Tires and a pipe go a long way when it comes to making upgrades to your bike. These are our favorite brands to go to when we upgrade our Yamaha Ténéré T7! Yoshimura pipes – Wake up the power in your bike and improve the sound! Heidenau Tires – Increase grip in dirt while still maintaining a smooth road ride.
“This is the best off-road machine I’ve ever ridden” were Ping’s exact words after riding Dante Oliveira’s Factory KTM 450 that he races at NGPC and other series. So what makes this bike so special? Watch the video and find out!
Ping interviews two brothers (not the ones you think) who are currently killing it in the off-road scene. Dante and Mateo Oliveira are brothers hailing from Northern California and race for the FMF Red Bull KTM Off-Road Team in NGPC, but they’ve dabbled in other races, with Dante winning a race in each off-road discipline he’s entered.
Leatt sent us another set of gear to check out. Their dual sport stuff was a pleasant surprise for Rick, who does a lot of dual sport riding. Here are his thoughts on the gear.
After riding last year’s and this year’s slightly updated YZ250 two strokes, we came up with some settings that we feel will help dial in the bike for you! If you have any other bike you want us to do a ‘Race Spec’ video for, shoot us an email or let us know in the comments below!
While primarily known for their award winning neck brace, the ‘Leatt-Brace,’ Leatt has grown to expand into other gear components, including helmets, boots, body armor, knee braces and elbow guards. They have expanded into other parts of the off-road world and have gotten into Adventure riding. Rick Doughty offered to test some of their ADV line for us and give us his thoughts!
Our test rider Brent Bowser took delivery of this 2024 KX450X bike a while back to race at NGPC. Rode it stock then did a build for us to check out! Included in the build were: Factory Connection Off Road Suspension Bill’s Pipes exhaust system SKDA graphics Hinson clutch cover Works Connection bling kit Acerbis hand guards and disk guard
Yamaha invited us out to their launch event of their 2024 125X, 250X and 450FX bikes in South Carolina!
In episode 18, our host Brent Bowser catches back up with SLR Honda Rider Tyler Lynn about making the switch from Precision Concepts Kawasaki to SLR Honda, how the first few rounds of the WORCS and NGPC series have gone so far, his expectations for the remainder of the year and more!
Do you feel like you’re having a hard time keeping up with all the technology being added to modern dirt bikes but would still like to ride them? This series might be for you. Starting next week we’ll be bringing you a new feature to help simplify different aspects of modern dirt bikes, hosted by Rick Doughty!
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