Ask MXperts

The AMA has strict rules against Italian bikes, French riders and them paying for drug, sound or fuel tests
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A quick and easy primer on the ins an outs of installing steering head races
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"How did you do? I went 5-4, or as the AMA likes to say I went 16 + 18 for 34"
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This is the magic number…in America
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The joke "sansabelt" reference is for Velcro straps than can be cinched down to change size-34 pants to size-32 pants with just a tug
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The AMA doesn't think that this is a violation of the AMA rules, but that is because the AMA officials have never actually read the AMA rulebook
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Motocross tires are measured using the Shore Type A durometer scale — The higher the durometer number the harder the rubber compound
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Hinson makes a steel clutch basket for riders who never want to worry about the lifespan of their clutch baskets
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Since there is nothing to push against when up in the air, how can rider change an upward or downward arc?
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"There is a guy in my town who wants to sell his old 2008 Suzuki RM-Z450, but wasn’t there an RM-Z450 that broke almost instantly?"
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"I’ve been looking at getting a newer bike. I’m thinking about the KTM 350SXF, the new YZ250 or a KTM 250SX two-stroke"
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Sucks it in, speeds it up & turns it into power
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Nuts are designed to be taken on and off, so you should expect nuts to come off on their own accord occasionally
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Peak measures the highest horsepower, but often a pipe, piston, cam or mod makes larger gains, compared to the stock engine, at different parts of the powerband
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Both a slipper clutch and an autoclutch will work on a motocross bike, but their best and intended uses are for Supermoto (slipper) and technical enduro riding (auto-clutch).
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The only tool you need to install the poorman’s steering damper is a wrench
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A slipper clutch disengages the clutch when you chop the throttle, but you still have to pull the clutch in to start, shift or stop. Conversely, an auto-clutch frees the rider from ever having to touch the clutch lever.
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Will VP T2 two-stroke premix fuel separate when the gas and oil gets used in the cold of winter?
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Since the fuel tank sits directly over the Bunson Burner heat of a very hot four-stroke engine and exhaust pipe, cold gas is unlikely
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"I've decided to keep my 2018 Suzuki and make it better. Price is an object, but I'm willing to pay the piper. What are the best aftermarket shocks and forks you tested on the 2018 RM-Z450?"
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You can make major improvements to the 2019 FC450 for not much cash, we didn't say "no cash," but the improvement is better than the cash outlay
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The most notable change to the 2011 KTM 450SXF was the swap from the no-link PDS rear suspension to a rising-rate shock linkage.
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Forget about emulating Eli Tomac—think of yourself as John Force. Twist the throttle to the stops and leave it on as long as possible, you will go faster
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You can, but not straight out of the loins of the KTM 450SXF
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Two-stroke spark plugs were subject to oil contamination and carbon build, but four-strokes don’t have this problem, but their plugs still wear out
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It was assumed that the Dunlop MX3S combo had been discontinued when the Dunlop MX33 was introduced, this wasn’t completely true
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There is no difference in the working mechanism of a capacitor or condensor, but capacitor is a newer terminology for the same thing
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Peak measures the highest horsepower the engine produces, but often a pipe, piston, cam or mod makes larger gains, compared to the stock engine, at different parts of the powerband
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Don't confuse the KX250 and Rm-Z250's dual-fuel injection system with Honda’s Dual-Timing injection system or KTM’s Split-Injection system
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The search for quality Pee-Wee and 65 wheelsets that won't break the bank has come to an end
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