…this isn't your little sister's play bike. A large 220mm front disc and 27mm twin-piston caliper at the front and a 186mm rear rotor grace the KLX140L with serious stopping power. Both use petal shaped discs, which help clean the brakes and reduce unsprung weight for better performance.An ideal blend of…

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…and for that there?s no fading issue. We only mention it because as a 50-state legal bike it does allow for a jaunt over to the local kart track to try your hand. We don?t want anyone sailing off-course at the end of the big straightaway. Using the rear brake is what takes the most getting used to. It…

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…like the smell of a 2-stroke dirt bike, or the sound for that matter. The mixing of pre-mix oil and race gas, combusted and then expelled from the shorty exhaust canister of a 2-stroke motocrosser is the original testosterone perfume. While I'm sure it wouldn't be good for my health, I could pump the…

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…Thanks to slower sales and an abundant inventory supply of KX65 and KX100 models,?both 2-stroke?machines are?on?a production hold for 2010. Kids?who want fresh greenery?will have to look for the KX85 which gets aesthetic upgrades. Read on for the specifics of each?Kawasaki dirt bike model. The 2010 Kawasaki…

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…sale. These products may need to be destroyed resulting in severe hardship for dealers and manufacturers in the motorcycle industry. Along with the current state of the economy, this may be a hit that dealers and manufacturers will not be able to recover from."Can older models still be sold? Used bikes?…

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….The XT660X goes on sale in Australia within a few months. If it can be priced around $A10,000 it has a fighting chance against middleweight naked bikes. This supermoto bike will be followed by an enduro version, the XT660R.Where the XT stands out is its versatility and ease of use. The launch route reminded…

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…could only ride a dirt bike like I can a street bike)? But it?s just not in the cards. At least not with as little as I ride off-road these days. It?s been a good seven or eight months since I?ve purposely taken flight on anything with two wheels, thus when I realized I had to fill in for our normal moto…

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…of streetbikes, where even double and triple that MSRP isn't too unbelievable but for this recovering dirt junkie, sticker prices in this range usually send me scrambling to the classified ads in search of a gently used model at considerable savings over dealer stock. Unfortunately, these new KTMs and…

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…the bike fit bigger riders. Yes, Yamaha actually acknowledges that some "bigger kids/adults" might be riding the bikes. Boy, the Yamaha corporate lawyers must have been out to lunch when the accessory catalog came down the line.MotorcycleUSA recently spent a day out at Starwest Motocross Park for the…

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…for years, at times propping up the sagging bike economy. Of the 1.7 million powersports vehicles, ATVs, streetbikes, dirtbikes, dual-sporters and scooters, sold this year, it is forecast that four-wheelers will make up 46.5% of the major manufacturers' combined sales total for 2003. Instead of using…

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