Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine

australasian DIRT BIKE THE TEAM EDITOR: Mitch Lees SUB EDITOR: Warren Jack DESIGN DIRECTOR: Joe Ferrara MOTOCROSS EDITOR: Lee Hogan TECHNICAL EDITOR: Mat Bovd ENDURQ EDITOR: Geoff Braico CHIEF TESTER: Ben Grabham HEALTH EDITOR: Stephen Gall EUROPEAN

THE ENTIRE AMA Super Motocross World Championship schedule has been announced with the full AMA Monster Energy Supercross, Pro Motocross and Super Motocross calendar released. R1: January 7, Anaheim, CA R2: January 14, Oakland, CA R3: January 21, San

YAMAHA JGR BALLARD'S Off Road racer, Jess Gardiner claimed her seventh Australian Off-Road Championship at the final round of the AORC in Tasmania. Gardiner is the winningest female off-road racer in Australian history, and there is every chance she

TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES HAS confirmed plans to compete in the FIM Motocross World Championship in 2024 with a factory-supported race programme under an all-new Triumph Racing banner. The new Triumph Racing Team will field two of Triumph's all-new 250cc 4

AUSTRALIAN ENDURO RACER Wil Ruprecht is the 2022 FIM E2 Enduro World Champion. The TM Boano Factory Team rider clinched the E2 Class title at the final round in Zschopau in Germany and has joined a very exclusive club of Australian riders as world en

A SHAKEUP OF off-road racing could be on the way with the introduction of GNCC Racing in Australia in 2023. The proposed four-round series will run under the same schedule as the Grand National Cross Country series in the USA with all events being mu

THE AUSTRALIAN SUPERENDURO Championship has been launched and will kick off in Ballarat, Victoria on February 23,2023. This is where extreme enduro and arenacross meet head-on. Expect to see enduro, hard enduro and motocross riders compete in a stadi

A NEW APP has arrived called drivebuddy. It is claimed to provide motorists with the most speed-camera information ever made available to the public. The creator says no navigation app on the market presents this level of detailed information. Every

90 The age of country music star Loretta Lynn when she died. 41 The number of years the Loretta Lynn's Amateur National motocross championship has been run. 1982 The first ever Amateur Nationals held at Loretta Lynn's property. 14 The number of her s

HEY GUYS, WHAT'S going on?! I hope everyone is doing well! The 2023 prep has officially started as MXoN was our last race for this year. Two weeks ago we raced at Redbud (MI) for MXoN Team Australia. It was such a fun event, an awesome atmosphere, an

THE YEAR HAS almost come to an end and my Dakar preparation is now in full swing. We went back overseas and I set a personal best record for the longest flight duration ever, which was 60 hours. That sucked. We had to go over for the photo shoot in M

In our continued coverage of-the Australian Off-Road Vehicle Association (AORVA), we've looked at their work in the rec reg scene, events like ridedays and musters, and their presence in building the Australian community of side-by-sides. But what do

Occupation: Editor Age: 36 Height: 188cm Weight: 98kq Skill Level: Fast trailrider Preferred discipline: Hard enduro. Occupation: Photoarapher Age: 52 Height: 188cm Weight: 95kg Skill Level: Intermediate trailrider Preferred discipline: Trailriding,

Engine: 689cc parallel twin Riding modes: 1 Switchable ABS: Yes Traction control: No Cruise controi: No Seat height: 880mm Weight: 206kg (wet) Suspension travel: 210/200mm Ground clearance: 240mm Fuel capacity: 16L Price: $19,399 ride away Engine: 88

Mark Teakle (aka Fats) and I have been mates since spannered on Honda's Australasian Safari off-road team more than 20 years ago. Despite our love of motorcycles, we rarely get to ride together, so when a trip to Darwin came up, I was keen to see wha

Just Landed I'VE JUST GOT my hands on a pair of the latest TCX boots. Back in my GHR Honda days I wore TCX boots to all kinds of off-road wins, so I am keen to see what they are like 14 years on. Straight out of the box the first thing I notice is th

Just Landed ANYONE WHO'S BEEN on two wheels in the last seven decades would be familiar with Bell. Since the 1950s Bell have been making helmets and they're very good at it. Bell only make helmets and they don't just make any old helmet, they focus l

GE's Reflections column spoke of poring over the catalogues and brochures from hardware and tool companies and then spending way too much money. We've all been there and done that. He then went on to lament the lack of storage space in his shed for a

Back in the days when we all rode steam powered motorcycles, well before Youtube and TikTok we had to watch fillums on a thing called video tapes. You had to buy them, not download them, and then watch them through a video player hooked up to your TV