Thursday, February 02, 2012
Nobody likes dust, especially racers, off-road racers in particular. It is our nemesis, always working against our forward momentum on the course and threatening our safety. As nasty as it is, it i...
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Post Tags: WORCS, Crash, Dust, Off-road
Friday, December 16, 2011
Check out this video of “The Doctor” Valentino Rossi behind the wheel of a Rally Car at the 2011 Monza Rally Show. There is not much to say except is there anything Rossi can&rsquo...
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Post Tags: Valentino Rossi Rally Car Video, 2011 Monza Rally Show, The Doctor, Valentino Rossi
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I watched a video of French stunt rider Jorian Ponomareff drifting his sportbike around a coned obstacle course, and I was totally blown away. I have to admit I’ve ...
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Post Tags: Jorian Ponomareff Drift and Stunt Videos, Jorian Ponomareff, Drift, Stunting
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Southern California is known to many as the motocross capitol of the world, but a large number of 450 motocross bikes purchased in this state never turn a wheel on a prepped track. With the vast, y...
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Post Tags: 450 MX Off-Road Shootout Preview, 450 Motocross, CRF450R, YZ450F, KX450F, 450 SX-F, TC449, RM-Z450
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Although rain was falling at the MotoUSA Southern California Headquarters, nothing would stop us from making noise for Marco Simoncelli. At 10:30 in the morning,for 58 seconds we revved our engines...
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Post Tags: MotoUSA Makes Noise For Marco, #makenoiseformarco, Marco Simoncelli
Thursday, November 03, 2011
For the past two days the MotoUSA MX testing crew has been hard at work turning laps at Piru Motocross Park for our 2012 250 Motocross Shootout. We started the first day with a fully prepped t...
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Post Tags: 2012 250 Motocross Shootout Preview, 250 Shootout, 2012 Yamaha YZ250F, 2012 Honda CRF250, 2012 Suzuki RM-Z250, 2012 Kawasaki KX250F,2012 KTM 250 SX-F
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Over the past two days the media got to take our first rides on the 2012 Yamaha R1. Although the changes are few, one is quite significant. Yamaha has added traction control to the already user fri...
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Post Tags: 2012 Yamaha R1 Preview, 2012 R1, Yamaha R1, Traction Control R1
Friday, October 14, 2011
James Stewart released on on-board video of him ripping on his training Supercross track yesterday. The riding is impressive, but what is notable is the color of the front fender. It is still ...
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Post Tags: James Stewart, POV, GoPro, Yamaha, Suzuki
Monday, October 10, 2011
Ducati has released a video highlighting the technical details of the Superquadro engine that powers the 1199 Panigale Superbike. It is obvious the Ducati project managers are very proud ...
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Post Tags: Ducati 1199 Panigale, Superquadro Engine, Ducati 1199,
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Greetings from Italy, MotoUSA faithful. I just finished up riding the latest offering from Ducati, the 2012 Streetfighter 848, near the company’s home base in Bologna, Italy. Our day consiste...
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Post Tags: 2012 Ducati Streetfighter 848 Preview, 2012 Ducati Streetfighter 848. 2012 Streetfighter 848, Street Fighter 848, Ferrari, Ducati, Auto Dromo di Modena
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
GoPro had a serious presence at X Games 17 to capture just about everything that went down in and around the Staples Center. Everywhere you looked there was guys running around with GoPros attach...
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Post Tags: Jeremy Stenberg, Twitch, X Games 17, Speed and Style
Monday, August 08, 2011
Fuel TV has been stepping up with some great shows and AMA Motocross Racing coverage as of late, and I am excited to see that the channel is growing after a bit of stagnation in content in the...
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Post Tags: Drake's Passage, Drake McElroy, Fuel TV, FMX
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Yesterday we got to throw a leg over the 2012 Beta 350RR and came away with some very surprising results. For 2012 the 350RR received some significant updates that include a new 48mm Sachs TFX Fork...
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Post Tags: 2012 Beta 350RR, Beta Motorcycles,
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Officer Donnie Williams has skills. Check out how he flies through the course at the Grand Prairie Police Motorcycle Rodeo. Although this is low speed event, the amount of control exhibited by the ...
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Post Tags: Police Motorcycle Rodeo Video, Officer Donnie Williams, Police Motorcycle
Monday, July 25, 2011
Last week I came across a video that shows the potential that we all have inside of us as riders, and has inspired me to try harder in all that I do, including riding. For the past few we...
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Post Tags: Blind Rider, Blind Mountain Bike Rider, Downhill Mountain bike, Motocross
Friday, July 22, 2011
The MotoUSA crew just returned from The Ranch motocross facility and the 2012 Kawasaki KX250F Press introduction. We spent the day blowing up berms and turning laps on the 250cc 4-Stroke that ...
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Post Tags: 2012 Kawasaki KX250F, 2012 KX250F, The Ranch MX
Thursday, July 14, 2011
As the summer months drag on I begin to long for the smooth flowing lines of my favorite riding spot, Glamis. With the temps reaching triple digits even after the sun goes down from May to the end ...
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Post Tags: Sand dunes, Glamis, Sandfest
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Last week we rounded up a trio of bagger cruisers for a shootout in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. We pitted the Harley-Davidson Street Glide, Kawasaki Vaquero and Star Stratoliner ...
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Post Tags: Bagger Shootout, Harley-Davidson Street Glide, Star Stratoliner Deluxe, Kawasaki Vaquero
Thursday, June 09, 2011
The MotoUSA crew just wrapped up the last of the testing for the 2011 Performance Cruiser Smackdown with a trip to Chuckawalla Valley Raceway. After several gallons of fuel, scorched pavement and s...
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Post Tags: Perfomance Cruiser, Harley-Davidson V-Rod, Star Raider, Victory Hammer, Ducati Diavel, Triumph Thunderbird Storm, Suzuki M109
Monday, June 06, 2011
Last Thursday we kicked off testing for the 2011 Performance Cruiser Smackdown. It has been a while since Motorcycle-USA has put together a cruiser shootout with this much muscle and cool facto...
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Post Tags: 2011 Performance Cruiser Smackdown , Harley-Davidson V-Rod, Triumph Thunderbird Storm, Star Raider, Victory Hammer, Suzuki Boulevard M109, Ducati Diavel
