Time for another couple of classic bike tests from my collection of motocross mags. These two cover the 500 class of 1989. One shootout is from the dearly departed Super Motocross magazine and the other is from the grand-daddy of off-road mags, Dirt Bike. 1989 Dirt Bike 500cc Motocross Shootout 1989 Super Motocross 500cc Motocross Shootout Continue reading The 1989 500cc Motocross Shootouts
Here is another real classic from my vault of VHS tapes. This one covers the 1983 AMA Motocross and Supercross season as David Bailey captures the 250 title in both series and caps it with the Grand National Title (a championship that was awarded to the rider with the most points in all the series combined). This one has some great classic footage of David … Continue reading 1983 Supercross and Motocross Season In Review
Inside Motocross Issue #1 Full Magazine PDF Here is issue #1 of the classic magazine Inside Motocross. Jim Hale of AXO Sports fame introduced Inside Motocross in 1993 with noted photographer Fran Kuhn at the helm. All told, they only produced 4 issues of the magazine before it was shut down due to pressure from inside in the industry (primarily due to pressure from … Continue reading Inside Motocross Magazine Issue #1
Here are Honda’s two-stroke mini class motocross racers from the first CR80R in 1980, through the CR85R’s demise in 2007. While often not the best bikes in the class, the CR80R and CR85R could always be counted on to provide potent performance. In 2007, Honda made the unfortunate decision to abandon the two-strokes and move to four-strokes across the board. This signaled the end of … Continue reading Honda CR80R and CR85R history 1980-2007
Over the last few years I have been working on accumulating nice clean photos of all the manufacture’s motocross models going back to their inception. As it turns out, that actually A LOT harder than it sounds because I was not looking for Googled photos of some guy’s Craig’s List ad, but the actual studio shots from when the bikes were new. For some models, … Continue reading Suzuki RM80 and RM85 history 1977-2019
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