The 2025 Yamaha doesn’t have a ton of changes on paper but the changes that it does have seem significant enough to feel on the track. I decided to write some of these “feelings” down by level of importance. Below…
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Daytime Program: Una-Freakin-Dilla
Unadilla looked to be a mudder, but the track looked great for racing. When I say “great”, I mean that it was “great” that I wasn’t racing this place. I have ridden Unadilla the day after the national for a…
“Maxxis Tires” – Classic Steel #198 “125cc Bikes of 1989”
For this edition of Classic Steel, we are going to take a look back at how the 125 class of 1989 fared in the magazine shootouts of the time. Three of the Big Five 125 contenders were all-new for 1989…
PulpMX Photo Report – Riverglade Canadian MX National
Photos and Captions by James Lissimore Last week the 2024 Jetwerx Canadian MX Tour National series made it’s furthest East stop, as the series made it’s way to the Riverglade MX track, near the city of Moncton, in the Atlantic…
Daytime Program: Washougal
As far as scenery goes, the Washougal National is the most beautiful spot to watch an outdoor motocross in my opinion. Even though I was driving back east for Loretta’s at the time of the race, I managed to catch…
Super Stats: 450 Class Rider Averages from Moto 1 to Moto 2
After Chase Sexton started the year stronger in the second moto vs the first moto it lead me to look into rider’s differences in Moto 1 vs Moto 2. Sexton has since gone 1-1 in back to back races but…
Five Things About The 2025 Honda CRF450R
Honda had us out at Ironman MX in Indiana for their 2025 CRF450R press launch. Getting to ride Ironman is one thing, but to have a new CRF450R to dissect was pretty big news, especially for you die hard Honda…
PulpMX Photo Report – Sand Del Lee Canadian National
Photos and Captions by James Lissimore Coming off the deep sand of Gopher Dunes, we were back at another sand track this weekend – the less deep sand of the Sand Del Lee facility, near Canada’s capital city of Ottawa.…
Pulp MX Photo Report – Gopher Dunes Canadian National
Photos and Captions by James Lissimore After two weekends off, the 2024 Jetwerx Canadian MX Tour National series picked back up in the east, at the deepest, nastiest sand track around – Gopher Dunes. Riders had plenty of time…
“Maxxis Tires” – Classic Steel #197 “1999 Yamaha YZ250”
For this edition of Classic Steel, we are going to look back at Yamaha’s revamped 1999 YZ250. At first glance the 1999 YZ250 looked little changed from the year before but underneath those Bold New Graphics beat the heart of…
Rake, Trail, Offset Explained
Rake, trail, and offset are the most vital concepts relating to the feeling of any motocross machine on the track. The handling of a motocross machine is made complex by all the weight distribution and geometry involved. Even if a…
PulpMX Photo Report – Prairie Hill Canadian National
Plenty of wind and rain as we raced in the homeland of Matthes…