I’ll be doing a series of these during this unanticipated “off-season”. I want to get a sense of how various industry folks are handling their personal instances of Shelter in Place, quarantine or whatever else it’s being labeled. Without further…
Video: Showdown at Western Raceway
A challenge was made– scratch that, TWO challenges were made. We decided the only way to solve this riddle was mano-e-mano, on thoroughbred steeds in the deserts of Las Vegas at Western Raceway. Cowboy up or get the horns!
Point/Counterpoint “When racing resumes, abbreviate or shuffle the deck?”
It’s been a long time since we’ve done a Point / Counterpoint, 4 years to be specific so lets get this train back on the tracks in proper fashion. Swiz: It feels mildly dickish with the state of the World…
Blogandt! Revisited: Jersey Shore
(Before I met Weege, he was doing this Blogandt errr, blog on the early days of Racer X Online. Funny stuff, an obvious passion for the sport and I felt like, “Hey I think I would like this guy if…
McGrath, Osborne, Prater, Muye Archive
We’re back and it’s definitely great to get back to talking a little Moto. We have Dave Prater and Mike Muye from Feld on the show to talk about the chaos that unfolded a few weeks ago, how they dealt…
“Maxxis Tires” – Classic Steel 1983 Honda CR80R
For this edition of Classic Steel, we are going to take a look back at Honda’s first liquid-cooled mini racer, the all-new 1983 CR80R. All-new for 1983, Honda’s CR80R featured works bike styling to go with fairly modest performance. Photo…
Top 6 Mods To The Yamaha YZ125
My 14 year old son Aden has been going back and forth between two different colored 125’s, but has seemed to take a liking to the YZ125 the most lately. I decided see which simple mods could help this Yamaha…
65 Hours On The 2020 Yamaha YZ450F
It’s only March and I have 65 hours on the 2020 Yamaha YZ450F so that tells you that I have put a lot of time on the bLU cRU in a short amount of time. Finding a machine that fits…
Twin Air Power Flow Kit (YZ450F)
If you want to get rid of the somewhat janky stock air filter cage system of the 2018-2020 YZ450F, go with the Twin Air Power Flow Filter Kit. To me the Twin Air YZ450F PowerFlow kit is the best all-around…
Fan Jersey Poll Results: Down goes Ferry!
For some background on this story, click HERE to see the original poll question The fans have spoken and unfortunately the Ferry #23 UFO jersey “won” the poll and shall come down off the wall to make room for the…
Swizcorner: 10 Days Later
How you doin? There is so much bizarreness in the World right now. It has been 10 days since our (the SX MX community) really felt the press of the COVID-19 reality. Raise your hand if that 10 days really…
Top 5 Mods: 2020 Honda CRF450R
Is there anything more beautiful than a brand new Honda CRF450R? Every time I walk out into the shop and I see that red machine sitting there, it just makes me want to go ride. However looks can be deceiving,…
