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Motocross of Nations at Budds Creek

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The Motocross of Nations is coming back to the U.S. this weekend at Budds Creek, Maryland. If you are at all interested in motocross, this is an event well worth seeing since the best riders from all over the world will be there. 99 riders in 33 teams should make for quite an event. The Motocross of Nations is the premier motocross event sanctioned by the Federation … [Read more...]

Dirt Bike Based 450cc Single Cylinder Road Racer

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Gavin Trippe is at it again. Gavin is the man behind Supermoto and prior to that, played a huge role in AMA Superbike and Motocross racing as well as promoting racing in many other venues. Recently he had the idea of converting a 450cc 4 stroke single cylinder dirt bike into a road racer. Using a standard Honda CRF450X frame, sub-frame and swingarm, without any cutting or … [Read more...]

Ron Wood BMW F 800 Flat Tracker

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A BMW flat tracker? It looks like Ron Wood has taken the 798cc twin found in the BMW F 800 series and dropped it into one of his gorgeous flat track frames. The bike had its first outing at the fairgrounds in West Liberty, Iowa running in an AMA race. It looks like BMW is going to get into competition wherever it can and I have little doubt they'll be a contender. As I … [Read more...]

MotoGP – Like Formula 1 or NASCAR or Neither?

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Is MotoGP more like Formula 1 auto racing or NASCAR? Is it the riders or the machines? I just noticed an article over at Popular Mechanics where they spent the weekend at Laguna Seca and made this observation: for many fans the sport is more like NASCAR, because it’s all about the racers: Valentino Rossi and his Yamaha M1 have expanded the sport’s appeal with his seven … [Read more...]

U.S. MotoGP 2007

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Casey Stoner rode from the pole to the finish line and never looked back after passing Pedrosa on the first lap. Last year, Stoner often rode very well, contending for the top positions but ending his races early with a crash. This year, he is just riding extremely well, period. Nicky Hayden did the bump and jostle with John Hopkins on the first lap, eventually ending his … [Read more...]

Moving the MotoGP From Race to Race

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When everyone shows up at the U.S. Grand Prix this weekend, few will even think about how all of the race bikes and equipment managed to show up so quickly after being in Germany just last week. My wife sent along these photos of the move which was handled by some of the other folks at her company, delivering all of the MotoGP bikes and safety cars from Germany to California. … [Read more...]