Motocross

Hello guys, One of my workmates sons is looking to purchase a motocross bike for passing abit of time and having abit of fun but nothing to serious however from what he is telling me he is struggling to find anywhere where he can ride in the northamptonshire area (Kettering to be precise). As far as i undersand he is will to pay for being able to ride, any chance any of you knowledgable lot could give some suggestions of places within northamptonshire or close by? Many thanks in advance, Ben.

The opening round of the 2010 FIM Motocross World Championship, at Sevlievo, Bulgaria, was a tough one for the Honda riders contesting the senior classes of motocross racing. The highest-placed representative on the day being LS Motors Honda rider Davide Guarneri who finished the MX1 GP in 10th place overall on his CRF450R. The grand prix was held in clear weather conditions with a warm spring sun shining on the perfectly prepared Sevlievo circuit on race day after a little rain dampened proceedings during practice and qualification. However, the added moisture helped mould the track

Second consecutive podium for Coppins CAS Honda rider Josh Coppins gained third overall and his second podium result in two weeks today at a bright and busy Uddevalla circuit for the Grand Prix of Sweden, the ninth round of fifteen in the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship. After a well-deserved break following three consecutive races the Grand Prix paddock reconvened in the pleasant and well-organised surroundings of the Uddevalla circuit less than a 100km north of Gothenburg. The track layout had been significantly altered compared to previous years and boasted more technical sections and jumps as well as being run in reverse. Uddevalla has been a consistent and reliabl…

ROUND 03 SUNDAY MAY 15 GLEN HELEN, UNITED STATES Weather: Cold, rain, later sun and wind Temperature: Ambient 18 degrees C Attendance: 22,000 BOBRYSHEV SCORES HISTORIC MAIDEN PODIUM Clement Desalle won his second race of the 2011 FIM Motocross World Championship, but Honda World Motocross Team

In front of 32,000 spectators Steven Frossard claimed the first MX1 victory of his career under hot and bright conditions at St Jean D

http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/GODSPEED-GEORGES-JOBE-19612012-9619.aspx Another legend passes away. RIP

I read today that Hakan Carlqvist passed away on July 6. Growing up reading about him in Dirt Bike and Motocross Action mags I always admired his talent and hard charging. God speed.

Anyone here go to hawkstone today? Any results?

Hi wanting to spray the side panel's so it's matches the Tank as believe the yellow circle in the same orange red would look nice. Seen a Pursang with the colours on Youtube .(Photo ) Don't know wear to find the information to tell me the correct colour. Any help would be appreciated or point wear I can do my homework would be great. Thank-You

Anyone out there ever owned / riden a Honda CR500? Thinking of buying an early one to restore and have some fun on. Any tips, stories etc. that might prove helpful? Cheers - Matt.

my mate has a starting problem with his 2005 crf250. its very hard to get going hot or cold and seems to take alot of kicks to get it goin sometimes it just floods and you have to leave it for 10 mins or tilt the bike over. what could the probelem be ??float height maybe??

Hi guys, what do You think about Maico motorcycles? I wanted a Maico MC 490 1981 or younger but it is almost imposible to find ... so I am waiting for Maico international to release a new MC 500

Does anyone know if former top northern riders Maurice and Ron Tate are still around, are they a member of trials central, or does anyone have an email address,

Over 500 if the best mini-moto riders in the world converged on Las Vegas the past couple of days for the mini-moto SX championships. The Expert class was stacked with top names. Brad Ripple. Josh Dumuth. Willy Browning. Derek Costella. David Pingree - and the recently suspended bad boy of Motocross, J-Lawbreaker. This isn't child's play. Not for the person with a tight pocketbook. The bikes are custom made. Some running up to $20,000. Michael Blose won the 12 expert event - with Tim Weigand coming in second. Ryan Abrigo won the 10 inch Expert and Costella came in second. On a semi-more-affordable portion of the program. Phillip competed in the 12 inch stock/modifie…

FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship Round 3 of 15 - Sunday April 22nd 2007 Grand Prix of Portugal, Agueda Crowd: 18,000 (weekend figure) Weather: Hot, sunny Saturday - Sunshine, clouds later on, 22 C Sunday - Sunshine, blue skies, 25 C Leuret makes MX2 podium landmark Pascal Leuret gave the CRF250R its first silverware, as well as celebrating his maiden MX2 podium appearance, by taking third position overall at a hot and sunny Agueda circuit scene of the Grand Prix of Portugal; the third round of fifteen in the 2007 FIM Motocross World Championship. The Frenchman, who left the NGS crew last week, posted results of 7th and 3rd and even led the sec…

FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship Round 2 of 15 - Sunday 16th April 2006 Grand Prix of Spain, Bellpuig Crowd : 26,200 for the weekend Weather : Saturday - Morning rain showers, sunny afternoon, temperature 20 deg C : Sunday - Sunny periods, bright but overcast, temperature 22 deg C De Dycker 5th in sunny Spain CAS Honda rider Ken De Dycker posted a decent 5th position overall today at the Grand Prix of Spain for the second round of the FIM Motocross World Championship despite not being able to ride at full-fitness, very much the theme for many of the Honda GP riders contesting the series. The well-prepared Bellpuig circuit in th…

Antonio Cairoli claimed his fifth victory of the 2011 FIM Motocross World Championship this afternoon at a superb Matterley Basin circuit for the Grand Prix of Great Britain. Additionally PAR Honda

FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship Round 5 of 15 - Sunday May 13th 2007 Grand Prix of Germany, Talkessel, Teutschenthal Crowd: 32,000 (weekend figure) Weather: Bright, breezy, warm Saturday - Windy, cloudy, occasional rain and sunny spells, 15 deg C Sunday - High cloud, sun, some light showers 21 deg C Leuret marks Martin debut with fourth place New Martin Honda recruit Pascal Leuret gave a very positive result to his team with fourth position overall in the MX2 class of the Grand Prix of Germany at the Talkessel circuit. The meeting represented the fifth round of fifteen in the fast moving Motocross World Championship and for the fifth time this se…

CAS Honda rider Ken de Dycker was a protagonist at the Grand Prix of Benelux that took place at a warm and sunny Eurocircuit in Valkenswaard today. The weather encouraged 25,000 fans to watch the opening event of the15 round FIM World Championship. The venue located less than ten kilometres from the city of Eindhoven presented the riders of the MX1 (450cc four-strokes) and MX2 (250cc four-strokes) series' with a fresh test as the course had been significantly altered since the last World Championship visit in 2004. Several new corner sections, a repositioned start-straight and a reversal of the track direction itself meant a novel opening Grand Prix tes…

Those wacky Italians. While shipping their bikes over to the event, they stuffed the crates with wine and pasta! Now the bikes are detained in customs and the Italian champ won't ride unless he's got his official race bike. What, they couldn't get a good bottle of vino and some pasta over here? And gotta love our trials guy Shan Moore, who's doing the reporting for Cycle News this weekend. He hunts down the juiciest stories.