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The Enduropale du Touquet is an annual off-road motorcycle race held in Le Touquet, a seaside town in northern France. It is one of the largest and most famous beach motocross events in the world. The race typically takes place in late January or early February. The race attracts a large number of participants and spectators, with thousands of riders from various countries participating in the event. The track is set up on the beaches of Le Touquet, featuring a challenging course that includes sand dunes, tight turns, and varying terrain.

The race is known for its demanding conditions, as riders must navigate through the sand and contend with unpredictable weather. The Enduropale du Touquet has a rich history, dating back to its inception in 1975.

Over the years, it has become a major highlight in the world of off-road motorcycle racing, drawing both amateur and professional riders. The event is characterized by its festive atmosphere, attracting motorcycle enthusiasts and fans from all over to witness the exciting and grueling competition.

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#offroad #Enduropale #Touquet #Beachracing

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Picking up where he left off last year, San Diego’s defending race and season champion Luke McMillin roared through the Baja desert to defeat a massive 285 starters at 2023 Baja 250 loop-race in San Felipe, Baja California. McMillin has diligently worked his was to the top of the Trophy Truck class he earned the No. 1 plate after winning last year’s season championship and now has five career Trophy Truck race wins including the San Felipe Baja 250 the last two years.

Luke McMillin o-tone at the finish line, “It was awesome. We had a perfect day. We just cruised all day. We just stopped one time at our planned pit stop and took 18 seconds of fuel, that was it.”

A surprise overall motorcycle winner to many, but definitely not to themselves, Ciaran Naran and Tucker Hopkins split the riding to capture the overall win. Both experienced racers rode their No. 3X Husqvarna FE450 to finish first among the motorcycles in a time of 6:08:05 (42.95mph) over the motorcycle course of 263.50 miles

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#Baja #Desert Racing #Offroad #Baja 250

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The third round of the FIM Motocross World Championship held all its promises with a fantastic Grand Prix spread across Saturday for the RAM Qualifying Races and Monday for the races due to Easter Sunday! The brand-new track of Frauenfeld gave us some exciting fights across both categories and the atmosphere was electric thanks to the great Swiss public coming in large number.

At the end of the day the victory went to Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Maxime Renaux, who won for the first time of the season as well as his first podium. Second on the podium was Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado and third Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre.

In MX2, it was also a first with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Thibault Benistant winning for the first time in 2023, in front of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Andrea Adamo and Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf.

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Starting first as the fast qualifier for the race, Las Vegas' champion desert racer Bryce Menzies never looked back as he roared through the Baja California desert to defeat 193 starters in Saturday’s 2nd Baja 400. The race launched the second half of the four-race 2021 desert championship. Bryce Menzies o-tone: "We came away from San Felipe with a win and then we had some issues leading the SCORE Baja 500. We have qualified first every time this year and our game plan was to play it smart. We put a little gap on Luke (McMillin) and I just wanted to keep it there all day, but then towards the finish I started making small mistakes. I don’t know what was going on; I just wasn’t in it, and he started catching me. I actually got stuck in a really tight section and had to back up. When you back up a four-wheel drive vehicle, it only goes into two-wheel drive, so I almost got stuck and I started to panic.

But my main man over here (navigator Willie Valdez, Jr.) called every single corner, every single note, really coaching me and helped me get to the finish line. This one was technical. A lot of turns, a lot of technical sections, I really had to pay attention to every single corner. My hats off to my team, AmSoil, KMC Wheels, RedBull, Fox Shocks, Toyo Tires. We never got one flat. Epic day."

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#Baja 400 #Bryce Menzies #Trophy Truck #Desert Racing #Baja Peninsula

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Two bikes, two mates and a powerhouse guitarist are shredded together in this epic moto journey through the south coast of Western Australia. The Power Trip marks the next chapter for Motology Films productions.

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#WR450F #WR250F #Yamaha #PuroOffRoad #Enduro

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The 2021 AMA Supercross season kicks off today, it was time to make a compilation of all the team training footage. This is a chance at an early look at this years lineup, with the latest transfers and bikes.

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#SX #Supercross

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Unlimited CustomTrucks - Luke McMillin, No. 83 (First overall. First in class. Larry Roeseler started and drove to race mile 430. Luke McMillin drove race mile 430 to the finish.) –- It was a great day. Larry did an amazing job, he just kept it in line and had no downtime, which is exactly what you need to do in the first half of the Baja 1000. No one knows it more than Larry, he’s won this thing 13 times. He brought me a clean truck, we were third and were right up there with the top leaders when I got in. We were just waiting for them to make a mistake. Ampudia (No. 10) got a flat tire and I was just trailing my brother (Dan McMillin, No 23). I made a run for it and he let me go as the great teammate he is. We didn’t have a single flat tire all day and that’s unbelievable. The race was tight all day between Dan, Ampudia and Rob Maccachren (No. 11).

We got some gnarly silt and some tough bumps out there. Part of the portion I drove was also part of the course of the Baja 500, so it was just rough. It’s hard to pick up your pace in a 1,000-mile race and don’t beat up the truck too much, so we tried to be strategic on that. It was a tough course, but a great course.

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This mini documentary was never planned and thankfully with the help of great people such as Eric Sorensen & John Holloway we (the Ampudia family) are able to tell the story of a year of ups and downs in life and in racing. While also giving viewers a little history in the Baja Score Off-road world & the beginnings of Papas&beer and the Ampudia family racing history.

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Joining forces with Troy Lee Designs underlines GASGAS’ full commitment to top-flight American supercross and motocross racing. As they expand globally, competing under the lights in the fiercely competitive supercross series gives them an incredible opportunity to show their fun, enthusiastic and energetic approach to racing, as they introduce their performance motorcycles to an exciting new audience of dirt bike fans.

#GasGas #Troy Lee #Justin Barcia #BamBam

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Out at State Fair MX doing some testing when the HRC Honda van roll up. Sure enough, Jordan Troxell rolled out a freshly prepped 2021 HRC CRF450R and Ken Roczen pulled up shortly after. Clip of Ken breaking-in his new ride and laying her over in the corners. Roczen is eager to get back to racing after his withdrawal from the outdoors and is loving his new Honda, which is apparent in this video.

#Ken Roczen #HRC #2021 Honda CRF

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Derek Howerton recently got off the Honda 450r and jumped onto a spankin new 2012 KTM 250sx. The track was rough, it rained multiple times, but it was well worth it. Sit back, and enjoy the 2 smoke. As the model-year indicates: it's been a few since that video was shot.

Does it matter?? Nawa, a two-stroke is ALWAYS good to watch :)

#Motocross #KTM #Two-Stroke

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So what are the bookmakers saying, in particular with the new travel restriction to curb none-essential travel between the USA and Mexico. Will there be a #Baja500 as announced by the organizer or another cancellation as many other events having pushing it out. Common sense says no way under given circumstances - both countries are globally top in numbers of infections and fatalities (USA #1 and Mexico #3).

The only successful international series running during pandemic are #Formula1 and #MotoGP and they run on limited travel, mainly within Europe with multi-events at same venue

#COVID19 #CoronaVirus #Baja Racing #Offroad

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team’s Cooper Webb has finished runner-up in the 2020 AMA 450 Supercross Championship, following a valiant effort to secure a second-straight title amidst a unique set of challenges this season. Heading into Sunday’s finale at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the seventh stop in Salt Lake City, Webb held an eight-race podium streak with three victories taking place in Utah. The 2019 450SX Champion started the day off strong, sharing pole position with championship rival Eli Tomac as both riders laid down a fast time of 49.438 in qualifying. In 450SX Heat 1, Webb got off to a top-five start and he worked his way through the pack to ultimately secure a second-place finish in the heat. In the Main Event, Webb had a good jump off the start but he got tangled up with another rider in the first turn and went down. He was able to rally from almost last to 14th by the end of lap one and from there he put his head down and charged through the pack.

After 25 laps, Webb was able to make it up to eighth-place, where he ultimately finished for the night. Webb finished out the season in second overall with a consistent string of 13 podiums in the 17-race championship, four of which he stood in the center of the box.

Cooper Webb: “It was a rough Main Event. I kind of struggled with the track a little bit and I didn’t ride my best race but I came back to eighth, so I was able to secure second in points. I obviously wanted to keep the podium streak going but it is what it is. Overall, it was a great season and we’ll get ready for outdoors.”

The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team will take a brief break from racing as they switch gears for the 2020 AMA Pro Motocross Championship, which is set to begin July 18 in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Results 450SX Class – Salt Lake City (Round 17) 1. Zach Osborne (Hus) 25 laps 2. Jason Anderson (Hus) 03.063 3. Dean Wilson (Hus) 05.369 4. Malcolm Stewart (Hon) 07.481 5. Eli Tomac (Kaw) 12.750 6. Broc Tickle (Suz) 17.938 7. Ken Roczen (Hon) 19.435 8. Cooper Webb (KTM) 24.361 9. Justin Hill (Hon) 33.264 10. Chad Reed (KTM) 36.806

Source: KTM press release

#Supercross #SX #AMA #Motocross #KTM #Cooper Webb

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Today’s "modern classic" scramblers are more show than go. Stylistically, they hark back to the golden years of Californian desert racing—but you wouldn’t want to actually race one across the desert. There are only a couple of motorcycles that buck this trend, and the Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled is one of them. Even though it’s not a full-blown enduro machine, it’s surprisingly good off-road. So much so, that most reviewers refer to it as “the Scrambler Ducati should have built in the first place.”

Ducati North America teamed up with the off-road apparel brand Fasthouse, to race a pair of Desert Sleds in the Mint 400 earlier this year. First held in 1968, the Mint 400 is America’s oldest desert race, taking place in the Nevada desert around Las Vegas.

This year saw the debut of the Hooligan Open class, for 750 cc (and up) production twins to duke it out over two 80-mile laps. That’s the class Ducati and Fasthouse entered, with Jordan Graham (#47) and Ricky Diaz (#51) piloting the two Desert Sleds.

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#Ducati #Desert Sled #Offroad #Scrambler #Desert Racing

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Former factory Kawasaki race team mechanic Jonny Weisman, who now owns The Ride Shop in Arizona, build a modern Husqvarna TC500CR two-stroke of our own. This build was a long, slow grind with tons of fabrication on just about every aspect of the build. After all, a 2001 Honda CR500 engine doesn’t just drop right into a new-generation Husqvarna FC450 chassis.

If it did, we would see them all over the place. Like we just mentioned, the chassis started off as an FC450, but it wasn’t bought all at one time. First, the main steel frame was purchased on eBay, and the entire lower engine cradle was removed. A new cradle was fabricated by Weisman that would later house the new 500cc Honda powerplant.

Surprisingly, once the main frame was modified, everything else was kind of straightforward on the chassis. The FC450 four-stroke air boot was removed and replaced with a unit off a TC300 two-stroke, but it didn’t just bolt right in place. Heat was applied, and the rubber was massaged into the correct form. Besides drilling some vent holes on the air-filter cover, the FC450 airbox was left unchanged. With all the major cutting, welding and sculpting done, Weisman focused his attention on some of the finer details relating to the chassis.

The stock Brembo braking master cylinders and calipers got a brown Cerakote finish. A Fasst Company rear-brake spring system was also added, replacing the OEM Husqvarna system that always seems to break. We also used Fasst Co. Flexx handlebars in hopes of reducing overall vibration, and added impact absorption is never a bad thing in our book. What would a big-bore 500+cc modern-day Husqvarna two-stroke look and run like? If it was like our TC500CR project, we guarantee they would have no problem selling every one produced.

From start to finish this project took Jonny Weisman at The Ride Shop just over two years to complete, spending what some would consider a small fortune. The finished product is impressive on paper, but to really appreciate his work, you have to see it in person.

Here at the magazine we love these types of builds because it takes vision, skill and creativity to make it happen. Sometimes they are all show and no go, and that’s kind of a bummer. The TC500CR is show with go that will make just about any big-bore two-stroke lover smile. It has tons of bottom-end grunt and loves to be short-shifted. Starting is a breeze, as you can imagine, and even kick-starting the TC500CR is fairly easy. We wouldn’t do it without a boot on that’s for sure.

#2Stroke #Husky #Husqvarna #TC500CR #CR500

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10 minutes 2-stroke sound puro! Featuring Travis Pastrana, Justin Barcia, Eli Tomac, Ryan Villopoto, Ricky Carmicheal, Tyler Kozik and Patrick Evans

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Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac battle it out, while Cooper Webb will not let them break free.

Before the series was postponed, a tie in the 450 title chase coming into the gnarliest race of the season at the Daytona Supercross. Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac battle it out, while Cooper Webb will not let them break free. In the 250 class, TLD KTM’s Pierce Brown puts in motos at the Baker’s Factory with 250 East title hopeful, RJ Hampshire.

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