As we celebrate O’Neal’s fiftieth year in motocross, Matthes, Doug Dubach and I are back with another look at the gear that has made O’Neal a staple of tracks around the country over the last five decades. For this installment,…
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“Maxxis Tires” – Classic Ink: Moto Gear History Part IX: O’Neal Racing the Eighties
The 2020 season will mark the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most historic brands in the sport of motocross – O’Neal USA. Started in 1970 by motorcycle enthusiast Jim O’Neal, the brand that bears his name began not as…
MOTO GEAR HISTORY PART VIII: AXO SPORT THE NINETIES
For this installment of our Moto Gear History series, Matthes and I are going to look back at AXO Sport in the decade of the nineties. If you missed part VII, where we chronicled AXO Sport in the 1980s, you…
MOTO GEAR HISTORY PART VII: AXO SPORT THE EIGHTIES
Today, AXO Sport is no longer the motocross powerhouse they once were here in the USA. They continue to produce a wide range of products for motocross, off-road, and street use, but to most American riders, AXO is more of…
Moto Gear History Part VI: Fox Racing 1990s
For this edition of Moto Gear History, we are going to look back at Fox Racing in the decade of the nineties.
Moto Gear History Part V: Fox Racing 1974-1989
For part five of my motocross gear history series, I am going to take a look back at one of the real powerhouses of the motocross gear industry, Fox Racing.
Moto Gear History Part IV: JT Racing – The Nineties and Rebirth
For part four of our gear history series, we are going to look at JT Racing in the nineties.
Moto Gear History Part III: JT Racing Birth to 1989
For part 3 of our PulpMX gear history series, Matthes and I take a look back at one of motocross’ most iconic gear brands – JT Racing.
Moto Gear History Part II: Answer Racing – The 90’s
For part two of Moto Gear History, Matthes and I are going to look back at Answer Racing in the 1990s.
Moto Gear History Part I: Answer Racing – “The Eighties”
One of the things I have always loved about motocross is the gear.
The Oral History of the U.S. Open of Supercross
The news first appeared in the May 27, 1998 issue of Cycle News: According to event promoters, the AMA-sanctioned U.S. Open of Supercross will be staged at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 10-11—an invitational supercross that…
“Maxxis Tires” – Classic Steel #165 “The History of the Suzuki PE175”
For this edition of Classic Steel, we are going to take a look back at one of the most beloved Enduro machines of the late seventies and early eighties, Suzuki’s PE175. In 1978, Suzuki debuted its answer to Yamaha’s successful…