on the final mile of the final lap between Red Bull/…
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RUNNING ON EMPTY—the sequel Dear Mr. Know-It-All, I have a follow-up to Ken’s two-stroke running-out-of-fuel question. Let’s say someone forgot to turn on his petcock and sputtered to a stop on the trail at low-to-moderate throttle. No…
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Yamaha's 2021 off-road lineup includes a redesigned YZ450FX  with features including a refined, more efficient engine, a redesigned frame with all-new flex characteristics, updated suspension settings, and more. Below is the information on…
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Last week we looked back at a column Roger DeCoster wrote for Dirt Bike Magazine back in 1993, when his third son Mika was born. We decided to call Mika today, and see what he's been doing with himself for the last 27 years. IT…
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Beta has just announced their 2021 300RX Two-Stroke Motocross model and they are turning some heads right out of the gate! Electric start, 19" rear wheel, increased power and the list goes on. See the machine in action below for the first…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday we give you a behind the scenes look at our Honda CR500 project with MX Revival appropriately named "Ping King". We continue the 500cc theme with our 1995 500cc Shootout featuring "The Man" himself Roger…
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It's all about Honda CR250 premix burning machines on this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday brought to you by Decal Works. We start of with a factory Supercross machine from the early '80s piloted by Donnie "Holeshot" Hansen then take a look at…
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On this week's 2-Stroke Theater we look at a few of our KTM premix burning projects. Our Seat Concepts KTM200 XC, championship winning Pro Circuit 125SX and a 300XC ground-up rebuild that you won't believe. We also take a look back at…
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Jeff Wards second AMA 250cc Supercross Championship was won on this KX250SR in 1987. Ward prevailed over the heavily favored factory Honda rider Ricky Johnson en route to his 4th AMA championship.
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Our Specbolt 2018 Kawasaki KX450 build is front and center on this week's Project Bike Spotlight. Check out  the individual videos on 2019 450cc four stroke machines from Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha in Thumper…
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Red Bull KTM's Cooper Webb dominated the main event from the front leading every lap aboard his 450SXF while championship rival Monster Energy Kawasaki's Eli Tomac came from well outside the top 10 to finish on the podium in third place…
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Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Austin Forkner got out front early in the 250 west main event and dominated the entire race. With win he moves up from third in the points to second only 10 points out of the lead. Star Racing Yamaha rider Dylan…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday brought to you by Decal Works we are giving you a behind the scenes look at our Honda CR250R build appropriately name T1000 happening right now with the crew at MX Revival. Charles Lytle gives us some…
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This week's Project Bike Spotlight focuses on our Pro Circuit Honda CRF450R build. The main purpose of this build was to give our 2017 CRF450R some performance and styling upgrades. Of course installing the magic electric start button was a…
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