Torc1 Teams With BPRMX/Home Depot Yamaha

From Torc1 Racing: We are proud to announce a partnership with BPRMX/Home Depot Yamaha Team for 2017. Torc1 will be the official handlebars, grips, shifter, and brake pedal sponsor for the team.

“We are very excited about our partnership with the team for the 2017 Monster Energy Supercross 250SX West Region. With Chris Alldredge and Scott Champion, the team has huge potential to be a serious contender in the 250SX class. Working with the team will help us to continue to test and develop innovative high quality products at the highest level of racing that we can pass down to retail consumers. We are looking forward to a great relationship with the entire team and can’t wait to get this season started.” said Ryan Pursley from Torc1 Racing.

“BPRMX is excited to partner with Torc1 this year for the Monster Energy Supercross season. We have tested the product earlier this year and the quality and workmanship is second to none. We know we are putting our team on the best products to help us win each and every weekend and Torc1 is a big part of that.” said team manager Scot Steffy. 

2017 season has seen a lot of changes to the BPRMX program and with the partnership with Torc1 Racing, look for the BPRMX/Home Depot Yamaha effort to be a big player in the West Coast title chase.

Spy Photos Of KTM’s Fuel Injection Two Strokes

Following yesterday’s news that KTM were testing their fuel injected two strokes at the Roof of Africa, lots of “spy photos” have surfaced.

Naturally information is limited with those in the know remaining tighter lipped than a camel’s arse in a sand storm, but the system does look good.

The design is very neat, tidy and very refined and is far from a crude mock-up meaning we could see EFI two strokes on our local dealer's showroom floor as early as July.

Very, very interesting stuff indeed…

Super Cross Australian Style!

The Dirt Shark Crew lurked down under to Sydney, Australia to attack the annual Aus X Open and catch all the BTS action and exclusive race footage.

Watch Colton Haaker win the 2016 AMA EnduroCross Championship

Husqvarna Motorcycles are pleased to present ‘Colton Haaker | 2016 AMA EnduroCross Champion’ - a web video that pays tribute to Haaker’s championship winning success capturing the action and events from the final round of the 2016 EnduroCross Championship in Ontario, California. 

For Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Colton Haaker, 2016 has been the most successful year of his racing career so far. 

Crowned FIM SuperEnduro World Champion back in March, he returned to the US and started working hard ahead of the eight-round-long AMA EnduroCross series that kicked off in August. 

Getting his 2016 AMA EnduroCross campaign off to the best possible start with a win at the opening round in Atlanta, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing star went on to wrap up a highly successful season with five victories and three second places. 

His runner-up result at the eighth and final round of the series in Ontario was more than enough for Colton to clinch the 2016 AMA EnduroCross title. 

Dirty Devil Part 4

MXA TWO-STROKE SPOTLIGHT: BIG-BORE YAMAHA YZ295

TWO-STROKE SPOTLIGHT: BIG-BORE YAMAHA YZ295

From MXA website - www.motocrossactionmag.com

Art McDade and Buck Gerolamy teamed up to make a customized 2009 Yamaha YZ295. It seems that going big on the YZ250 is a popular choice. If you’re thinking about throwing a big-bore into your 250 two-stroke, I suggest purchasing a flywheel weight from Steahly Offroad. They have a plethora of options to help smooth the power and make the engine more tractable. Anyway, here’s Art and Buck’s science project. What’s cool is how they included website links. You, too, can build a red and white YZ295.

“Attached are pictures of a well used 2009 Yamaha YZ250 brought back to life as a YZ295.  The engine uses an Eric Gorr low to mid 295 kit ($660) and runs on pump gas. The suspension was rebuilt with SKF products. We think this is the perfect two-stroke for Vet riders. It is lightweight with lots of power and excellent handling. Listed below are all of the suppliers we used.

Suspension By Buck – www.suspensionbybuck.com
Fly Racing – www.flyracing.com
Dirt DNA – www.dirtdna.com
Tusk Off-Road – www.tuskoffroad.com
Works Connection – www.worksconnection.com
Innteck – www.innteck-usa.com
Boyesen – www.boyesen.com
UFO Plastics – www.ufoplasticusa.com
Torc1 Racing– http://www.torc1racing.com/
Eric Gorr – www.eric-gorr.com
Matrix Concepts – http://www.matrixracingproducts.com/
TM Designworks – www.tmdesignworks.com
Bill’s Pipes – www.billspipes.com
Clarke Mfg – www.clarkemfg.com
Guts –  www.gutsracing.com    

Thanks for featuring the bike.”
~ Art McDade & Buck Gerolamy

Please keep those submissions coming. If you would like your bike to be featured in the “Two-Stroke Spotlight,” please email me at johnbashermxa@gmail.com. All I ask is that you give a breakdown of your bike and a detailed description of the build. Please also send a few photos of your steed. By submitting your bike for the “Two-Stroke Spotlight,” you agree to release all ownership rights to the images and copy to MXA. Please don’t email me spam or try selling me Taylor Swift concert tickets or email me spam. I already celebrate T-Swizzle’s entire collective, and there will be “bad blood” if you send me junk mail. See what I did there? Happy submitting your smoker.

YZ 295 ....Big Bike Build!

We build a YZ 250 into a YZ 295 with a new updated look. This is the bike Yamaha should build. The perfect vets two stroke.

Project Contributors

Suspension By Buck - www.suspensionbybuck.com

Fly Racing - www.flyracing.com

Dirt DNA – www.dirtdna.com

Tusk Off-Road – www.tuskoffroad.com

Works Connection – www.worksconnection.com

Innteck – www.innteck-usa.com  

Boyesen – www.boyesen.com

UFO Plastics – www.ufoplasticusa.com

Torc1 Racing– www.torc1.com

Eric Gorr – www.eric-gorr.com

Matrix Concepts – www.matrixconcepts.com

TM Designs – www.tmdesignworks.com

Bill’s Pipes – www.billspipes.com

Clarke Mfg – www.clarkemfg.com

Guts –  www.gutsracing.com          

Dirty Devil Day 3

After traveling 13 miles up a dirt road so treacherous it was named Hell’s Backbone, we reach a bridged crossing with 1,500-foot drops on either side. The surrounding area is called Death Hollow for a reason. Welcome to the Dirty Devil motorcycle adventure ride.

Rocky Mountain ATV/MC is headquartered in Utah, so as you might imagine, we do a lot of riding in the state. We’ve had a lot of opportunities to see some of the most majestic vistas Utah has to offer. We’ve put together a ride that begins in Payson and heads on a loop through the southeast section of the state, traversing everything from mountains to slickrock. We call it the Dirty Devil, named for the Dirty Devil River that the route crosses several times.

As part of our RM Rides series, we’ve documented the ride and put it together in a video series and companion blog post, making it easy for you to plan your own Dirty Devil adventure with your friends. We’ve provided the GPS files below so you can follow our same route.

Red Bull Knock Out....This Will Be Knarly!

 Red Bull Knock Out – Track

 Check out a 3D animation of the brand-new track, which features a killer X-Loop and The Minefield

The Thunder Down Under

Chad Reed recaps his 2016 AUS-X Open night one SX1 victory inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

 

Reed takes 2016 AUS-X Open clean-sweep in Sydney

 

Racing Post: Alex Gobert

Faith wins drama-packed SX2 final as Richardson seals championship.

Image: AUS-X Open.

Australia’s Chad Reed has done the double in the AUS-X Open in Sydney to cap off the 2016 Australian Supercross Championship, leading 17 laps of the Sunday main event.

It was a confidence-inspiring ride for Reed on the dry, slick surface, holding factory Yamaha teammate Cooper Webb at bay for position to win by 1.804s this afternoon.

Third belonged to newly-crowned champion Justin Brayton (Honda Genuine Racing) after he was bumped down by Reed in the first corner, putting in a stellar ride to make his way by Ryan Villopoto (Monster Energy Kawasaki) in the closing laps.

Villopoto starred by leading the opening three laps before Reed Shannon’s Shortcut to take charge, however he was able to keep pushing throughout the 20-lap duration out of retirement.

Completing the top five was MX Nationals champion Dean Ferris (CDR Yamaha), while Kyle Peters (KTM Motocross Racing Team), the retiring Wil Hahn (National Pump Monster Energy Kawasaki), Dan Reardon (CDR Yamaha), Chris Alldredge (Crankt Honda) and Adam Enticknap (Honda Genuine Racing) rounded out the top 10.

Last night’s podium finisher Jay Marmont (MXR&D Husqvarna) crashed out of contention in the whoops, as did Jesse Dobson (KTM Motocross Racing Team) later in the race.

Image: AUS-X Open.

A dramatic second program of SX2 action in Sydney to decide the championship was dominated by American Arenacross champion Gavin Faith (Penrite Honda), however it was Jackson Richardson (Serco Yamaha) who won the title.

While Faith cleared off out from for a 16.415s victory, a championship win for longtime points leader Hayden Mellross (DPH Motorsport Yamaha) was looking a certainty until his bike stopped with just two laps remaining of the 15.

That shuffled him back to third in the points race, while a charging Richardson moved from eighth on lap one all the way to second by race’s end to claim the 2016 title by three points over Faith.

Third in the final was Western Australian domestic regular Kyle Webster (CRF Honda Racing), well ahead of an impressive Josh Cachia (Penrite Honda) and Jordan Hill (Yamalube Yamaha).

The top 10 was filled by Joel Wightman (CRF Honda Racing), Geran Stapleton (Honda), Wilson Todd (Serco Yamaha), Tomas Ravenhorst (Yamaha) and Keiron Hall (Yamaha).

This afternoon’s Monster Energy FMX Best Trick contest belonged to Tom Pages with his highly-technical bike-flip off the quarter-pipe, also winning the crowd-judged Best Whip for the second time in two attempts this weekend.