Mud in Your Eye - May 2010

I just found the ultimate side-by-side rig. Ok, so it’s really more like a Jeep, but because it looks like a single seat up front with two-passenger capacity in the rear, I’m justifying it as a worthy blog subject. Besides it uses swingarms, and that’s a motorcycle term too. Regardless, watch the video and I don’t think you’ll really care about semantics. This thing is wicked.
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Receive motocross instruction from Sebastien Tortelli. Want a chance to demo ride the new KTM 350 SX-F?
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The KTM 350 SX-F is big news for motocross, but there’s only one guy racing it in the United States. That is, until this weekend! Tony Cairoli is headed to Glen Helen for the USGP.
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Make sure to use common sense and safe ATV riding habits this weekend, and always assume that other riders won't.
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Polaris RZR 4 testing is a grueling, miserable task, but we do it all for you readers. No need to thank us.
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The folks at Husaberg Racing bring another cool video of World Enduro Championship action. Nothing like watching our favorite inverted engines rip around the varying terrain of Italian special tests. Oriol Mena is nursing a shoulder injury so it was Joakim Ljunggren shouldering (pun intended) the load. Ljunggren finshed seventh after the two day event.
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Maryland State Police stopped Anthony Graber for speeding on I-95 at a reported 100 mph – while popping a wheelie on his sportbike (which looks like a Honda CBR). The traffic stop got a little weird when the officer, dressed in plain clothes and driving an unmarked car, busted out of the driver’s door with a drawn handgun.
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Eli Tomac has been prepping for his AMA Pro Motocross debut by racing the WORCS series. As he discovered, the two-hour off-road races aren’t for sissies. As he puts it, you can’t go out there and “spazz out” and if you don’t like getting dirty then you need not apply. “You definitely have to be more of a man to do it,” he continued, “you gotta be a tough dude to do WORCS.” Tomac is one of the hottest motocross amateurs in years.
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Waheed, shown here at the press launch at Budds Creek, is banged up, so I inherited the 2010 Yamaha YZ450F.
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O’Neal Motocross holds a well-known and much-enjoyed modeling contest each year. Attractive women from all over the country submit entries and are voted on through an elimination process. When it’s all said and done, the overall winner is flown to Southern California for a professional photo shoot and made the official Miss O’Neal for the annual catalog and calendar. For the 2010 competition, O’Neal has released a video of Chelse Schipper.
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MIke Alessi is preparing for a full outdoor season on the KTM 350 SX-F, and will use the Super X series to get in shape for the AMA Supercross Championship.
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Learning ATV MX has been a good way to get back into riding form, though I doubt I'll remember what the hell to do with a twist throttle. I’m warming up to these ATV things. First it was the 4x4 utility quads.
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Danny Magoo Chandler died this week after a long fight against the difficulties and illnesses associated with paralysis. The motocross racing icon was known for his reckless style. Wide open and always willing to try a new jump, Magoo earned his nickname after the cartoon character known for bumping into things.
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