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MOTOCROSS ACTION TEST RIDER CHRONICLES: COLE SEELY GETS ON THE JOB FACTORY TRAINING “When I turned Pro and started doing testing I asked for my Supercross suspension to be a little stiffer than what the other guys were running.”	MOTOCROSS ACTION PHOTO OF THE DAY: THIS MAN ROCKETED OUT OF NOWHERE ON A BIKE THAT WOULD BECOME ICONIC Not only did he rise to instantaneous fame, but he set a style trend that swept the sport for three years
GREAT RACING! PAULIN VERSUS CAIROLI ON THE LAST LAP IN ITALY Paulin puts up a fight, but you don't have to guess who the hometown crowd is cheering for	THIS MUCH WE KNOW: HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SHOCK SPRING IS TOO SOFT? WITHOUT REMOVING IT FROM THE BIKE Don't worry, you can use this method to tell if your shock spring is too stiff also
MXA VIDEO! AMATEUR STAR JORDAN SMITH ALREADY HAS A GEICO HONDA DEAL... AND IRON MIKE IN HIS CORNER MXA spends a day at Milestone, with the local thieves, watching Jordan test with LaRocco	SIDI’S SPECIAL BOOTS FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE To celebrate the Italian GP, Sidi made special editions of its Sidi Crossfire2 boots for Tony Cairoli, Kiara Fontanesi and Ken De Dycker to wear at the races... not for sale to the public
MOVIN’ MARV AND MATHILDE MUSQUIN MOVE...INTO A NEW HOUSE Take the tour —"It’s quite a big living room and the couch is small”	THE TOP TEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD: WHO'S WHO IN THE MOTOCROSS ZOO All the results from this weekend's major races: From Hokkaido, Japan, to Maggiora, Italy, to Varsseveld, Holland, to Calgary, Canada — plus the points standings
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MAGGIORA GRAND PRIX...IN LESS THAN 7 MINUTES For some reason they edited out the Tonkov’s finish line crash, but they showed a couple Cairoli miscues	GAUTIER PAULINS & JEFFREY HERLINGS WIN ITALIAN MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX Surprise! Tony Cairoli didn’t win in front of the all-Italian crowd; No surprise in Jeffrey Herlings going 1-1
2014 SUZUKI RM-Z250 & RM-Z450: MODEST, VERY MODEST, CHANGES HIGHLIGHT THE 2014 ZOOKS You could say that instead of the RM-Z450, the 2014 Suzuki's could be called the BN-G450; Luckily they were great bikes last year	2014 KTM 250SXF: MOTOCROSS ACTION’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BIKES The KTM 250SXF makes the most horsepower and has won the most AMA 250 Nationals this year— this is your chance to see next year’s bike in action
2014 YAMAHA YZ250F: BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE TRUSTY BUT RUSTY YZ250F ENGINE HAS JOINED THE NEW GENERATION We never thought that we'd ever see an all-new YZ250F engine, but finally the old carbureted model has been put out to pasture and in its place is a modern EFI mill	2014 HUSABERGS: SEE THE LAST OF THE BREED... BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE WE WON'T HAVE HUSABERG TO KICK AROUND Husaberg will offer 7 enduro models in its final year of production —these bikes will be instant classics — no word on how many will come to the USA
2014 HONDA CRF250 & CRF450 TWIN PIPERS...YES, EVEN THE CRF250 GETS TWICE PIPES Honda focused most of their attention on the CRF250, including a new frame, dual muffler, revised engine and transmission, plus much more. The CRF450 received three updates	2014 KTM MOTOCROSS MODELS – 85SX,125SX, 150SX, 250SXF, 350SXF, 450SXF More dirt bikes than any other brand, KTM keeps pumping out innovative product
2014 YAMAHA YZ450F: NEW FRAME, NEW EXHAUST, NEW ENGINE, NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE For all the naysayers who wrote the YZ450F off, Yamaha has blown out the cobwebs and built a totally new bike—one that is still true to their design philosophy	2014 KTM 350SXF — MOTOCROSS ACTION'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BIKES The wrecking crew take the 2014 KTM 350SXF to the high desert Racetown 395 track for its first shakedown cruise
2014 YAMAHA TWO-STROKES: WANT THE GOOD NEWS FIRST? Yamaha will offer the YZ250, YZ125 and YZ85 two-strokes in 2014, but they aren't changed (except for BNG)	SEE YAMAHA’S 2014 YZ250F & YZ450F PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS WITH TIM OLSON AND TRAVIS PRESTON Let them talk you through all the 2014 changes on both of the reverse engine motocross machines
“DON’T YOU WORRY” VIDEO – THE RASMUS JORGENSEN STORY The amazing comeback the Danish motocross champion is laid out in this emotional trailer	AUSTRALIAN TOURIST: WESTON PEICK TAKES A TRIP THROUGH THE TREES AT LAST WEEKEND’S MANJIMUP 15000 Weston skipped Mt. Morris to travel Down Under to spend some time racing in Oz —privateers have to go where they get paid
DIRT BIKE VIDEO: CODY WEBB SPENDS A DAY AT “THE OFFICE” You gotta watch the B-roll at the end of this funny video	DREAM JOBS: HOW TO MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT YOU LOVE Danny Massie is a lifer at Maxima Lubricants — he is also the President
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1969 CZ 360 TYPE 969/01 CZ was founded in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia, in 1919 as a weapons manufacturer. In fact, the acronym CZ stands for Ceska Zbrojowka, which translates into Czechoslovakian Weapons Factory	THIS MUCH WE KNOW! MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR 2012 HONDA CRF450 —NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD NEW BIKES But you might be able to scrape up enough dough to be happy with the old steed — you can apply these mods when you have the cash
“HI, MY NAME IS WESTON PEICK” Meet the underdog that has the strongest privateer following in the sport	JAMES STEWART PUTS A BRAVE FACE ON THE DAY THAT ENDED HIS 450 NATIONAL MOTOCROSS HOPES He took his goggles off in moto one and you can guess what happened. Then hise front rotor broke in moto two
SEE IT HERE! JEFFREY HERLINGS’ BONE-RATTLING CRASH IN FRENCH GP QUALIFYING He got up and shook it off, but how will he feel tomorrow	SEE THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX HERE: WHICH SAVES YOU THE LONG LINES AT AIR FRANCE AND WAITING FOR YOUR LUGGAGE Although you could just stay home and watch this video because Herlings and Cairoli won again
FRENCH 250/450 GRAND PRIX RESULTS: HERLINGS & CAIROLI CONSOLIDATE THEIR POINTS LEADS IN ERNEE Herlings has a 110 point lead over second place, while Cairoli is 56 points ahead of Gautier Paulin	EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MT. MORRIS NATIONAL IN SIX MINUTES & 57 SECONDS Watch the recap video to see how Ryan Villopoto and Marvin Musquin did it... plus see what happened to the luckless Bubba
AMA NATIONAL MOTOCROSS RESULTS: VILLOPOTO IS BACK IN THE 450 DRIVER’S SEAT, WHILE MOVIN’ MARV TAKES THE DEUCE AND A HALF CLASS James Stewart has nothing but trouble in Pennslvania and is now 89 points adrift of Villopoto (that is more than three motos behind)	SEE IT NOW! WATCH AS JAMES STEWART’S SUZUKI IS REBUILT IN RECORD TIME The moment after the chcckered flag falls, Lee McCollum and Rene Zapata go to work —see their job in high-speed
THE BEST MOTOCROSS BIKES OF THE PAST 33 YEARS: DID YOU OWN ONE OF THESE? Have you ever wondered how your trusty but rusty 2003 Kawasaki KX125 ranks in the grand scheme of things? Find out here	RYAN DUNGEY VIDEO: HIS JOURNEY TO THE TOP As a kid, fear messed with me...and it still wants to creep in to this day
NEXT GENERATION VIDEO! JUSTIN & JEREMY, HILL & MARTIN What the rookies think about their first season in the AMA 250 Nationals	MOTOCROSS ACTION PHOTO OF THE DAY: HAS AMA NATIONAL MOTOCROSS EVER BEEN BETTER THAN THIS It's not about the arches, repeater banners, signage, corporate sponsors or hospitality areas — it's all about the men on the machines
THIS MUCH WE KNOW! HOW MUCH HORSEPOWER DOES YOUR BIKE MAKE? ALL THE 2013 HORSEPOWER NUMBERS Horsepower isn't the end-all, be-all of motocross, but it is a measureable number that allows everyone of compare engine	WE RIDE CYLINDER WORKS’ BIG-BORE KAWASAKI KX269F The Cylinder Works KX269F kit is unique in that it is designed to fit on the 2012-2013 dual fuel-injector Kawasaki KX250F
THE BEST SPEED SECRET EVER: IT IS FREE, EASY TO DO AND READILY AVAILABLE! STAND UP IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS Most riders position their well-padded derrieres on the saddle and leave them there until a bump blows them out of the saddle. Wrong!	10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FACTORY CONTRACTS If you think that a factory rider goes to the starting line with little more than a handshake deal between him and his sponsors, you are sorely mistaken.
MXA WRENCH TECH: HOW TO REPROGRAM YOUR 2010 THRU 2013 YAMAHA YZ450F EFI MAPS: MXA Gives You The Four Maps That We Have Tested The Most; We Tell You What They Do; And We Suggest The One That Works Best With The Yamaha GYTR Power Tuner	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 COOPER 250 ENDURO Hecho in Mexico wasn't the key to success, but this Frank Cooper design had two lives during its brief life span
TRACK MAP: TAKE A LAP OF THIS SATURDAYS MT. MORRIS 250/450 NATIONAL Actually take two laps because there are two different views of the layout — but the green arrow gets to do all the riding	THIS MUCH WE KNOW! MASTERING THE ART OF LIVING WITH KAYABA PSF AIR FORKS All it takes is some common sense and a 35 pound per square inch mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SETTING UP YOUR SUSPENSION Bad fork settings hurt shock performance and vice versa. Bad forks transfer loads from bumps into the shock instead of absorbing them	VIDEO: JOE GIBBS RACING’S SCENIC BUT DIFFICULT WEEKEND IN TENNESSEE You win some, you lose some and some days your team finishes 13th and 16th
JAMES STEWART’S WEEKLY RACE REPORT: MUDDY CREEK “Personally I need to make some big changes in myself. Hopefully I never have a ride like this again.”	LAST WEEK'S YARD SALES! STARRING TREY CANARD, JUSTIN BOGLE, ELI TOMAC, RYAN VILLOPOTO AND KEN "HOPALONG" ROCZEN — PLUS WHERE ROBBY MARSHALL CAME INTO THE PICTURE You can see why Roczen and Villopoto didn’t win in Tennessee —plus Robby Marshall's tail end crash after the Canard accident

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