Ballet on dirt

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Thursday, December 30, 2004

Hooray hooray for the 8th of January.

The super will certainly return to Supercross as the bikes take to the dirt trucked into the Anaheim stadium. The competitors are waiting and ready. In all of motocross there has never been a day more anticipated than this one. Who will prevail? The likeable Aussie Chad Reed was last year’s champion... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Motocross reporter scolds self.

Bad reporter, what were you thinking? I’ll use the “busy at Christmastime” excuse. There was some motocross on TV Sunday and not only did I find out late, I didn’t post the information! If you are a fan, keep an eye on the Speed Channel guide, this is the time of year they run the Canadian Motocross... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 5, 2004

Sportsmanlike conduct.

Fans and athletes brawling at the drop of a beverage seems to be getting increasingly popular. I have heard all manner of theories forwarded that blame everything from a permissive society to the hip-hop “culture”. Lets step back and place the blame squarely where it belongs. What can one expect... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 3, 2004

It’s 2005!

No I haven’t taken leave of my senses, at least not that you can prove, but NaPalm racing will be campaigning a brand new (for the moment) Yamaha YZ250. I should have known it would happen. Simply because Nathan said it wouldn’t. See how that works? If you have kids, you know the routine. Somehow he... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Corrections dept.

In a previous post, I blathered on about the ’05 Supercross season. I hinted Mike Alessi might be competing in that series, but I have been informed by my son Nathan, that Alessi is going to do outdoors only. And Travis Pastrana is injured again, so I’m not sure he will be on the starting line.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 28, 2004

A new MX track is born.

Encroaching civilization and overzealous developers are causing motocross tracks to disappear when the hapless new neighbors suddenly “discover” they are next to a dirt bike track! Duh, they should have done their homework and the developer should have been honest. That is not the way things go... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Are you ready for some Supercross?

Anaheim stadium trembles in anticipation. January 8, the only day James Stewart thinks about. Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed, Mike LaRocco, Kevin Windham and a horde of talented riders are similarly fixed on that date. When the gate drops on the first 250 moto of the day, years of speculation and... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Two wheels for fun.

Double your pleasure with a two-wheel drive motorcycle. I recently read a review of Yamaha’s newest off road weapon, the YZ450Fx2 or something like that. The front wheel drives via a hydraulic motor buried in the front hub. Two hydraulic lines run fairly unobtrusively up one of the forks to a pump... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 9, 2004

Chad Reed vs Ricky Carmichael.

The Supercross season is still nearly two months away but already fans are speculating whether Ricky will be blue or Chad will be seeing yellow. Chad won the Supercross championship last year and earned the title. The absence of Ricky Carmichael, recovering from knee surgery, was cause for... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 5, 2004

Dirt Bike, Dirk Bike, O Wherefore Art Thou O Dirt Bike?

I walked by something in my garage last night. A hulking pile of towels, rags, boards, the vacuum cleaner hose and if I’m not mistaken, a couple of widgets. I bumped one of the towels with the exhaust manifold of my precious GMC and lo-and-behold, a handlebar appeared! Further investigation revealed... Sign in to see full entry.

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