Serious Crash And HILARIOUS End (VIDEO)

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Breaking News: Canard OUT for 2014

Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Trey Canard was involved in a crash during practice over the Thanksgiving weekend while preparing for the 2014 Supercross season, sustaining a broken arm. Canard underwent successful surgery on Tuesday December 3, and will begin rehabilitation in preparation for the 2014 Supercross season.

“Of course we are disappointed that Trey will miss the opening  rounds of the 2014 SX season,” said Director of Racing, Ray Conway. “He has been going really fast at all our pre-season test sessions. We all know how hard Trey will work to get back as soon as he can, and the whole team can’t wait for his return.”

 From all the motocross fans and myself, get well soon Trey we will miss you in A1!

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Best 2013 Crash Compilation

This short video has been put together to show the craziest and most insane mtoocross crashes of 2013. Look out for the last crash, INSANE!

Craziest Crash CAUGHT ON CAMERA!

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Red Bull Straight Rhythm Analysis

Can we see Super cross races like this in the near future? There are many questions and doubts regarding this style of racing. If you miss or fail a jump the injury can be extremely high due to the speed. Techniques will have to change as well as the bike. Techniques such as scrubbing harder and practice start more than turns. The bike setting will probably change to a faster and with more torque bike. This can heavily influence big industries since they will not focus on handling but more on speed or suspensions. With this being said, it can be inferred that racing can get really interesting. There can be more competition and probably new riders can now participate. The question now is, how far are we from this type of competition, 5 years, 10 years. Also another question can be, what racers will accept this challenge? Many riders are known for their incredible turning and rut speeds. In this races, they would be heavily influenced without turns.

                                              Scrubbing will be a technique that must me mastered in order to gain time. With a perfect scrub, you can gain essential time, giving you space to breathe. This will change practice formats and basically the whole sport. The riders will have to train scrubs and get used to the speed.

Whoops are also a major part of the straight rhythm. Not all riders can pass the whoops as James Stewart or Justin Bogle. Many will have to practice and believe me, practicing whoops are hard, or you go HAM or nothing. Whoops are extremely challenging as well as it requires technique, keeping the balls of your feet on the pegs and pressing hard in the legs as well as a constant flow of acceleration.

The winner will be the one who throws it down harder and goes faster. 

YZ 2014 YAMAHA

Back in 2001, Yamaha introduced a bike that changed modern motocross racing before our eyes. The YZ250F quickly rose to the top of professional racing. Other manufacturers were forced to catch-up while Yamaha enjoyed having a superior bike. Yamaha remained the only manufacturer without a fuel injected 250. 

The term “all-new” is often times used loosely, but in Yamaha’s case, it’s easier to point out the few parts they carried over from 2013 rather than review the many changes made to the 2014 model. It’s literally an all-new bike. The chassis, cylinder, transmission, clutch, intake, exhaust, gas tank, handlebar mounts...

Many of the characteristics from the YZ450F carried over to the 250.  Their goal—and also the recent trend with other manufacturers—is to improve mass centralization, which aims to improve overall handling.

The suspension changes to the 2014 model weren’t as drastic as most of the changes to the bike, which may have led to a more familiar feeling in the way it handle. Yamaha hasn’t claimed a 250 title here in the U.S. since Jason Lawrence won the 2008 Supercross West Region. 

America's Racing

America's motocross racing has massively evolved ever since it came to the States around 1960's. Before it came to the US, it was an exclusively European sport, raced by riders who were mostly from Europe. Now days, motocross has become an extremely popular sport all around the world. The hardest motocross championship lies in the US and it is called Lucas Oil Motocross Championship. This championship is considered to be outrageously difficult due to the high competition level with riders all around the name. You will hear names like the 5 time champion Ryan Villopoto or Justin Barcia. Riders who are crowned champions in Europe usually come to the US to try and win a championship but few have succeeded. Hot temperatures passing 100 degrees have made the sport more physically demanding and harder to race. The motocross industry has grown tremendously throughout the decade. You will see big sponsors like Red Bull or Monster who are heavily involved in the sport. Motocross in America is getting more competitive as the years go. 

A gallery of what the sport looks like and how hard it can get.

Raining Champ Ryan Villopoto #1

Crashing is part of the sport.

Sometimes the bike doesn't cooperate.

Passing sometimes involves physicall contact.

Eli Tomac after an exhausting 35 minute moto.