Back in 2015, I picked up a 1990 Honda CR250R to restore. The 1990 CRs were some of my favorite Honda models and over the years I have owned a CR125R, CR250R, and CR500R from that season. This particular one came from my buddy Nick McCabe at Racer X and it was in pretty good shape for its age. Project ’90 PulpMX Installment 1 Project … Continue reading My 1990 Honda CR250R project
Last year, I wrote a history of Fox Racing for PulpMX.com where Geoffe Fox, Greg Fox and I went through the history of their iconic company through the ads they had produced over the last 40 years. I think it was a fun couple of articles and I think a lot of you out there enjoyed it. These days, however, I know a lot of people … Continue reading Fox Racing Motocross Gear History 1974-2000
Here is a cool article that I scanned from a 1979 issue of Cycle magazine I have in my collection. This article covers the details of Mike Bell’s Dave Osterman-tuned factory Yamaha 250. This is from the days of true works bikes when Bell’s machine did not have to share anything with the stock YZs of the time and is a cool look at the … Continue reading Mike Bell’s 1979 Factory Yamaha OW-40 Works Racer
Time for another classic test from my personal magazine collection. This one is a shootout from Motocross Action comparing the 1980 Suzuki RM80, Yamaha YZ80, Honda CR80R Elsinore and Kawasaki KX80. 1980 80cc Mini Motocross Shootout PDF Continue reading 1980 Mini Motocross Shootout
Here is a cool classic ad from the late nineties. This one is for the 1999 Yamaha motocross lineup and features Jeremy McGrath, John Dowd, Doug Henry and Kevin Windham. At this time, Doug Henry, John Dowd and Jeremy McGrath were all coming off of championship seasons and Yamaha was making a major push with really great bikes and advanced technology. The 1999 season marked … Continue reading 1999 Yamaha YZ80, YZ125, YZ250 and YZ400F Ad
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