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If only magazines didn’t require ink and paper. Here we are in late August and I’m holding an early copy of the October issue of Dirt Wheels. The only  problem is that the October issue was written back in early July. The people who run…
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SEPTEMBER DIRT WHEELS        Are you ready for 2011? The paper edition of September Dirt Wheels is on the newsstands right now and it’s full of 2011 hardware. We can’t help but laugh at the industry doomsayers who said that the new model…
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It seems odd, but often Dirt Wheels subscribers get the new issue before the editors. Sometimes motorcycle shops get them sooner yet, as their copies are delivered first class mail. As a result, we often receive letters and calls about…
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Some people have a hidden talent that they aren’t even aware of. Beau Baron didn’t dream of becoming the WORCS Pro ATV champion from an early age. He actually wanted to be a motorcycle champion, but it just happened that he was better on…
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      It seemed like they came out of nowhere. One day we got a call from U.S. Highland and some guys from Oklahoma announced they had an American-made ATV with some very impressive performance numbers. Within a few weeks, we had one to…
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We just got the first copies of the December issue of Dirt Wheels in the office. Editors have the memories of gold fish. We can swim around the bowl forever and rediscover the same castle over and over. We worked on the December issue a…
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I confess. I don't have much experience racing ATVs. I've raced every weekend of my life on two wheels, but before this week, my four-wheel resume totaled two events. One was 20 years ago when I raced the Blackwater 100 on a Suzuki…
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        I’ll admit it. Sometimes an issue comes out and I have second thoughts. Maybe a photo or two wasn’t as good as I wanted, maybe a story didn’t come together like it should have. But not the November issue. This is just the opposite,…
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  Dustin Wimmer was honored by the entire company at Suzuki's corporate headquarters in Brea, California today. Wimmer was there along with a number of other champions to celebrate one of the most successful seasons in motorcycle racing…
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  Good riding places are hard to find. That's whey we are pumped that Cahuilla Creek MX track, about 60 miles east of the L.A. basin, is under new ownership. And the new owner loves ATVS.    The land itself is still on an Indian…
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  Just when and where did Motoworks come from? We never heard of them until just a few years ago, and now they're a major force in ATV racing on both sides of the country, and on top of that, they're a highly effective performance shop…
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      The October tear sheets are in the house. In the hard-copy world of paper magazines, tear sheets are the final step before the newsstand. At every step of the process before this, you can make changes and corrections. It just gets…
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