Vintage: The Fastest Stock Dirtbike Ever Built 123.75 miles per hour on a 1981 KTM 495 Jun 23, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

We'd heard about those Baja bikes hitting 115 mph or more, while some experts have flatly stated that no production motocross dirt bike will run over a hundred per. Even with the tallest possible gearing to be had. Well sir, the arrival of a 495 KTM and a genuine maniac Six Days rider appeared to us to be the perfect combination.

Project Yamaha TTR 230 Dirtbike More Questions Super Hunky has finished building his, but the questions just keep pouring in Jun 16, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

I just recently purchased an 07 ttr 230. it has really low miles and runs perfect except sometimes it just starts reving really high then dies. I think i need to reset the floats in the carb. Is this common with these bikes? Do you have any other advice of what I should do?

Project Honda 230F More Questions Answered Super Hunky addresses Success and Confusion Jun 11, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

Readers try their own hands removing air restrictions, powering 'em up, and smoothing out the ride. Others are new to the project series and just getting started with questions.

Don't Ask - Dirtbike Advice Our resident dirtbike expert gives tried and true advice. Jun 2, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

Let's be blunt about this. I'm completing a move from Baja to Arizona and you know what moves are like. Anyway, a whole bunch of people have a lot of questions about their Yamaha 230s and we'll try our best to honor them. Look at it as a brief time out in the hard-core stuff. That said, let's hit the emails.

Bike Test: The Yamaha WR250R Yamahas New Dual Sport Brings Unexpected Surprises May 23, 2008 By: Mark Kariya

With the price of fuel climbing, more people are considering motorcycles as an economical form of transportation. For those who favor the off-road lifestyle, the obvious choice is the dual-sport.

Piston Kleen Product Review A pain-free way to clean up dirty pistons. May 19, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

A reader gave us a tip on this cool new product, and we decided to try it out for ourselves on the gunkiest dirtbike pistons we could find.

Project Dirtbike CRF 230F Comparing the CRF230F and the CRF230L May 12, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

When Honda released their new "L" version of the CRF230F, people wondered how the street bike differed from the off-road version. Of course, there's no one better to check into it than Rick Sieman...

Don't Ask - Dirtbike How-to Questions answered, insults hurled, lessons learned May 5, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

Rick addresses reader questions on the good ol' days of motocross, '99 Kawasaki problems, and weird engine noises. As always, he picks on a few gems - we promise we don't make these questions up!

Strange Bikes: The Wildest 490 Maico Ever How about three motors hooked together? Apr 28, 2008 By: Rick Sieman

Think about this: a stock 490 Maico dirtbike puts out about 52 horsepower. Three of them hooked together would crank out somewhere around 156 crazed ponies.