Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i Transworld Motocross

Scott Spark 700 Tuned Price: $6399 Frame: Carbon fiber Fork: Fox 34 Float Factory with 130mm travel Shock: Fox Nude EVOL, Lockout Remote with 120mm travel Drivetrain: SRAM X01-GX Eagle 1x12 Wheelsize: 27.5 inches Seatpost: Fox Transfer Dropper Tires: Maxxis Rekon Kevlar 2.8 inches scott-sports.com When it comes time to selecting a mountain bike to cross train on, motocross racers are faced with a tough decision between a bike that will be efficient for training and one that is capable of getting rowdy on the way back down the mountain. In most cases, a purpose-built cross-country bike will climb efficiently with little to no pedal bobbing but offers limited to no suspension travel. This can make things sketchy at higher speeds. Trail bikes, meanwhile, will gobble up the downhills but…

Supercross racing is the ultimate combination of man and machine, and it’s not by chance that the most talented and determined racers end up with the most capable motorcycles. Racing at the pinnacle of our sport involves more technology than we would have ever dreamt of only a decade ago, and the face of our sport has changed radically on all fronts. Today’s racers train differently and more deliberately, four-strokes dominate the landscape, and there are now six motorcycle manufacturers fielding winning race teams. The electricity in the air at the Anaheim One kickoff of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross Championship Series was at an all-time high, and checking out all the new teams, bikes, and gear was enough to fill every daylight hour in the pits. While the thousands…

“IN BACK-TO-BACK COMPARISONS WITH THE STANDARD 2018 450 SX-F, EVERY MEMBER OF THE TRANSWORLD MOTOCROSS TESTING STAFF AGREED THAT THE NEW MACHINE STOOD HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE EXISTING MODEL.” First launched in 2012, the KTM Factory Edition 450 SX-F is the Austrian manufacturer’s clever way to take full advantage of the AMA’s production bike rule, while at the same time giving its factory race team—and 500 lucky and affluent consumers—the best possible machinery. Since then, each Factory Edition model has been a good preview of what’s to come in the following year’s “standard” configuration. Special Red Bull KTM team graphics, aftermarket exhaust systems, Selle Dalla Valle seats, and revised suspension and engine settings have become the norm for the limited-edition FE bikes, but as it was in ’12 and…

First introduced in 2017, the Honda CRF450RX is a unique machine that is built around the current CRF450R motocross bike platform. Designed to be a do-it-all off-road machine, the RX joins the tried-and-true CRF450X as the second off-road 450 in Honda’s potent motorcycle lineup. While the X is a carbureted machine built for all-out desert bombing, the new RX model is more versatile with great potential for trail riding, hare scrambles, cross country, enduros, and even motocross riding and racing. We recently had the pleasure of spending several days in the saddle of the CRF450RX after rainfall in our SoCal locale left the high desert mountains in prime condition for trail riding. Upon first glance, the RX doesn’t look that much different than a CRF450R motocross bike with a larger-capacity…

Hunter Daly is a familiar face at the TWMX Race Series, as she is a regular competitor aboard her KTM 125 SX. An all-around athlete, Hunter was on her high school cross-country, basketball, and softball teams, and also likes to snowboard and wakeboard. Motocross, however, is her number-one passion, as she’s been racing since she was only six. “It’s something that my family has always done together, and I have the most fun on a bike. Motocross is challenging and there is always room to improve, and that’s what I love most about it,” Daly said. Truth be told, Hunter is quite speedy and puts the hurt on many of her male competitors on a regular basis. We asked her what her goals in racing were, considering that the WMX…

Whether it be rhythm lanes, whoop sections, corners, or even straightaways, there’s always going to be a line that yields the fastest lap time. For the average weekend motocross racer, most of the fast lines are pretty well spelled out. This is because most public tracks aren’t too technical, but on occasion there may be a section that offers multiple variations for navigating it. Each of these lines will result in a different time. Motocross racing itself is a game of time in order to be the first to the checkered flag. Racing against other competitors is only part of the equation, as speed comes down to being efficient with lap times. That raises the question, which line will result in the shortest lap time? With so many variables involved,…

Finally, after weeks of preparation, it was race day. On the morning of Saturday, January 6, 2018, the racers entered Angel Stadium of Anaheim for the opening round of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross Series. Six of them in particular—Justin Hill, Justin Cooper, Adam Cianciarulo, Joey Savatgy, Aaron Plessinger, and Mitchell Oldenburg—carried the weight of contending for the 250 West Coast title on their shoulders. For each racer, the opening act of the West would be filled with drama, questions, nerves, and pressure. No matter how much they worked with their teams to prepare, only race day can reveal one’s true speed, fitness, fierceness, and equipment. Until the checkered flag flew, all six racers wondered where in the world they would stand when the stadium emptied out. TransWorld Motocross was…