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10 PARTS PRODUCTION BIKES SHOULD COME WITH
Why is it that dirt bike manufacturers have so many resources at their disposal, yet leave so many brilliant designs and practical parts to the aftermarket boys? Are these ‘missing’ parts on their production bikes oversights, or the consequence of trying to keep production costs down?
It’s true that, by around 2010, most manufacturers finally began fitting quality handlebars, decent protective parts, easy-access airboxes, alloy sidestands and hour metres to their production bikes. But what about the rest of the bits only found in aftermarket catalogues; the bits...
BIKE DISSECTED: 1983 SUZUKI RM500
Words: Martin Child | Photos: Pixel Pig
Three decades on, 1983 Mister Motocross winner, Ray Vandenberg, has a surprise birthday present in the shape of his title-winning RM500. There’s a bit more to it than that, though.
This article originally appeared in Transmoto Dirt Bike Magazine‘s 2014 January (#39) Issue…
We can all remember a special bike from our past. Maybe it’s the first one you ever rode, the first one you ever crashed, or the first one you said you’d never let go of. But what if you’d...
THE SPORT’S 5 GREATEST COMEBACKS
A decade ago, we claimed that the comebacks staged by Doug Henry, Jeff Emig, Christophe Pourcel, Ben Townley, and Cameron Sinclair were the most inspiring career resurrections the sport had ever seen (the piece was first published in Transmoto’s print magazine in 2010, Issue #4). But over the past decade, who do you think has earned a place on this gritty list of the sport’s ‘Greatest Comebacks’, and why? Toby Price? Chad Reed? Ken Roczen? Josh Hill? Cole Seely? Or someone else entirely?
The most inspiring career resurrections the sport has ever seen.
Elite-level sporting success will...
GREAT SOUTHERN ROADTRIP
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